Struggle — training tips

With icy conditions forecast over the weekend, stay safe by maxing out indoor training sessions. Here’s our top tips to train for a Struggle sportive on an icy day.  

1. Take a Test

It may not be a four-hour ride but we promise you an FTP test (Functional Threshold Power) will leave you lying on the sofa for the rest of the afternoon.

Now is an ideal time to carry out an FTP test; benchmarking your fitness at the start...

We're excited to be working with Brownlee Fitness to offer you this exclusive sportive training plan. For just £35 per month you'll receive an online sportive training plan by your own cycling coach, designed to get you fit for the sportive season.

We're excited to bring you five sportive-specific indoor training sessions to upload to your Zwift Workouts menu, which have been expertly created by Coach Tom Townsend of Downing Cycling.

For the first instalment of our winter training series we start with our 2022 Winter Cycling Kit List; our top ten clothing and accessories for winter cycling to keep you warm, dry and safe while out training this winter. 

Ask old pros and the purist of roadies how to become a better cyclists and they’ll tell you to “ride your bike!” But pick apart the training plans of new kids climbing the pro ranks and you’ll find there’s more power behind podium performances than pure peddling. Strength Coach to the Pros, Chris Peden, shows us how...