This is a training plan designed for newer cyclists who ride on Zwift and want a weight loss focus to their riding. There are fewer structured workouts here than other plans, with targets for riding routes of increasing distance/difficulty instead.

To import the structured workouts into Zwift you'll need to head to Zwift.com, login, head to settings, and under connections authorise TrainingPeaks. Next time you open Zwift and you click on the "training" button you should see a folder titles "TrainingPeaks custom workouts", where you'll find the workout scheduled for the day, once the plan has been applied to your account.

Notes on weight loss
This plan on its own will not help you lose weight, it is simply a lower intensity plan with a focus on burning lots of calories rather than specific performance outcomes.

To lose weight, your body needs to be in a calorific deficit, which is where you burn more calories in a day than you consume. This does not need to be a set number, and you don't even need to track your calories if you don't want to, but a combination of reducing calorific intake and exercise are generally required for weight loss.

Your weight loss also needs to be sustainable, if you drastically cut back on calories and engage in an intensive exercise programme this will result in rapid weight loss, but this can be unhealthy and make it harder to keep the weight off.

Additionally, you may not see any progress on the bathroom scales. This can be very confusing and frustrating, but as the body sheds body fat, it will also build leg muscles from the training, which are very dense and add to body weight. If you have access to scales which measure body fat percentage I recommend you use these.

A four week version of this plan is also available here: https://www.trainingpeaks.com/training-plans/cycling/indoor/tp-306533/zwift-four-week-fat-loss-plan

If you have any questions before or after purchasing this plan, feel free to E-mail me at Simon@phazontriathlon.com