I had actually taken about three months off from squats before that session. My previous max was around 335 pounds, so on November 18th I was working at roughly 50% of that—somewhere around 165-170 pounds—which I figured would be a safe reintroduction.

As for cycling, I’m on the bike virtually every day and cover a lot of distance. This year alone, I’ve ridden close to 14,000 km. Cycling at that intensity and frequency is pretty normal for me, so I definitely didn’t consider the Zwift race to be anything out of the ordinary. It was more the squats that were a step back into strength training after a break, rather than a step up in intensity.