Road mileage versus indoor trainer mileage

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yello

back and brave
Location
France
Brahan, water will be fine before and during a turbo ride (unless you plan to be on it for several hours!). You might want to have a recovery drink afterwards, and milk (especially chocolate milk) is as good and cheap option. You can spend a fortune on sports drinks and, imo and depending on how long/hard you work, it's not really necessary. I can buy a mineral water (St Yorre) here in France that's high in bicarbonates and that goes down a treat for me after a sweaty ride.
 

Young Un

New Member
Location
Worcestershire
I find when I do turbo interval traing at the local club (every wednesday) i find that i feel absolutely knackered as soon as I get off the turbo but I recover more quickly than if I had just done a road ride, so I should probably go longer on the turbo - ussually about 35-40 mins - to get a more realistic workout, but unfortunately I cant do that as we do it as a club and so when our coach says we have to stop we really have to, although tonight I am going to make it harder for myself by using a lot harder gears:biggrin:
 

yello

back and brave
Location
France
Thanks for the thread caz. It made me dig out my turbo and set up the bike. It's forecast for solid rain over the next 3 days and I can't spend another full day on the forum!
 
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caz

Well-Known Member
Location
West Midlands
yello said:
Thanks for the thread caz. It made me dig out my turbo and set up the bike. It's forecast for solid rain over the next 3 days and I can't spend another full day on the forum!


That's ok yello, any time :biggrin:. Glad to have motivated you!!! (I know what you mean - forum watching gets addictive!:o)
 

Scoosh

Velocouchiste
Moderator
Location
Edinburgh
I find that turbo work is a different animal to a real ride but, recovering from a minor op, it's all I've got for now. It's a seriously mind-numbing activity ! :girl: My remedy is to read a novel (needs to be something sufficiently interesting to occupy my mind) and I try to keep a steady cadence, checking at the end of each chapter ;). I manage about 45mins before seat starts to complain (not a proper sized bike on turbo at present). Don't have computer set up on rear wheel.

I believe that ordinary tonic water is good for recovery too.


Gin optional ;) :laugh:

yello said:
It's forecast for solid rain over the next 3 days and I can't spend another full day on the forum!
"Yes, you can" - to paraphrase the current phrase ! ;)
 

mr Mag00

rising member
Location
Deepest Dorset
i have read somewhere and been told by a sports scientist, will try to reference this, that an hours turbo is equivalent to around 3 hours riding as has been stated its a different beast and they tend to get used for cardio work outs. i have done a two hour stint at a steady pace with a dvd on the telly.
i certainly feel strionger in the spring for having used it when the weather eally closes in during the winter. i am not fully fair weather but sometimes its just too grey, wet and time is short.
i dont think you should look for direct comparisons
 

jimboalee

New Member
Location
Solihull
I think you should look at 'kCals burned' for a comparison. :biggrin:
 
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