Train with Coach Rob Wilby on Zwift this week

TRI247 Workout Series #105 – ‘Oxygenaddict’s Triple Pyramid’

Wednesday, 29th January 2020 7.00pm UK time on Zwift

(ZWIFT LINK >>> https://www.zwift.com/events/view/317213)

We’ve got a brand new session for you this week as part of the TRI247 Group Workout Series on Zwift. With your Editor away this Wednesday, leading the ride will be Rob Wilby, the Head Coach and Co-Founder of Team Oxygenaddict (team.oxygenaddict.com).

If you are new to Zwift and are not sure how it all works, it’s well worth checking out these two recent articles I put together to find out more:

• Getting started with Zwift Cycling
• Five ways to train on Zwift

Oxygenaddict’s Triple Pyramid

This week is all about training at your FTP level. This session is a real-life example of the training approach that Team Oxygenaddict members have been using with great success over recent years, a part of Rob’s T.I.M.E Training System.

After a progressive warm-up, the main set comprises of three pyramids of 1/2/3/2/1 minute effort at 100% of FTP level, one minute recovery between each effort – followed a three minute easy spin recovery between each sets.

If you are riding a TT bike on your trainer, you are encouraged to ride in the aero position if possible to make the set even more specific to your racing goals later in the year.

Ride Leader

Rob is the Co-Founder and Head Coach of a global team of 150+ Ironman and 70.3 distance age-group triathletes. He is also employed by British Triathlon as a coach assessor and educator and was recently voted the 220 Triathlon Coach of the Year.

Special Offer for TRI247 readers

We’ve joined forces with Team Oxygenaddict to offer our readers a very special offer – a 30-day coaching package for just £1!

You’ll get a structured training plan, appropriate to your fitness level and training history, and your goal event. You’ll get coaching advice from head coach Rob Wilby and his coaching team within a private facebook group, a monthly group video coaching call, and a personal 1-1 on-boarding video call to talk you through your training plan and goals. Plus, you’ll also get access to Team Oxygenaddict’s members-only resource library: podcasts, videos, swim drill videos, and strength and conditioning plans.

CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR COACHING PLACE!

Join us at 7p.m. on Wednesday 29th January 2020 (UK time) on the virtual roads of Watopia. Set your reminder now on the link below or via the Zwift Companion app.

[TIP – It is always worth having the (free) Zwift Companion app to hand on your mobile device. Within the workout screen you can toggle your FTP by +/- 10% ‘on the fly’, which will immediately change your power targets during the session. Legs feeling heavy, can’t quite hold your power targets? It happens! Rather than can the session, how about moving your targets down 5% first, before giving up completely? Alas, the body isn’t a machine and can’t always deliver as you hope/think it should, so a bit of flexibility and not getting too obsessed with the numbers can be a good thing!

On the flipside, perhaps you are having a good day or increasing the overall training stress of the session better meets your own training goals for that day? In that case, you have the option of nudging your baseline up in the same way.]

The session is genuinely open to everyone of ALL abilities. Group workout mode works fantastically in Zwift and ensures that the power targets are tailored to YOUR level. It makes no difference if your FTP is 400 watts or 100 watts, the targets you see will be specific to you – all while being part of the on-screen group.

[To set your reminder, click here: https://www.zwift.com/events/view/317213]

You can find the custom workout files from all of the previous TRI247 Workout Series sessions on these links, to download and do ride again in your own time:

Custom Workout downloads from previous Zwift sessions:

• Lucy Charles ‘Over-Unders’
• Lucy Gossage ’12 Days of Christmas’
• Lionel Sanders ‘Intervals’
• Joe Skipper ‘ Burner’
• John Levison ‘High Five’
• Ruth Purbrook ‘Over Gears’
• Tim Don ‘Comeback’
• Reece Barclay ‘Mix Session’
• Harry Wiltshire ‘Grim Reaper’
• Paul Shanley ‘Pyramids’
• Karl Alexander ‘VO 2 The Max’
• Jenny Gowans ‘Norse Steps’
• Matt Bottrill ‘Lactic Builder’
• John Levison ‘Russian Steps’
• Sam Begg ‘What Goes Up, Must Come Down’
• Paul Shanley ‘70.3 Minutes’
• Karl Alexander ‘The 13:50 (10 to 2)’
• Richard Stannard ‘FTP Advancer’
• Race Force ‘ChainGang’
• Simon George ‘The Giant’
• Natarsha Tremayne ‘Stomp The Pedal’
• Chris Standidge ‘The Championship Decider’
• Lesley Levison ‘Spiked Tempo’
• Bex Rimmington ‘ Maximal Efforts’
• Coach Kevin Poulton’s ‘Progressive 11’s’
• ‘The Kitchen Sink’ – set by TRI247 Editor John Levison
• John Levison ‘A Bit of Speed too…’
• ‘Glasgow Revisited’ – John Levison
• ‘Club Relays Madness’ – John Levison
• ‘John Levison’s A Bit (More) Speed Too’
• The Dragon – John Levison
• Sweetspot with a Kick – set by TRI247 Editor John Levison
• John Levison’s ’40/20’s FTP Booster’
• Micro Burst Intervals
• Short and Sweet(spot)
• Micro Burst Intervals 2
• Sweetspot Sandwich
• The Sweet Ladder
• 50 Shades of Power!
• Lucy Gossage’s New Year Set
• Paul Lunn’s Kona Quest
• Progressive 4×4’s
• Louise Minchin’s Dare To Tri Big Gear Set
• Gill Fullen’s Lactic Legs Challenge
• Steve Clark’s Ramp It Up To The X
• Hywel Davies’ Hurtbox Time Bomb Intervals

Joining Instructions:

The workout will begin promptly at 7.00pm UK time, Wednesday 29th January 2020. It is worth logging in 10 or 15 minutes before the session to make sure you are set up and ready to go, where you will be able to warm up in the virtual ‘holding pen’.

Look for the TRI247 Workout Series event in the list on the right of the screen once you have paired your sensors. Click to JOIN and you will be taken to the start line ready to begin the workout.

Make sure you have set your FTP level correctly before you join the workout as all the intervals are based on a percentage of FTP so it is important to get that right. If in doubt, dial the FTP number down 10 or 20 watts as it is better to finish the session than to feel like it is too challenging.

If you have never used Zwift before but don’t want to miss out, head to the Zwift support page for tips on how to get the most out of your setup.

After the session head over to the TRI247 Facebook page for some post ride chat.

Zwift Group Rides: TRI247 Workout Series

The cool thing about a group workout on Zwift is that varying levels of ability can ride together in a group and all finish the session together having done the same relative effort, even if the actual watts are significantly different. It is not a race, but a shared goal to get a good session in the training log.