I’ve had the following email from Darren Bowen of Pembrokeshire Leisure offering free ‘Watt Bike’ sessions, read on:
From: Bowen, Darren
Sent: 13 October 2014 11:23
Subject: Wattbike
You may well be aware that Crymych and Fishguard Leisure Centres have a Wattbike available for customers to use but many of our customers will not fully understand the benefits of training with power as opposed to using other metrics such as Heart Rate, Speed or ‘Feel’. It may also be the case that you will perceive a ‘Group Cycling’ or Spinning’ class to be a suitable alternative to your summer rides. We agree that this has a part to play in training so we have re-introduced Group Cycling on to our Crymych Leisure Centre Class Timetable from November onwards – but I can assure you, once you have tried training with Power as your main metric, you will find training without power output readings far less focussed.
I’m so confident of this that I will be offering 10 free Wattbike analysis sessions in each facility during the first week of November – Daily from the 3rd to the 7th with the first at 1700 and the second at 1800. I am offering these sessions out to local Cycling and Triathlon clubs but they will be on a first come first served basis.
The analysis session will identify any weaknesses in your pedalling technique and will also give you some important numbers to use in future training sessions, such as Functional Threshold Power, Maximum Minute Power, Power to Weight Ratio and Peak Power. These measurements will be key to ensuring all future sessions on the Wattbike are focussed and structured in order to provide maximum gains in output and efficiency over the winter months. With all this analysis to hand you can be confident that training on the Wattbike will allow you to go faster for the same physiological demand.
There’s no catch and no commitment required other than, if you book the session we would really appreciate if you turned up!
Once a customer has had the initial analysis session the Wattbike can be booked at any time with individual 1 hour sessions available from as little as £3 per session. For those who aren’t fortunate enough to get one of the 10 FREE spaces, Analysis sessions are charged at £10.
In order to book a session, you can phone Crymych Leisure Centre on 01437 77 6690 or Fishguard Leisure Centre on 01437 77 5504
As I indicated above, this is on a first come first served basis and we only have 10 free sessions available.
Please forward this email on to club members
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