I find it's more:-Turboing = lack of imagination
lack of imagination = inability to use turbos properly
Turbo Trainers - Are they worth getting
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lack of imagination = inability to use turbos properly
lukesdad
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Now let me see....... mmm out on mv bike? or.... . Its a no brainer, Ah! but thats what I meant in the..... Never mind.I find it's more:-
lack of imagination = inability to use turbos properly
That's the bit on which we agree!!
Well I am now a turbo convert....santa brought me one and I decided to use it rather than going to spin as the weather is just not conducive to going out on the bike here! Loved it and was hot and sweaty within minutes.....equally as many cals burned as in spin and worked my way through HRM bases easily!
I suppose it depends on the type of rider one is. If you cycle for no greater reason that enjoyment of the great outdoors, in all its elements, whether fair or foul, I don't suppose you could ever be persuaded to use a turbo. However, if you cycle more for simple fitness and pleasure you may be persuaded to use a turbo when the elements will stop you venturing outdoors. Beyond that, if, like me, you compete at a decent level you will embrace the turbo because it enables you to concentrate on specific areas in a way that would be nigh impossible on our Winter roads.
Use of a turbo can't simply be dismissed. I would always prefer to do my training on the roads, but I just couldn't get the required job done on all occasions if I stuck 100% to the roads.
Use of a turbo can't simply be dismissed. I would always prefer to do my training on the roads, but I just couldn't get the required job done on all occasions if I stuck 100% to the roads.
I wish you health to enjoy it.Well I am now a turbo convert....santa brought me one and I decided to use it rather than going to spin as the weather is just not conducive to going out on the bike here! Loved it and was hot and sweaty within minutes.....equally as many cals burned as in spin and worked my way through HRM bases easily!
What model did you get?
.. and how. I eventually got a 26" Tacx tyre on an MTB wheel I'm using on my Tacx Sirius after wrecking 3 inner tubes in the process and in the end reverting to my old steel tyre levers. An absolute bugger of a job ... and I had pre-warmed the Tacx trainer tyre before starting. That tyre is staying on the rim - forever!
I have been using a tacx satori pro for about a week and a half now. Went out earlier for a 20km ride with the mrs and I felt like a friggin ironman. Tackled a couple of hills and didn't use the granny gears once. Thighs just powered me straight up.
Are trainers worth it? Absolutely!
My 2p worth of course.
Are trainers worth it? Absolutely!
My 2p worth of course.
I had to change bike so the tyre had to come off and fix a slow puncture in the tube. No preheating or metal levers just lots of jeffing and blinding and sweat.
Thank you, I am loving it.....so much so that I may give up my gym membership as I only really use it for spin in the bad weather. It is just a basic indoor cycle trainer with adjustable resistance from ebay....cheap as chips but gives me one heck of a workout!
bennydorano
Veteran
- Location
- Armagh
Great calorie burner, but I would never do any more than an hour. I've a hybrid set up on mine and I always have aching knees after it moreso than being out on my road bike. (I started out on the road on this same hybrid an it never gave me the same knee bother then - I use a front wheel wedge on ocassion too).
Holy Warrior
Active Member
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Now Christmas is out of the way I can't wait to get back on the bike. The trouble is it's blowing a gale and slashing it down! So it's into the gym for a bit until the weather picks up. More trouble is that I really don't know what to do!
I went last evening which was surprsingly quiet (It won't be come January for a week!). I did 20 minutes without proper intervals but going hard, then easing off. Then I did some leg pressing then hopped back onto a bike for another 20 minutes. A good hour in total. The idea there is to be aching quite badly on the last 20 minutes to simulate the last few miles after climbing.
How effective do you reckon this is? Anyone do anything similar? I know I can organise the intervals and maybe add some more leg work into the middle, just not sure how. Some help please!
I went last evening which was surprsingly quiet (It won't be come January for a week!). I did 20 minutes without proper intervals but going hard, then easing off. Then I did some leg pressing then hopped back onto a bike for another 20 minutes. A good hour in total. The idea there is to be aching quite badly on the last 20 minutes to simulate the last few miles after climbing.
How effective do you reckon this is? Anyone do anything similar? I know I can organise the intervals and maybe add some more leg work into the middle, just not sure how. Some help please!
TheSandwichMonster
Junior Senior
- Location
- Devon, UK
It depends entirely on where you're already at, and what you're trying to achieve...
20 minutes for a starter sounds a bit short for me, that's more of a warm-up and could potentially cause damage if you're hammering it from the off. I also wouldn't ever choose to combine endurance, weights and/or intervals all in the one session, though I'm just a relative amateur and still working out the vaguraries of training plans for myself.
If you want to go for hurt, go for a classic 2x20 workout. If you want base miles, then go for longer, sustained periods at lower heartrates. If you feel the need to do weights (and I don't, so can't really comment), then I'd do them on the low-intensity/recovery days, if at all.
