they make their living on stages playing with people. how are you doing? just grateful for whatever we could bring in. so thankful. i thought about what would happen if our economy had to shut down and people who were already struggling to make ends meet, what was going to happen to them? new orleans is a city built on tourism and live music. the virus hitjust at the start of the festival season. for the business, january to june is where we make our nut. it s how we pay our bills, because summer slows down. it s an extremely busy and extremely lucrative time for us. derrick freeman is a musician who has lived in new for almost 30 years. multiple festivals every weekend, including the jazz and heritage festival, which is a huge festival. so we re pretty busy, normally.
and now, it s taken the ultimate leap into the virtual world. zwift is an online platform that allows amateur and professional cyclists to train and compete against one another. its popularity has soared during the pandemic and now it has more than 3 million subscribers. by putting a normal everyday bike on a smart trainer basically a treadmill for a bike with a bluetooth connection a rider s real life physical output is converted into a moving avatar. in zwift, the resistance levels automatically change depending on gradients and conditions, and there is a whole host of other tech that can help add to the realism. the more advanced trainers simulate going over cobbles or through dirt tracks, and there are even fans that can match the wind speed to how fast you re cycling. but once you re plugged in, all you need to is start pedalling. you canjoin a group ride, do a workout, or simply cruise around some of the best routes
connection a rider s real life physical output is converted into a moving avatar. in zwift, the resistance levels automatically change depending on gradients and conditions, and there is a whole host of other tech that can help add to the realism. the more advanced trainers simulate going over cobbles or through dirt tracks, and there are even fans that can match the wind speed to how fast you re cycling. but once you re plugged in, all you need to is start pedalling. you canjoin a group ride, do a workout, or simply cruise around some of the best routes in the world with maps, stats and data. so to see what all the fuss was about, i thought i d get stuck in. the plan to get fit enough so that five weeks, i could take part in a race on zwift. and, in order to do that,
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on gradients and conditions, and there s a whole host of other tech that can help add to the realism. the more advanced trainers simulate going over cobbles or through dirt tracks and there are even fans that can match the wind speed to how fast you re cycling. but, once you re plugged in, all you need to do is start pedalling. you canjoin a group ride, do a workout or simply cruise around some of the best routes in the world with maps, stats and data. so, to see what all the fuss was about, i thought i d get stuck in. the plan, to get fit enough so that in five weeks, i could take part in a race on zwift. and, in order to do that, i recruited matt rowe, a professional cycling coach who trains people through zwift. it is the future, for sure, for training, and that s for amateur cyclists, who have four