using a turbo trainer - why so complicated?
cakewalk
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Had one a while. used it a bit. What seems to put me off is just how complicated everyone seems to make. For example go at look at the sessions on the tacx website. Too much to work out and think about (RPM, gear and resistance changing every few minutes).
Now - what's wrong (for endurance training) is something like this (requires a HRM)?
10 minute warm up (keep it below 70%)
20 minute at 75%
20 minute at 80%
10 minute at 85%
10 minute cool down
(or what ever variation ...)
Now - what's wrong (for endurance training) is something like this (requires a HRM)?
10 minute warm up (keep it below 70%)
20 minute at 75%
20 minute at 80%
10 minute at 85%
10 minute cool down
(or what ever variation ...)
"I thought of it while riding my bicycle."
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At least making it complicated alleviates some of the horrendous boredom!0
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RPM, gear and resistance changing every few minutes).
just like riding on the road then?
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KingstonGraham wrote:
Front Row makes the TT seem interesting."I thought of it while riding my bicycle."0 -
cakewalk wrote:
Now - what's wrong (for endurance training) is something like this (requires a HRM)?
If you want to measure what you are doing, and thus to perhaps measure improvement, is to take a measure that works for you. HRM just makes me glaze over. i never bothered with watts before, but the turbo I have is bothered, and that's what I use for measuring my sessions, occasionally I try to beat 40k for one hour in the highest gear and second lowest setting.
So, make yours less complicated!The ultimate cruelty of love's pinions0 -
cakewalk wrote:Had one a while. used it a bit. What seems to put me off is just how complicated everyone seems to make. For example go at look at the sessions on the tacx website. Too much to work out and think about (RPM, gear and resistance changing every few minutes).
Now - what's wrong (for endurance training) is something like this (requires a HRM)?
10 minute warm up (keep it below 70%)
20 minute at 75%
20 minute at 80%
10 minute at 85%
10 minute cool down
(or what ever variation ...)
It's only complicated if you want to make it complicated. For endurance training 1x60min and 2x20min are the staple diet with the main bits just at a constant effort and cadence.
I do these by power at various % of FTP depending what I'm working on, but they can be done by % of MHR too.
Neil--
"Because the cycling is pain. The cycling is soul crushing pain."0 -
nmcgann wrote:cakewalk wrote:Had one a while. used it a bit. What seems to put me off is just how complicated everyone seems to make. For example go at look at the sessions on the tacx website. Too much to work out and think about (RPM, gear and resistance changing every few minutes).
Now - what's wrong (for endurance training) is something like this (requires a HRM)?
10 minute warm up (keep it below 70%)
20 minute at 75%
20 minute at 80%
10 minute at 85%
10 minute cool down
(or what ever variation ...)
It's only complicated if you want to make it complicated. For endurance training 1x60min and 2x20min are the staple diet with the main bits just at a constant effort and cadence.
I do these by power at various % of FTP depending what I'm working on, but they can be done by % of MHR too.
Neil
Neil - thanks for that. I'll stick with simple."I thought of it while riding my bicycle."0
