Training Advice

all he has to do is figure out how to attach it to the electricity supply

would burn out his bulbs so not much point

ouch, a burnt bulb is very painful

I imagine..

Hi Guys

Does anyone know any good training programs for a turbo trainer?All the ones i can find are for geared road bikes, and i don't have one!!!

Cheers!

Just do the road program and where it says 'change up' or 'change down'... don't.

Wise words hippy.

Maybe mdizzle should pedal faster when it says 'change up' and pedal slower when it says 'change down' though?

I kinda hoped he would work that bit out for himself but thanks for the help ;)

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Hi Guys

Does anyone know any good training programs for a turbo trainer?All the ones i can find are for geared road bikes, and i don't have one!!!

Cheers!

I tend to do cadence drills when I'm riding my fixed on rollers (build to max cadence without rocking hips, hold for a minute, recover for three minutes, repeat).

Your turbo should have variable resistance though ?

What kind of fool would do those!?!

I hear he is averaging 600 watts for the 75s and is hoping to hit 700 watts ave by the end of the phase.....

Is that all? I know someone who can average 600 watts for 120s intervals on an ergotrainer, but admittedly only whilst standing up.

Sounds like you're a bit of a weedy bloke who might be more successful taking on the Kenyans at the middle distance running game. It's time to come out of the closet as an endurance athlete, Povey.

Is that all? I know someone who can average 600 watts for 120s intervals on an ergotrainer, but admittedly only whilst standing up.

Sounds like you're a bit of a weedy bloke who might be more successful taking on the Kenyans at the middle distance running game. It's time to come out of the closet as an endurance athlete, Povey.

that all depends on how accurate the measurement on the erg is innit

and any way that Lee Povey is over-rated, he is a chubby old bloke really.....

ps a mate of mine can average 900watts for a kilo (which he happens to do in 1,01.9)

ps a mate of mine can average 900watts for a kilo (which he happens to do in 1,01.9)

Is that 900watts of amplification equipment being towed on a trailer?

Any self-respecting cyclist can do over 40km in 1.01.9 :p

silly silly boy

Road rider, not track, but gives indication of what pros do (in December)

PEZ: And how is your build up going?
Dan: *I’m on target – this time last year I was maybe going too well. I want to go into Langkawi at 85% and come out at 95% but I want to be at 100% for Paris-Nice and the Giro.

I’ve been doing gym work and a lot of mountain bike riding because the roads have been icy. I’ve only done one four hour ride, mostly it’s been three hour rides but with 30 minute blocks at 90% effort – to improve endurance.

I don’t want to be doing full-on intervals at this time of year, but I use the long efforts at 23/24 mph to build my endurance.

You could go out and do six hours at 16 mph and you’d build endurance; but you’d also get cold, wet, tired and depressed in this weather!

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=6654&status=True&catname=Latest%20News
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It'd be great to see him attack on a hill in the Giro the same way he went up the Bec HC when he beat Gary Dodd's course record.

Another possibly pointless question, but anyway.....is there any advntage in doing spinning classes over what i am doing on my turbo trainer(mostly sufferfest, with some cadence thrown in).

No Not completely useles.. since..

Other than perving on fit birds.. and the oppurtunity to do more work if you're not doing them in place of turbo sessions>?

You do spin classes on other bikes (not your own) which loses your specificity.

You might work harder if the class teacher is a cunt and makes you work harder.. but it depends on how you respond to some nonce telling you to do pushups and breathe and down and up and down and,.. you get the idea

ta

Edited for slightly less negative answer. They can be a bit of fun which is always good.

yeah there's also something to be said for having a set time of a class, so less likely to put it off like you might with the turbo

I learnt this weekend that I'd been sprint training over too short a distance, the match sprints on sunday taught me that you often have to be able to give it full gas for longer if your opponent decides to attack early. shame I didn't try a flying 200

I learnt this weekend that I'd been sprint training over too short a distance, the match sprints on sunday taught me that you often have to be able to give it full gas for longer if your opponent decides to attack early. shame I didn't try a flying 200

That's where a deep base comes in handy.

or practice longer sprints of around 3-4 minutes. and repeat. I find Salter Road in Rotherhithe the perfect length for doing this (east to west).

if its 3-4 minutes long it isnt a sprint work out and wont help your sprint, rpm it wasnt the length of your sprint that let you down Sunday it was your observation to see what the other riders were about to do, then the reaction time was too long. If you had seen the move and reacted instantly you would have got on the wheel and been able to pop around when they started to tire as no one can go at there top speed for 500m.