Indoor Training

[vroom]

Why is it that after 1 hour of IDT, the next morning you feel like you were hit by a bus. This I experienced training on a spin bike and indoor trainer.

 

 

 

Any ideas on how to address this, i.e. reduce the fatigue.

 

 

 

Thanks

[ORCA]

Dehydration!

You sweat a lot during idt and by not replacing the electrolytes that you have sweat out, you normally feels a bit thin the next morning.

[vroom]

I drink 750ml for the hour IDT. IS that not enough.

 

 

 

 

[SwissVan]

 

Make sure your IDT is far from the bus route

Never been hit by a bus yet, what does this feel like?

 

 

[Joe Low]

Get a fan* (mechanical kind, not a cheerleader),

 

Turn the resistance down**.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Seriously useful advice

**Seriously useless advice

[Bateleur1]

Two questions vroom:

 

750  ml of what do you drink?  If only water then that might be the problem.

 

The second question is at what intensity are you training?

[vroom]

 

 

I do drink Sportsfuel.

 

 

 

Intensity is at 80-90% - I'm using the CTS DVDs - I have 6 of those DVDs. The easier ones climbing & race simulation is not that bad, but the others are really hard (on recovery).

 

 

 

But does IDT vs outdoor differ that much?

 

 

 

I hate to think what 2 hrs on an IDT will do to you.

[TNT1]

 

Get a fan* (mechanical kind' date=' not a cheerleader),

 

Turn the resistance down**.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Seriously useful advice

**Seriously useless advice

[/quote']

 

This oke's a tosser. Don't listen to him.

 

Bin the IDT and get a cheerleader

 

[Bateleur1]

Vroom, you basically answered your own question.  Go do 80 - 90% on the road and see how nice you feel afterwards. 

 

I would don't want to know what 2 hrs on a IDT would do to you. I think I will die of boredom.

[fandacious]

Get this one...

 

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[jabbathemutt007]

 

Get a fan* (mechanical kind' date=' not a cheerleader),

 

Turn the resistance down**.

*Seriously useful advice

**Seriously useless advice

[/quote']

 

This oke's a tosser. Don't listen to him.

 

Bin the IDT and get a cheerleader

 

But do you need to stay hydrated when working out with a cheerleader ?

 

 

[SwissVan]

I do drink Sportsfuel.

Intensity is at 80-90% - I'm using the CTS DVDs - I have 6 of those DVDs. The easier ones climbing & race simulation is not that bad' date=' but the others are really hard (on recovery).

But does IDT vs outdoor differ that much?

I hate to think what 2 hrs on an IDT will do to you.[/quote']

 

Sounds like the training is structured as a hi intensity work out which partially explains your fatigue. Riding an IDT is harder imo as you don?t get the opportunity to coast / soft pedal / freewheel / and despite all the various IDT manufactures claims riding with artificial resistance does not = riding on a real road (real road is easier imo).

 

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[SwissVan]

Vroom' date=' you basically answered your own question.  Go do 80 - 90% on the road and see how nice you feel afterwards. 

 

I would don't want to know what 2 hrs on a IDT would do to you. I think I will die of boredom.

[/quote']

 

Wow first Vrooom gets hit by a bus now you could die from boredom....

 

 

 

[vroom]

Ok - I get the picture. Seems like IDT is going to be hard.

 

 

 

So would you recommend a spin bike or Mag Trainer.

 

 

 

I have the Elite mag/gel IDT. Seems to have little wear on tyres.

 

 

 

 

[4ph3X]

Get this one...

 

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[Sean Badenhorst]

vroom, you are following the training advice of Lance Armstrong's coach, well the one the public is more aware of. Do you think Lance did high intensity intervals on Sportsfuel?

 

Seriously though, getting your heart rate that high on an IDT is not easy. Far easier getting it that high on the road. Here's my IDT formula that prevents boredom and death.

 

* Never do more than 1 hour a day

* Always have a DSTV music channel playing. Loud. Best visual value is Aerobic on VH1 from 10h00-11h00 on weekdays (trust me on this one!)

* Never take your HR above 85%

* Use it to focus on perfecting your cadence mostly (cadence sensor essential)

* Warm up for 10 min, one song hard, one song easy, one song hard, one song easy etc. 5min cool down.

* Only drink water