For example you can share real race profiles like "Tour de France Stage 15" and ride it on an indoor cycle!
And people post their "ride reports" like: "I did a PB doing 1,200 km in less than 60 hours". And people reply: "Great ride report!" etc. Don't forget, we're talking about indoor cycling here. Am I being cynical? OK, that's not fair.
I found some information on cadence training on LeMond Fitness and thought I'd give the RevMaster Cycling Intermediate Class a try. The parameters for my workout look as follows:
I was putting this to a test yesterday. The first bike I jumped on didn't show cadence and was of not much use. I wasted 10 min there. I got on another bike which is not exactly a spinning cycle but had at least cadence. It was quite tricky to figure out the initial load but I ended up doing around 145-150 W for the warm up. The flat road spin-up repeats I did in the 165-175 W area and the spin-ups at 200-210 W.
It is actually difficult to hit the right cadence and heart rate in only one minute (for the spin-ups) but the good thing is it keeps your mind somewhat occupied. When I got to the hill repeats I noticed a very uncomfortable feeling of numbness at a delicate area of the male anatomy. That's scary dudes! I wonder if there are professional cyclists with kids at all. I gave up on the workout because people were giving me strange looks when I started reviving my numb parts.
I can probably blame it on the saddle and/or my riding position. The bike indicates a max body height of 185cm and I am slightly above that. Or maybe I was just to busy to figure out the loads and to monitor my hear rate and forgot about some more important things.
Throughout the entire workout I felt not challenged at all. It took pretty decent resistance to get me up to the target heart rates. But when I got of the bike I was shocked by how much my legs were shaking. I've never had that before. Running and cycling are just very different animals I guess.
Anyway, today I brought my cycling pants and hope they'll give me some relief so that I can at least complete this project.
3 comments:
Now you know the meaning of the expression "numb nuts"!
Good to see you finding ways to make it interesting. I was going to a sports club for a while when I had a bit of an injury and it was the only time I did a triathlon. 1 k swim, 25 minutes on the stationary bike, and a 6 km run on the treadmill.
Lower the saddle a little and try to keep the pressure on your 'sit bones' - your pelvis - rather than your dangly bits. This means sitting further back in the seat.
The Australian Institute has been playing around with spinning systems for awhile now. This is their latest design: http://www.usauzziesales.com/bt-ats-ergo%20trainer.htm
Thanks guys! Never thought about lowering the saddle because I am already taller than "allowed" for this bike.
This aussie ergo trainer looks crazy!
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