Cycling in winter: how to combine healthy lifestyle and TV?

It’s winter outside. It affects everything, including our sports habits. We prefer watching TV rather than doing sports and lose fitness we have gained through hard work. How to maintain and increase your physical fitness, if possible, without leaving the TV? Read below.

You might have heard of pro-cyclists winter training camps in Mallorca, Tenerife or elsewhere in Spain. Why are they in winter? This is the ideal time to prepare for the season of spring classics (Paris-Roubaix, Gent Wevelgem, Amstel Gold Race, Milan-San Remo, etc.).

Even though you don’t plan to take part in the cycling spring classics, you surely want to be perfectly fit by the outdoor cycling season in spring. And preferably without going far from the TV in winter 😊

This is real. And it doesn’t take too much.

1. Decide on an approximate date for the first spring race. If you don’t know for sure, put on April 27 — you won’t be mistaken. You will be in great shape at the right time.

2. Download the OMY! Sports mobile app on iOS or Android, or visit https://app.omysports.ai. Answer 10 questions and get your individual workouts plan. That’s the beginning of your cycling level improvement.

3. Now get on your smart trainer and you can start! Haven’t selected one yet? Use our recommendations and choose what suits you best.

4. Open Zwift on your computer screen, or better yet, display the image on the big TV screen. And you are in the exciting virtual world of cycling.

5. Upload your customised training workout from your OMY! Sports plan into Zwift, choose a suitable world (Watopia, New York, Innsbruck, Makouri Islands, etc.) and push the pedals!

Not to forget, you can always ride with friends (meet-ups), take part in training sessions with celebrities or participate in competitions. It is like in Mallorca or Tenerife. Hot and diverse, but at home, in front of your TV and not far from Christmas goose 🥂

Stay fit and motivated.

OMY! Sports Team