Cycling and Gyms in Tokyo
TheTalkingTurboTrainer
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The bank I work for is shipping me off ot Tokyo this weekend for 4 weeks.
I've only said I'd go if they let me take my bike to train as I am doing the Etape in July so need to continue training. They've agreed.
Does anybody know of any gyms in Tokyo that would be good to train in and also what the cost of to a casual user will be?
A friend of a friend who is also doing the Etape lives in Tokyo so hopefully I can train with him in the weekends, but I'm concerned about weekdays.
Any help would be appreciated.
Vive les All Blacks!!! [:D]
I've only said I'd go if they let me take my bike to train as I am doing the Etape in July so need to continue training. They've agreed.
Does anybody know of any gyms in Tokyo that would be good to train in and also what the cost of to a casual user will be?
A friend of a friend who is also doing the Etape lives in Tokyo so hopefully I can train with him in the weekends, but I'm concerned about weekdays.
Any help would be appreciated.
Vive les All Blacks!!! [:D]
Vive les All Blacks!!! [:D]
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TTT,
They putting you up in a hotel? Choose one that has a good gym. Will probably be a nightmare trying to get across town to a gym. If it is in your hotel you'll use it.
This place looks great:
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/t ... partments/
Rich
<font size="1"><font color="green">Etape2007.Blogspot.Com</font id="green"></font id="size1">Rich0 -
Marriot hotel (though aprtaments might be different) gymns are not that special - I have used the Nagoya one several times. If you take your bike, you might be surprised about how good the cycling can be once you are out of Tokyo and towards the mountains. If you're there for 4 weeks, no doubt you will enjoy the delights of roppongi, which wont help you at all [:)] and remember to give yourself a week after coming back before serious racing, since the jet lag will wreck your speed.
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Seconded - June in Tokyo is getting hot & humid so you need to train EARLY in the morning and to stay at a hotel with a good gym (including spinning bikes.)0
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TTT,
This time next month I'll already be in Foix. If you're going to Tokyo for 4 weeks when are you getting back - or are they flying you direct from Tokyo to Toulouse !!.
Rich
<font size="1"><font color="green">Etape2007.Blogspot.Com</font id="green"></font id="size1">Rich0 -
Because I'm going so long, policy is to stick me in an apartment rather than a hotel - hence my stress!! I think it's less likely that an apartment will have a gym. I've made it abundantly clear that I need access to a gym though so they are going to try and help. Weekends will be OK as I can get out of Tokyo on the train with my mate's friend who is also doing the Etape. It's weekday's I'm concerned about.
Rich, I've told them I'm not staying a full week in week 4 and they must fly me home on the 12th so I get a few days to adjust before the ride.
It is beginning to concern me that this will hamper my training, yet at the same time this trip will do my career a lot of good.
Vive les All Blacks!!! [:D]
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The two biggest chains of gyms in Japan are Konami Sports and Central Sports. They would be your equivalent of Fitness First out there.
Your best bet is to ask the office ladies in your bank in Tokyo where they go. Most of the gyms are open long hours and I suspect you could get a month's membership, maybe by getting them to give you a trial period. If some of the staff at the bank don't use a gym near work, they'll be able to find one for you near your apartment.
The hotel gyms I've used have never been very good. Stationary bikes where the saddle doesn't go high enough, or the max power is too low, and I've never found a rowing machine. They're good at treadmills, steppers and weights machines. You can probably join a hotel gym for a month, but it will be very pricey.
If you like running, the circuit around the emperor's palace right in the centre of Tokyo is great. 3 miles, a decent hill, no roads to cross and free. You can cycle round it too but it's a bit crowded.
It'll be the rainy season, so hot and humid.0 -
Can't you buy or bring a trainer?0
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Seconded - June in Tokyo is getting hot & humid so you need to train EARLY in the morning and to stay at a hotel with a good gym (including spinning bikes.)
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I live in Tokyo. Depends where you will be but Y`s Bike Academy has spinning studio on the 5th floor. Its in Akasaka. Some of the guys speak a little English and if you know what you are doing you should be fine.
Here`s the website http://www.sunnypages.jp/contacts/detail/61
If you want to ride at weekends on some challenging mountains then join Tokyo Cycling Club - here - http://www.tokyocycle.com There are some serious riders here and a few Ironman types too.
Charles
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