Welcome to BikeRadar’s indoor training week.
Indoor training exploded in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic and its popularity has persisted, with cyclists finding indoor training to be an effective way to stay fit, race against friends and avoid bad weather.
As a result, we’ve upped our coverage of indoor training in recent years. We continue to explore training apps, and review the best smart trainers and the best indoor bikes. We also bring you all the latest indoor training news, from developments in tech to new virtual worlds on Zwift.
While getting set up for indoor training requires some outlay, it has the potential to make you a formidable cyclist.
Training plans and workouts are useful for making the most of your time. They can also keep you motivated when cycling outdoors isn’t so appealing – even if that motivation results in pushing yourself through yet another horrible FTP test.
Over the next seven days, we’ll cover everything you need to know about cycling indoors, serving up an array of indoor training content throughout the week.
We’ll bring you fitness and training advice, in-depth buyer’s guides and tips on how to get the most out of cycling indoors.
On top of that, we’ll ask what the future of indoor cycling may look like and whether you should really trade the open road for static training.
Indoor training week on BikeRadar
Opinion, news and features
- Gamification is the future of indoor cycling
- Is the Zwift Cog the smart trainer upgrade we didn’t know we needed?
- Indoor cycling is boring and that's the way I like it
- Zwift expands Watopia with 19km coastal road and 8 new routes
- Cycling indoors is an easy way to feel like I’ve done something
Buyer’s guides
- Best smart trainers
- Best indoor bikes
- Best indoor cycling apps
- Best free indoor cycling apps
- Top turbo trainer accessories
- Best Zwift setups for every rider
- Zwift vs Peloton – which is the best indoor training app for you?
Explainers
- 5 indoor cycling tips to maximise your training time
- The benefits of indoor training
- Indoor cycling: a beginner's guide to all you need to know
- How to build a pain cave | 9 tips for creating the perfect indoor training space
- How to take an FTP test on Zwift
- What is VO2 Max?
- Zwift racing explained: categories, formats and tactics
- Your complete guide to Zwift
- Your complete guide to TrainerRoad
- Rouvy: everything you need to know
- How to use Wahoo's indoor cycling ecosystem
- Wahoo SYSTM: your complete guide
Fitness and training
- ERG mode explained: what it is, how to use it and when you should turn it off
- 60-minute turbo training sessions for time-crunched riders
- Could Critical Power be a better alternative to FTP for training?
- HIIT workouts for cyclists
- The best workouts and training plans on Zwift
- Training zones explained
- Why there's more to FTP than meets the eye
- What is VO2 max and can you improve it?
