Zwift ERG Workout FAQs

Making the most of your ERG workouts isn’t completely intuitive. Here’s how you can do it.

1. Dial down your Smart Trainer to lowest difficulty level.
2. Steadily increase cadence (90+) before hard effort within an ERG workout. This reduces the spin-out effect and/or trainer becoming difficult to pedal.
3. Make sure you have the correct FTP for your current training level to prevent overcooking within the ERG workouts.
4. If you need to make “in workout” adjustments, use the “Page Up” and “Page Down” buttons to manually adjust the resistance.
5. You can always disable ERG mode while riding using the up arrow key when in a Workout and going from there.