Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED (Page 13)

Coach P says that he gets a lot better compliance when folks use Zwift ;-)

So far, I like it a lot. For winter rides that are affected by lack of light, bad road conditions, and cold, I've found this to be a great option. I have not strong desire to ride indoors more than 60-90 minutes -- I have a friend that does Zwift centuries and I'm not getting that just yet!

What's cool is that you can set your power numbers but it's really done as watts/kg. If your watt/kg is higher than another riders, you pass them.

Originally posted by BIGGODlilme Awesome thanks, I am brand new to strava and it may take a back seat to studying at this point

Just tell Strava and Garmin (assuming that you have a Garmin watch?) to talk and it'll work in the background.

I have been thinking of getting kettle bells for home so that I can do a functional strength routine with goblet squats and single leg deadlifts and stuff. I was going through my notes to see what weight that I need to get and I ran across a note title MANATEE GOALS 2014.

I'll post it later but in the meantime, what are your goals for 2019?

On rare occasions (like hurricanes)  i've had to do a 2+ hour ride on the trainer and want to poke my eyes out! Like you, 60-90 minutes is about the most i find reasonable on a trainer.

PSA, cycle-wiz is going out of business, so has some pretty good on-line sales right now. Plus, when you go to the site a discount spin wheel pops up that gives you a chance to get even more off your order ( i got another 15%). But,  the extra discount is only good for 20 minutes! That's pretty clever on their part (though not clever enough to keep them in business )

Hi Team! Happy Tuesday? I don't know ... anyway, just wanted to pop in and say thanks for the challenge. The weight one is what i need. I've watching the scale needle up and doing minor things but not consistently. Having the weekly weigh in seems to be motivating. I had a smoothie already and have logged my food. Right direction! 

Also, i hope you are all faring okay with winter. I saw Chris' post about it being 'Florida cold' there. Ha! We've had a relatively mild winter here so far. It's cold but we haven't had any snow stick yet. But this weekend looks very cold with the potential of a snowstorm so i am strategizing my 16k (10 mile) long run. I may just move it to Friday (I have the day off with my daughter) to avoid the weather ... i just can't quite wrap my head around -15C on Sunday ... no no no no. I may be Canadian but just no. 

Also, we booked a ski vacation to Mont Tremblant. I have never actually been in winter - i did the IM there. It's such a lovely place. Not much of a skiier but i'll give it a go. It will also be very cold ... but maybe going to Spa Scandinave will warm me up. 

Hi Team! Happy Tuesday? I don't know ... anyway, just wanted to pop in and say thanks for the challenge. The weight one is what i need. I've watching the scale needle up and doing minor things but not consistently. Having the weekly weigh in seems to be motivating. I had a smoothie already and have logged my food. Right direction! 

Also, i hope you are all faring okay with winter. I saw Chris' post about it being 'Florida cold' there. Ha! We've had a relatively mild winter here so far. It's cold but we haven't had any snow stick yet. But this weekend looks very cold with the potential of a snowstorm so i am strategizing my 16k (10 mile) long run. I may just move it to Friday (I have the day off with my daughter) to avoid the weather ... i just can't quite wrap my head around -15C on Sunday ... no no no no. I may be Canadian but just no. 

Also, we booked a ski vacation to Mont Tremblant. I have never actually been in winter - i did the IM there. It's such a lovely place. Not much of a skiier but i'll give it a go. It will also be very cold ... but maybe going to Spa Scandinave will warm me up. 

Wait! North Carolina has had snow stick and Toronto hasn't?! What's up with that! And yes, next Monday and Tuesday are gonna be super cold here (for us). Next Tuesday's track workout looks like it could be one of my five coldest runs!

It'll be Florida cold here on Monday as well. I need long pants.

True story! Cold but totally secure footing out there. Weird. Is it even January?? I can't tell. LOL!

Ha! the indignity!

not.... not... NOT... l-l-l-l-l-long PANTS!!!! OH NO!

I have a few friends that are recent transplants to the area. They consistently spout about selling all of their long pants, cold weather, yada, yada, yada. One of them showed up last week in long pants. Florida cold, it's a real thing.

Oh, I remember. It is sometimes the whiplash that gets you when it goes from 80s to 40s overnight.

Re: Smart Trainer conversation

I'm more of a Trainer Road gal. I tried Zwift for a few weeks, but since I'm 100% not a competitive person, the "group" aspect just made me feel really bad about myself. I know I'm a slower cyclist and don't need to be reminded of it by "real people" zipping by me on the screen. It's the same feeling I got when I tried a spin class where they projected your power score on a big screen real-time and rank you with everyone else in the class. My very first class I came in dead last out of everyone in the room. I was so embarrassed and never went back. Not motivating for me in the least, but I definitely see the appeal for that type of training environment if you are wired to be competitive.

And, Florida 40's is colder than 40's most everywhere else b/c the humidity makes everything worse! 

As mentioned about 4,000 post ago  I used to do Zwift, now i'm doing sufferfest. I've also done TR and Rouvy. I still have my TR account and will do a workout there from time to time, but am really liking sufferfest. There is no group event (other than the tour of sufferlandia) that i've found, so nothing to keep you engaged in that manner, but right now, for me, i find that sufferfest pushes me harder than any of the other platforms. The workouts are no joke! I did like Zwift, just find that i do better with sufferfest right now. As my mother would say, "that's what makes horse races!' (differences of opinion). 

I haven't been doing any group rides or anything. I just made my workout using the intervals that I was given (for example: 4 x 4 min @ 110% FTP,  remainder at something that I don't remember right now). The main reason that I picked Zwift over the others is I'd need a new computer for them and I could just get an Apple TV for Zwift.