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Need a good indoor cycle workout.

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started by Blessed79 on September 17, 2009

I just got a trainer and have been riding my bike for 30mins. I have nothing to do but ride. I'd like to do the things I used to do in spinning. However, I wanna make sure it is focused on tri training. I wanna be strong when I get out on the road....any suggestions??

Thanks:~}

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xc800runner posted 26 weeks ago.

The Sufferfest podcasts.

Free, include video of famous bike races to keep you interested, and usually last about 45-60 min. Oh, and per the title, they hurt. Bad...

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Blessed79 posted 26 weeks ago.

Thanx!!!

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
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jnrice posted 26 weeks ago.

The suffer fest isn't bad. Where do I find the rest of those videos?

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xc800runner posted 26 weeks ago.

jnrice wrote:
The suffer fest isn't bad. Where do I find the rest of those videos?

You may be able to get them off iTunes, in the Podcast store. But, being podcasts, they have a limited lifetime, and I can only find one posted there.

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jnrice posted 26 weeks ago.

same here... shame. would have been great trainer fodder this winter.

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xc800runner posted 26 weeks ago.

I have 3-5 in my iTunes library. It looks like he's going to be puting out some more in the coming months, including a re-release of videos 1 and 2, so be sure to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes so you don't have to worry about missing one. Sould be at least a couple more available this winter.

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Triathlete954 posted 26 weeks ago.

I do a lot of tempo riding on my trainer. I put my bike on the big ring in front and use the hardest gears. I go for 30 to 60 minutes trying to keep the heart rate at 165 BPM, while on the hardest gears. Also try to increase your VO2 max and breathe out of a straw while your doing it, but when you start only do it at 5 minute intervals and slowly build up the time(I got that one from the VO2 article). Now on group rides when were pulling 22 mph my heart rate never gets over 145 BPM.
Also intervals are great! 3 minutes all out and 2 minutes easy pace. That has brought my biking to an all new level.

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Blessed79 posted 23 weeks ago.

Sweet thx guys!! I downloaded sufferfest!!

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe