Name: 11 Things I Wish I'd Known About Zwift
Uploaded: 2020-06-06T18:52:45.000Z
Duration: 9 min 31 s
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- There were so many amazing features on Zwift,

- Yeah, whether you're new to Zwift or a seasoned veteran,

here are 11 things you'd wished you'd known about Zwift.

- Zwift can seem like a pretty big place,

so how do you make sure that you meet up with your friends

With the companion app, available free on IOS

And it's actually very simple to find them,

and then you either select Zwifters that you follow,

click on them and then you will end up next to them

- Yeah, and you can also get a notification

- That's right and of course the companion app

from your phone, like as a remote control.

and indeed, perhaps most importantly of all,

you can give Ride Ons, that's right, Ride On.

Zwift isn't just a virtual reality cycling playground

you can also do structured training sessions

because built in to Zwift itself are loads and loads

You can find them here by clicking on that workout button.

As you can see there's a whole load of them there

Now, when you click on one and you end up in the game,

the game experience does change ever so slightly.

So for example you have a little holographic display unit

in front of your avatar so that you are reminded

and everyone else knows that's what you're doing as well.

You can't draft other people although they can draft you.

You can't use power ups, meaning no short cuts

and it's also a very good way of boosting your rider score.

Well, XP points are accumulated when you ride on Zwift.

And the more miles you click over the more points you get

And once the mile has ticked over you get your points.

But you don't get them for a workout session

and you'll see it in the top right hand corner

Let me try and get some points now. (pants)

- What a magnificent specimen, (bike squeaks)

- [James] Yeah, I'm just goin' down hill now.

- Okay, XP points aside, pretty much every thing

that you do on Zwift is governed by how many watts

Well, it's a measure of your power so the amount of energy

that you are putting in to the pedals each second.

which is your functional threshold power.

Now that is gonna theoretical estimation of how many watts

that you could average for a one hour duration.

Now, fortunately you don't need to ride for an hour

because Zwift will do a calculation for you

and give you an accurate estimation of your FTP

and it's really important that it does that.

that will adjust the workout intensity which best suits you.

you can then divide the FTP by your weight

and that will give you your power to weight ratio.

that will put you in a group or race in a group

- If you're using a smart trainer as James is here,

then Zwift can automatically control your workout

at the correct intensity as dictated by your FTP

that as you start an interval your trainer

will automatically generate the right amount

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