Daniela Ryf’s Training Secrets | How The 10x World Champ Uses Zwift To Reach Her Best

We're out in South Africa to catch up with 10x Iron Man World Champion ‪@danielaryf‬ for some training. Daniela is entered into Iron Man South Africa which has qualification points for the world championships in Nice, so an important one to bring your A-game to! For this, we're joining Daniela for a casual ride out in the hills of Stellenbosch before a good hard session on Zwift where we can dig into how she uses it as a preparation tool, whilst also finding out about her plans for the future.
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⏱️ Timestamps ⏱️
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Training Session On The Road
02:42 - Taking Things Indoors To Zwift
03:01 - Interview With Daniela Ryf
05:24 - What Role Does Zwift Play In Daniela Ryf's Training?
12:33 - What Are Daniela Ryf's Future Plans?
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[@gtn]

Do you use Zwift to train for events? or are you more of a casual Zwifter?

[@loulew07]

Dumb trainer CS-1000 Cateye from 1987 , videos , music, races videos . Dec 2023 got a smart trainer and 284 sessions later , from IPAD to 40 INCH smart TV and now serious climber and racer has made my bike stronger and faster for my duathlons . No need to ride outside until race day . And have seen Daniela , A. Gentle , Lionel , Trevor , Matt Hansen , Dede and they zoom right by me , see their power numbers , speed and it shows how often they ride . Wish we had this back in 1987 . Not casual , hard core .

[@ZachMoxham]

Train safely for races, NYC is tough to hit paces safely at reasonable hours of the day

[@elka2palka]

Yep, a lot of Zwift in winter

[@dudefromlaveenaz]

Yeah, the US in not as bike friendly as the UK. Bike lanes are full of trash, and rocks drivers drive as close as possible to you despite laws requiring them to give you space.

[@ralfmimoun2826]

Formerly Zwift, now MyWhoosh. I do 2-3 guided workouts per week in addition to training sessions in other sports. No more time for social ride, so no need to pay monthly. But I love Zwift, it brought me to serious cycling.

[@SBoots29]

Very good conversation with Daniela. Brings up a good point I have been pondering. I live out in the country with One highway and a lot of tourist. No shoulder on the road and the road is riddled with breaks, pot holes and crumbling. Makes me think training on Zwift would be much more beneficial. Way to keep up James. Just the warm up? that was good.

[@AnaFerreira-nn3qm]

I love her spirit so much.

[@emmaduizend]

Love this! Thanks for suffering through it James ;)

[@gtn]

Suffering? He loved this 😉

[@Emma-xv4be]

I use zwift for intervals and outside riding for long easy rides, but it does add another bike to the collection 😊

[@gtn]

We're not hearing anything bad here 😉

[@user-is1zg9jn1t]

I came from hong kong, there is not bike friendly place , So I use Rouvy and Fulgaz to train for IM and 70.3 .

[@gtn]

Indoor training is so cool for this! It gives everyone a chance to get out there and train 🙌

[@General1Cal]

The age old argument, physical fitness gives you a longer life, having friends gives you a longer life, women traditionaly live longer also.

[@philipk4475]

Why does the gcn commentator constantly interrupt Daniela?

[@kerrynball2734]

First video from South Africa that didn't include looting or collapse of basic infrastructure I've seen for a long time. Good to see something positive...

[@redbeard1891]

Hope she has plenty of solar panels and batteries to use zwift when the powers out in ZA.

[@99cya]

Tbh she lost electricity there for quite a while. Had a thunderstorm damaging that infrastructure.

[@JJ85J]

Zwift ha pagato questo video

[@larissadueck2643]

To be honest, it might not be safe for her to ride outside... especially alone

[@rolandh.7386]

Great Zwift Commercial 🤨

[@chernobijl]

SA Roads are terribly unsafe ... no shoulders, aggressive drivers and broken road surfaces - potholes, ruts and crumbling. Much safer indoors ...