GCN Four-Week Challenge Announced

GCN Host Simon Richardson has taken up a new challenge: can he get fitter despite this new reality of working from home and social distancing? And will he come out ahead of the competition, as other GCN presenters are throwing down to see who makes the biggest quarantine leap?

Zwifters are invited to train with Si and other GCN hosts on group workouts for the next four weeks. Join in to build overall fitness, or target improving your Epic KOM time like the GCN hosts. Here’s Simon’s intro video:

The series was assembled by Zwift Performance Consultant Kev Poulton and involves a mix of workouts grabbed from various Zwift training plans, with a Wednesday race to test our limits and a free ride to get in some climbing.

Two different group workouts will be offered each week (Tuesdays and Fridays), and the rides will be led in different timezones by GCN presenters from the UK, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, and France.

Follow Simon’s progress by tuning into GCN on YouTube.

Workout Schedule

• Week #1
  • WO#1 4wk PRL Prep Week 2 Day 7 – Progressive 11min Climb
  • WO#2 Zwift Academy 2018 #8 Lactate Shuttling
  • Race
  • Climbing free-ride with the aim of accumulating 400-500m of elevation gain.
• Week #2
  • WO#3 L’Etape du Tour Training Club Phase 2 Sub-Threshold #2
  • WO#4 Zwift Academy 2019 Semi-Finals #1 Anaerobic Capacity into VO2
  • Race
  • Climbing free-ride with the aim of accumulating 400-500m of elevation gain.
• Week #3
  • WO#5 L’Etape du Tour Training Club Phase 4 Explosive Climb #2
  • WO#6 Zwift Academy 2019
  • WO#7 VO2max Development
  • Race
  • Climbing free-ride with the aim of accumulating 400-500m of elevation gain.
• Week #4
  • WO#7 4wk PRL Prep Week 3 Day 7 – Anaerobic into Sweet Spot
  • WO#8 L’Etape du Tour Training Club Phase 2 Mitochondria #2
  • Race
  • Climbing free-ride with the aim of accumulating 400-500m of elevation gain.

See schedule and other details at zwift.com/events/series/gcn-can-you-get-fitter-in-four-weeks-challenge >

Kit Unlock

Complete any of the GCN presenter-led workouts to score the in-game GCN kit!

Learn more at zwift.com/events/series/gcn-can-you-get-fitter-in-four-weeks-challenge >