I recently travelled to see Fenton Fitness in Lancashire who have started to use Wattbikes at their impressive gym facility. The owner, Ric Fenton, gave us a tour of his gym and showed us how the Wattbike forms an important part of the Octathlon series that he runs. The Octathlon is a timed-event consisting of 8 different disciplines including Wattbike,… Read full post
I've been blogging about my progress on the Wattbike for a few weeks now, my first ever training session and the 3 minute aerobic test should make interesting reading for anybody who has just purchased a Wattbike or is looking to start some kind of structured training programme. However, this blog post isn't about a Wattbike session at all. It's less… Read full post
When anybody mentions 'the Voice of Cycling' you really do think of only one, well actually two, people, Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin. They have provided the soundtrack to many Tour de France performances and it was fantastic to find ourselves sitting and listening to Phil talk about how, and importantly why, he chooses to train on a Wattbike. It goes… Read full post
After playing around with getting my Wattbike setup to my own preference it quickly dawned on me that I would be wasting a huge opportunity if I didn’t follow some kind of training plan. Thankfully, Eddie Fletcher, Wattbike’s sport scientist, has provided some great free training plans for both sportive riders and triathletes to follow. The Sportive… Read full post