Muscular Endurance Cycling Training With Zwift
Zwift has revolutionized the way we train indoors with a trainer. The emergence of smart trainers has turned Zwift into an immersive virtual riding experience. Muscular endurance (ME) is one of the basic fundamental skills that create a well-rounded cyclist, but it can be boring to accomplish on a trainer. Combining the two together provides you the opportunity to get tons of high-quality training and keep things from getting stale. But before you can go about building a ton of muscular endurance and making your body bulletproof, you have to understand what the goal of a ME interval is.
So, first of all, what is muscular endurance and why is it important?
Muscular endurance is your body's ability to resist muscular fatigue under pedaling tension. That pedaling tension is where the magic happens in your pedal stroke. The more tension in the pedals, the more power gets to the rear wheel and the faster you go. I'm sure you've experienced a time when you have to really dig in and push hard to catch your riding buddy. After a short time, your legs start to get heavy and tired and you have to rest. The more times you have to repeat this kind of move, the harder it becomes because your legs are just tired out. Maybe your legs cramp up or maybe you just can't make the move. No matter what the outcome, you just need more ME training in your program.
In this article I'm going to give you tips to improve your muscular endurance training with Zwift. Click through the jump to find out how:
