June 27, 2018 2 min read
School’s out for summer. If you’re battling to keep the little ones entertained for six weeks, your personal fitness can sometimes take a backseat, but it doesn’t have to. Here, we explain how adding indoor training to your schedule can help you survive the summer holidays.
Follow our tips for preparing for the summer and staying on top of your fitness needs.
First things first, you need to decide how to approach the holidays. Do you simply want to maintain fitness or do you have a late season event you need to train for? Write down what you want to achieve in the next six weeks.
Next, set your benchmark bycompleting a fitness test. Once you have your figures, spend some time working out how to achieve your target. Ourstructured training plansoffer easy to follow sessions designed to help you meet a specific goal, in the most efficient way possible.
One of the biggest benefits of a home trainer is that you don’t need to leave the house. So no need for babysitters or partners to cover you whilst at the gym or out on the road. A perfect time to fit in a quick session is before the kids wake up, or after they’ve gone to bed. TheWattbike Atomhas been designed to produce minimal noise, so you can be safe in the knowledge that no matter how hard you push yourself, the kids won’t be awoken by the noise (of the bike at least!)
Taken Scotty to football practice and have a spare 30 minutes? Jump on the Wattbike! Even a short session indoors can boost your performance. Heading to the pain cave can be much more time efficient than out on the road as you avoid cars, traffic lights and rough terrain. That means you can expend more effort in a shorter time, as you have no external variables getting in your way. Use theWattbike Hubto save time searching the the perfect indoor session.
Our final suggestion is to make training a family activity. Children often have energy to burn during the summer holidays, so why not get them involved in indoor training too? Depending on their age, you could create an indoor setup using their usual bike and keep them entertained usingZwiftorRoad Grand Tours. If they’re a little older (and taller),find them a Wattbikeso they can get in on the training too!
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July 03, 2025 3 min read
Every summer, thousands of amateur cyclists from around the world gather in the French Alps to test themselves on one of the most legendary challenges in the sport of cycling - L’Étape du Tour. It’s not just a sportive. It’s a chance to ride a full mountain stage of the Tour de France, on the same roads, with full support, just like the pros.
Conquering the climbs, altitude, and intensity of L’Étape requires focused, structured training and that's exactly where the Wattbike comes in.
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Pre-season is where foundations are built, where future wins are shaped and where smart teams separate themselves from the pack. For professional teams, this period isn’t just about “getting back to fitness”, it’s a precise window to test, build, condition and optimise. In 2025, this means utilising the most advanced data-driven tools and protocols available.
At Wattbike, we work with elite teams across rugby, football, cycling, and more. Based on real-world use and expert feedback, here’s how the smartest teams are approaching pre-season, on and off their feet.
Find out how some of the top teams across multiple sports use Wattbike to take their pre-season off feet and manage load. Plus, some insights into pre-season sessions that you can try.
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With the NHL Scouting Combine happening this week, it is the final showcase event before the NHL Draft picks on June 27th and 28th. Offering a comprehensive week of interviews, medical evaluations, and of course fitness testing.
A critical component of the combine is the rigorous fitness testing, designed to evaluate each athlete's physical capabilities. Wattbike has been an integral part of this process, providing precise measurements of both aerobic and anaerobic capacities through the VO2 Max and Wingate tests.
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