Zwift Racing | Punch explained. Zwift Games Race 2

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@MarkyMarkZwifts 7 ай бұрын

Looking really strong Max, that attack you did at the end would have worked better if there was an incline rather than a descent. It's really hard to pull away from the pack downhill. Great effort though mate. I had to miss this stage due to my back, I'm hoping I can do it when they do the make-up stages as it looks like a lot of fun. Good luck tomorrow for the Prime-time race, that is going to be spicy AF on the Glasgow Crit circuit.

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Good to know- i didn’t want to go too hard to get away from the group because I didn’t want to go completely anaerobic and only last 30 secs!!! Will be trying this again another time

@craig3141 7 ай бұрын

Great racing Max, I think it’s so cool when people “go long” with more than 1km remaining - death or glory!!

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Haha, im going to keep trying it, can only make me a better cyclist and its a lot of fun

@bitminerbob6731 7 ай бұрын

If you want to attack in the last 1k, do a full gas sprint as your initial attack. That will give you separation from the bunch and force others to chase. You must get good separation from the bunch. After your 15s full gas sprint effort, settle into your rhythm pushing as many watts as you can. Hopefully there's some hesitation in the bunch as no one really wants to be the one who bridges up to you, so you can escape, so this can work. It's hard but can work.

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Thanks man- yeah I don’t think I got the separation. I didn’t want to go super hard and go full anaerobic and then only last 30 secs!!! lol. Was fun and will def be trying another one

@specialblorb 7 ай бұрын

Gr Max. Enjoy the Glasgow crit. I did it at lunch time as I can't make 6pm. The little bumps took me by surprise... but I am low punch. Started working on it and up to 48% now 😆 Similar to what you were saying though that progress has come at the expense of FTP progress. Best quote of the video "you can't expect to be good at something when you've never tried it" 💪

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this race a lot but ultimately I’d love to race it with 20-50 ppl at the most and really have a tear up where there’s more action in the groups. I think with smaller groups this one would be great as it would make it more exciting

@mckeortiz9120 7 ай бұрын

Dude, your attack at the end was great, the guy that beat you was pushing 7w/kg. He’s a proper A racer most likely. It was still a great attack!

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

His ability didn’t go unnoticed- he flew by and didn’t come off the gas after that. I learnt a few lessons and will be doing exactly the same thing as soon as I get another opportunity

@cannondaletim 7 ай бұрын

Help me understand what my punch means. I only just discovered it today. In zwift power it says Punch 57%. I feel as a cyclist I am able to hold good power through the entire race. But not super good at sprint finishes or big climbs. Does this Punch # reflect how I feel I am as a cyclist?

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Yes exactly. If you are sat on a wheel/in the draft in the group and feel like you are cycling hard & just about holding on for the climbs then nothing for the sprint your punch will be lower. It’s the difference between watts and NW. So if you can punch hard on climbs and hold it or have a big sprint at the end of the race your ‘punch’ rating will be higher

@aaronpower8741 7 ай бұрын

This was my fav course for this series. I'm currently rated as CAT C, but prefer to ride CAT B (about 3.2 W/kg). No where near the top, but managed to get 27th out of 150 riders, so very happy with that. On a flat course I like to try a long-range (1 to 2km) attack. It's never worked yet, but it does throw the challenge out. No point waiting for a sprint you are not going to win - hit it early and make 'em work for it 🤣

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Defintely going to be trying this again and again until I get it right. I also quite like the idea of people knowing that you’re in a race and willing to try something from further out. Means they can’t mentally switch off and just wait for the sprint.

@Boothster084 7 ай бұрын

I wondered how long the beanie hat would last lol

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

lol no chance for a warm up

@Boothster084 7 ай бұрын

It sure does heat up fast indoors! 🥵

@FoobsTon 7 ай бұрын

Nooh. It finished before the money shot! I'm at 2.7w/kg and thinking how do you get to 3.7? I think the amount of Tron bikes in the pack probably answers that question.

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Yes lots and lots of cycling- try entering events and races that push you hard for a short amount of time. 15-25 min races are great to help build your FTP training. Then work up to longer races that are a bit slower but you can hammer the rolling hills

@martinbauer6216 6 ай бұрын

Haha at 9:50 trying to find a tissue, "fuck"! Been there so often....

@thewattlife 6 ай бұрын

haha some seriously poor planning on my behalf... just when you think you have everything ready, you dont realise till the race has started that youre missing a towel

@RoyImahara 7 ай бұрын

Punch percentage looks at you power variability. Basicaly your normalized power versus average power. If you see lots of yellow and red in the NP box in zwiftpower, your punch percentage will be higher. It will help you place better in races because your short power will be higher.

@dmitry.gashko 7 ай бұрын

I think too

@EmrysJones 7 ай бұрын

Good effort on the attack these are my favourite things to try very rarely pay off as a light rider I have a good wkg for 15 seconds around 15wkg but not the raw watts so guys who are 90kg doing 11wkh come flying past. If you try these attack with 1km to go I thing I always try is to dangle off the back slightly and then as you surge to get back to thr pack you going a 3 or kph fast as you make contact then use thr draft and give it a really big kick then normally launches you through and if there doing 43 your be doing over 52 so you gain alot of ground , I think the first zwift games kaminski won by doing the same thing just falling off the back then surge to get back on and no one really picks up on it they think your struggling to get back on but really your gaining the speed to get away, great effort tho keep practicing these and you get alit better but sometimes if thr pack is big it may not work out

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw his attack and that makes sense. Dropping back a bit more will give me more speed to move through the pack and push through for the attack. I do find that the dynamics sometimes stops you from overtaking the rider in front so you need more watts. Momentum counts for a lot now.

@EmrysJones 7 ай бұрын

@thewattlife they changed the dynamics and I find it abit worse you have to push alot more watts to go around people but it's still alot of fun doing these attacks and pushing your 1-2 min punch 👊 up by alot

@maxjohnson0703 7 ай бұрын

Totally would have watched your epic races - was hard as crap for me

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Same, it was a super hard race and i honestly wanted to give up more than once. I got dropped 6km from the end which was annoying

@michelecarroll6355 7 ай бұрын

Very cool thanks 🤩

@danielkent7136 7 ай бұрын

I am a cat c, with a punch of 98, anything from 0-5 minutes I think I am strong but once over that not so much. Anything with a climb of about 5 minutes I’m confident of staying at front and having a good result anything longer I struggle to stay with front group. So punch can help put i think course selection is more important than punch

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Yes, I think most ZRacing events only really have short climbs. Have you done the Zwift Games Epic yet? I can see how a 100% punch is pretty useless when it comes to the last Games race- Alpe du Zwift. Punch is something I really want to work on

@danielkent7136 7 ай бұрын

@@thewattlife I haven't done any of them yet. I did week 1 of the Flamme Rouge Series. So had 7 races in a row. Was planning on doing the epic today but my legs were absolutely shot still..I am going to try do some cat B races and see how long I can hold on..the alpe is horrific as a race in my opinion

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

It’s definitely going to be carnage trying to hammer up there with a big group

@niklasbirksted8175 7 ай бұрын

What does a punch of X% mean?

@cannondaletim 7 ай бұрын

I’ve told myself one day I’m going to do a race just to make attacks and break up the group. Just for fun. No desire to try to win it. But just disrupt it. 😂

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

lol this was literally me. Just choosing violence for no reason

@cannondaletim 7 ай бұрын

@@thewattlife just followed you on Zwift. Maybe we can disrupt together😜🤪

@bitminerbob6731 7 ай бұрын

My punch is 94.8%. I race mainly cat B but sometimes cat A for City Crits. Zwiftpower officially rates me as a cat C racer 🤪 but I win my fair share of cat B races, because of my sprint of 1196w over 15s. My race ranking is 161.88.

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Ha this is crazy!! Love it. Yeah I think if you are able to just throw down watts and then sit in the group you’re in a great position to be able to win races. The races you join and what Cat you join is up to you I guess. Does make it hard to know who has strong legs though unless there’s some good climbs

@bitminerbob6731 7 ай бұрын

I'm 95kgs so no good on long climbs. I avoid them like the plague lol. A few days ago I even got dropped going up Titan's Grove in the zwift games stage 2. There were 150 in the B group and the pace was furious from the get-go, even going up the titan grove rollers lol.

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

I think the Zwift Games has been doing a good job with course variety. Lots of rollers- and now a crit race. Gonna be 🥵💥 tonight

@boomcerdena 7 ай бұрын

See you tonight bro!

@tombarnes2652 7 ай бұрын

Bear in mind it isnt just races. I managed to get up to 100 punch when i was just doing a weekly sprint and spin ride.so if someone is doing some sprint training group rides it will be much higher.

@thewattlife 7 ай бұрын

Yeah this makes sense- I know most rides go into Zwift power but I always kind of through that it was only races which would effect sprint/punch numbers