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This season, Zwift is leaning heavily into the Zwift Camp concept, launching a three-camp series that kicked off with Zwift Camp: Baseline on September 15.
Next week (Monday, November 10) the second Camp of the season begins. Named “Zwift Camp: Build”, it’s a 5-stage workout series all about pushing yourself in targeted workouts to build performance at particular intervals. Dive into all the details below!
Build Basics
After Zwift Camp: Baseline showed us our power bests across various intervals, Zwift Camp: Build is here to push us to train and get stronger.
The Camp consists of five different workouts, spread across five weeks. You can finish each workout once and complete the Camp, but you can also do a workout multiple times if you’re looking for additional training.
The workouts target the same approximate time intervals as Zwift Camp: Baseline tested, plus a longer bonus effort up Alpe du Zwift:
- 5-second power
- 1-minute power
- 5-minute power
- 20-minute power
- 60-minute power (bonus!)
What’s New
Zwift is using lots of different game and HUD features to make their latest Zwift Camp as effective and engaging as possible.
- Instead of standard ERG mode workouts, Zwift Camp: Build uses route-based workouts and on-screen prompts to guide you through a training effort tailored to Zwift’s virtual parcours
- RoboPacers will be put to use in stages 4 and 5 to help riders pace their efforts
- On-screen scripts will recommend enabling HoloReplay for stages 1, 2, and 3, so you can try to beat your previous efforts
- Lap Splits and Ride Stats HUD elements will be automatically enabled to give you a mid-ride picture of your workout
- New routes: stages 1 and 3 feature new routes, which means new achievement badges with bonus XP!
Workouts + Schedule
Stages can be completed as on-demand (solo) efforts whenever you’d like, or you can join a scheduled group event. Note: on-demand rides of stages 4 and 5 will not include RoboPacers.
- Stage 1: November 10-16
- Ride six laps of Glasgow Crit Circuit, putting in a maximual 5-second effort on the Champion’s Sprint each lap.
- Training Target: Neuromuscular (~5 Seconds)
- Route: Glasgow Crit Six (18.3km, 199m)
- Stage 2: November 17-23
- Test your 1-minute power on three efforts of the Dos d’Ane Sprint as you lap France’s newer cobbled roads.
- Training Target: Anaerobic Capacity (~1 Minute)
- Route: Bon Voyage (31.4km, 155m)
- Stage 3: November 24-30
- Ride four laps of the Volcano Circuit, pushing to your max to test your 5-minute (VO2) power.
- Training Target: VO2 (~5 Minutes)
- Route: Hot Laps (23.4km, 149m)
- Stage 4: December 1-7
- Ride up The Grade for a tough threshold workout and FTP test, with 5 different RoboPacers set up at different target times to help you pace your effort.
- Training Target: Lactate Threshold/FTP Estimate (~20 minutes)
- Route: Hilltop Hustle (16.3km, 346m)
- RoboPacer The Grade KOM Target Times:
- 14 minutes (4.2 W/kg)
- 18 minutes (3.2 W/kg)
- 22 minutes (2.6 W/kg)
- 26 minutes (2.2 W/kg)
- 30 minutes (1.8 W/kg)
- Stage 5: December 8-14
- Ride up Alpe du Zwift for a long threshold effort, with 5 different RoboPacers set up at different target times to help you pace your effort.
- Training Target: True FTP/Threshold (~60 minutes)
- Route: Road to Sky (17.3km, 1045m)
- RoboPacer Alpe du Zwift KOM Target Times:
- 50 minutes (4.0 W/kg)
- 60 minutes (3.3 W/kg)
- 70 minutes (2.8 W/kg)
- 90 minutes (2.1 W/kg)
- 120 minutes (1.6 W/kg)
- Make-Up Events: December 15-21
Sign up at zwift.com/zwift-camp > (events coming soon)
Each stage is a week long, with events beginning at 9am PST on Monday and scheduled hourly on the hour until 8am PST the following Monday.
Progressive Unlocks
Three unlocks are available as you work your way through Zwift Camp: Build:
- Complete 1 Stage: Zwift Camp: Build socks
- Complete 3 Stages: Zwift Camp: Build headphones/sweatband combo
- Complete all 5 Stages: Zwift Camp: Build cycling kit
Personal Dashboard
Zwifter will have a Zwift Camp: Build dashboard which includes a progress meter and your power bests across the target intervals. This will be available at zwift.com and in the Companion app.
Access your dashboard at zwift.com/zwift-camp-build/dashboard > (going live soon)
2025/26 Zwift Camps
This is the second of three Zwift Camps planned for this year’s 2025/26 peak Zwift season:
- Zwift Camp: Baseline (September 15-October 20): Pure power analysis
- Zwift Camp: Build (November 10 – December 21): Power application through in-game segments/routes
- Zwift Camp: Breakthrough (Sprint 2026): Pure power competition and analysis to help you break into a strong outdoor season
Questions or Comments?
What do you think of this second Zwift Camp of the season? Planning to participate? Got questions? Share your thoughts below!
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