Indoor cycling motivation

[Shawn Gossman]

I've tried indoor cycling.

I just get bored really fast.

How do you motivate yourself to bike indoors?

 

[Rom]

I'm very competitive, so I know every day that I take off and my competition is training is a day I'm "losing". Zwift helps with completing training as there are visuals to guide you through your workouts, and with a good playlist anything is possible. Lot's of benefits from just getting on for 30min-1hr

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I reckon if I got more competitive about cycling, I'd get into it more.

 

[jmaaks]

For me, Zwift helps remove excuses -- no need to worry about weather, temperature, the extra time of driving somewhere to ride (so I can avoid traffic). When I have a window of time, even at lunch (since I work from home) I can just jump on and go.

As for staying interested, I have a number of motivators: I'm a completionist so I enjoy getting badges for routes or challenges I haven't done. I race in a team league, have the Southern Illinois Zwifters group rides and crits on Thursdays, and join some triathletes from Mt Vernon on their group rides. I also do banded meetup rides with a friend in St. Louis -- she's at a different ability level but the banding keeps us together regardless of our respective effort.

I have a coach that assigns workouts in TrainingPeaks, which show up in Zwift (and on my Wahoo for outdoor rides, btw).

I also will throw on a show or movie to stream for longer rides.