View Poll Results: How do you use Zwift
To stay in shape.
12
63.16%
Somewhere else to ride when the weather outside is terrible
11
57.89%
Pure recreation - I enjoy exploring the worlds and like tooling around.
3
15.79%
Want to improve my fitness and it provides the tools to help me
7
36.84%
I like to test my fitness level, and it has FTP test
4
21.05%
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Poll: Zwifters, How do you use Zwift?
03-22-22, 08:23 AM
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The workouts in Zwift are based on FTP, so you’ll need to know it if you want to use any of them.
03-22-22, 09:22 AM
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I just use it to ride. Thou Zwift is really pushing to whole race thing hard. I have always just enjoyed riding. I ride Rouvy more than Zwift as I enjoy the group rides there more than on Zwift. As the group rides on Zwift are just races by another name. My goal is my personal fitness. An when riding out doors I find that it does truly help. One could never ride as much as I do without indoor riding. Unless you are single and have no one else to take up your time.
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03-23-22, 11:18 PM
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I just use it to ride. Thou Zwift is really pushing to whole race thing hard. I have always just enjoyed riding. I ride Rouvy more than Zwift as I enjoy the group rides there more than on Zwift. As the group rides on Zwift are just races by another name. My goal is my personal fitness. An when riding out doors I find that it does truly help. One could never ride as much as I do without indoor riding. Unless you are single and have no one else to take up your time.
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03-24-22, 07:18 AM
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In the big group rides like Tour Da Zwift, Tour Da Watopia there's usually large numbers that join up for these rides so there's always another blob to join and draft when you get dropped by the group you started with. I enjoy these group rides because it pushes me to try and keep up instead of getting dropped. When not in group rides/races, I tend to ride at a lighter pace. You just have to know your limits with consideration that you will be riding like this for the next 30-60 minutes depending on which group you choose.
What's frustrating is getting dropped because of elevation like in the stage 4 ride through the jungle. Gravity is not my friend, that's for sure. I lose 30-50 spots in ranking as soon as there's any kind of climb but I don't gain them back on the descent! And yeah I know, lose some weight but it's disheartening. To keep up I would have to be pushing another 40-80 watts over what I'm already doing and sustain it which would push my threshold way beyond what I can do.
What's frustrating is getting dropped because of elevation like in the stage 4 ride through the jungle. Gravity is not my friend, that's for sure. I lose 30-50 spots in ranking as soon as there's any kind of climb but I don't gain them back on the descent! And yeah I know, lose some weight but it's disheartening. To keep up I would have to be pushing another 40-80 watts over what I'm already doing and sustain it which would push my threshold way beyond what I can do.
