EASY DEPLETION | Zwift Academy Road 2022 Workout #4

Zwift Academy Road 2022 workout 4 is it too easy?
We are now nicely into zwift academy and actually coming towards the end of this years event. I can't work out if this workout was a bit meh or i'm expecting something to fancy. Ultimately it does the job and banks a good workout that doesn't seem to elicit too much fatigue.
Zwift Academy road workout 4 is called "Depleting Workout"
"This workout is the first to include some higher intensity as we introduce some short efforts of 20 - 40sec to 'prime' your aerobic system before a 10 min block just below your FTP. These priming efforts prior to your 10 min interval means that we will have depleted your anaerobic system slightly before you do the 10min efforts which are done below your FTP. The 10 min blocks will feel slightly harder than normal because of the short depleting intervals prior. You will have just a total of 3 min above your FTP in this session but 20min just below."
You can find more info on workout 3 here - whatsonzwift.com/workouts/zwi...
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[@benjapolcycling]

Nice job!! For the limited time within the workout event (this is my own opinion) - workout 4,5,6 I would go 110% workout bias (but back down 100 or even 90% on rest interval, that would really make it 9 out of 10 as zwift screen said and should be more beneficial. Later on when you can edit this, it would be better to actually add additional working set to make it longer and reduce rest interval (and not need the bias). For workout #5, kill that sweet spot in the middle which i think is non-sense, and add the same HIIT interval instead.

[@alexreader]

Yeah totally agree!

[@bwarey52]

Hi there, thanks for the content 👏
Had the exact experience with this work out,the short blocks didn't really hurt and the minute recovery was too long imo. Maybe 20/20 30/30 40/40 might have made it stiing more. I'm a heavier rider (94kg/300ftp/3.2wpkg) so probably better suited for this style of workout but the wife smashed it and said it was by far the easiest one so far and she's a weight weenie

[@alexreader]

Thanks Ben! Yeah completely agree, glad it's not just me then. Awesome that you both zwift 👌

[@craigwin3685]

Masochist. Sadist is wanting me to do the workout. 😅

[@alexreader]

🤣🤣 I'm far to used to dishing it out