Question: Indoor trainer or not

[walkerr]

Check my last post - that's the one I used.... straight off Google about 10yrs ago!

Great - thanks.

[Li Mu Bai]

Does an indoor trainer have any advantages other than using when there is foul weather, are the gains worth the purchase. Advice would be greatly appreciated. :huh:

Its horribly boring, but if you do go this route, get a set of rollers. Its much more technical, you have to concentrate the whole time (or you will fall off) and feels like you are riding a bike, rather than sitting on a spinning bike in the gym. get a good fan too or you will be hovering over a pool of sweat...

[Firemeister]

I was lucky enough to get hold of 2 CS1000 Cateye trainers which I reconditioned. I now have both of them setup in a training room. I do all of my week sets on the trainer, which last between 60mins (hi intensity power workouts) and 1:40 (Fitness building) - I have done a 75km 2-hr session as my record. Yes, it's boring, your ass gets numb, you sweat (so you need two towels covering your bars and top-tube), and you go through back tyres. But, I rode a 2:35 94.7 a few years back, on one 3hr road ride on the weekend, and 5 indoor sets on the trainer Monday to Friday. If you don't have time, and you are serious about getting good results, you can't go wrong with indoor..... I have the indoor program I followed that year if anyone is interested....

 

Hi Andymann, any chance you can send me your indoor training program please?

[King_Crispy]

I rode my idt for the first time on Tuesday.

I have had it for over a year.

I kakked off.

Even though its winter, I sweated more than a fat man in a whorehouse.

Its SERIOUS work, and I really think it will make you very strong very quickly, if you can get over tje ocd.

[Andymann]

Hi Andymann, any chance you can send me your indoor training program please?

sure PM me your email address and I'll send it off to you - we have tweaked it a bit since then!

[Firemeister]

 

sure PM me your email address and I'll send it off to you - we have tweaked it a bit since then!

 

Many thanks, pm sent

[Dinamic coach]

hi, indoor trainer can be your best friend if used right. most of us work in the week and dont have the time to go out on the road.

what we do is we schedule our interval sessions in the week. it's short but hard sessions, and the time goes by fast. You can then make up your cycling time on weekends.

[Johny Bravo]

I have the tacx virtual reality trainer. I usually choose a route on it of about 25km, wit lots of climbs. It kills you, believe me, that 25km feels like 50km on my mountain bike. It can never compare with riding a real bike, even the virtual reality trainer gets boring. It does however make you fit and strong, and in the end that is why I started cycling in the first place. Even my girlfriend is using it and she is making unbelievable progress with her cycling.