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mike101 posted 3 years ago.
The easiest way to see if you have dead spots is to do one leg drills. Unclip a leg and hang it to the side. They make a pedal that is independant of each other, I'm blanking on the name. That is another alternative to one legged drills. These force you to pick up the leg, otherwise you'll end up with both legs sitting at the bottom.
Do I feel this, yes. I have a dead spot I've tried for years to loose. Its between 6:30 and 7:30. I cant seem to consistently pull back before I start to lift the pedal.
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swimbikerun_boy posted 3 years ago.
mike101 wrote:
The easiest way to see if you have dead spots is to do one leg drills. Unclip a leg and hang it to the side. They make a pedal that is independant of each other, I'm blanking on the name. That is another alternative to one legged drills. These force you to pick up the leg, otherwise you'll end up with both legs sitting at the bottom.Do I feel this, yes. I have a dead spot I've tried for years to loose. Its between 6:30 and 7:30. I cant seem to consistently pull back before I start to lift the pedal.
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Definetly keep up with the one legged stuff. You won't feel the dead spots at a high cadence because with your leg moving so fast it is like you are skipping over the dead spots.(i believe this is the answer to what you are trying to get at)
Hope this helps
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Great Greyhound posted 3 years ago.
Try the One Legged Drills 'OLD's at around 70 rpm. You'll really feel the Dead Spot(s). I try and do at least one Drill set a week, this helps me concentrate on the dead spots, and pedaling circles when I'm spinning faster.
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JamieM posted 3 years ago.
One-legged drills are a great way to improve your spin. You can also try very high RPM intervals. My typical spin is around 95 RPMs, but during most workouts (on the trainer, I won't do this on the road) I try to do several intervals of 2-3 min in length at 110-115 rpm. This can be done in a very easy gear. Just begin slowly and concentrate on pedaling smooth circles and not allowing your butt to bounce around on the saddle.
It can take a lot of practice for this to feel right, but in the end it can make your regular spin more efficient by helping to elminiate deadspots.
While I am concentrating on pedaling complete cirlces I find it hard to get the resistence feedback that tells me i am putting forth the effort while doing it at a high cadence. Im not sure that I am actually putting much force into the pedals except when I slow the revs and can really feel where there are "dead spots" in the cirlce.
Anyone else experience this.