best video to watch while training

bianchimoon
bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
edited December 2010 in Training, fitness and health
Whats the best cycling vid anyone has come across to watch whilst on trainer/rollers? do you prefer documentary type, virtual racing or racing footage?
All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Www.thesufferfest.com
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Www.thesufferfest.com

    interesting! are these riders eye view all the way through the video, the trailers don't seem to explain very well?
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Www.thesufferfest.com

    interesting! are these riders eye view all the way through the video, the trailers don't seem to explain very well?
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    It's a mix between a riders eye view and pro race footage.

    I've done Angels a couple of times so far and I think it's brilliant. I bought The Hunted earlier this week and will do it at the weekend.

    Well worth the money IMHO.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    They are clips of pro races, mostly motorbike views but some others too. The footage is great. Angels is the best IMO.
  • glasgowbhoy
    glasgowbhoy Posts: 1,341
    NapoleonD wrote:
    They are clips of pro races, mostly motorbike views but some others too. The footage is great. Angels is the best IMO.

    Have only trained with Angels and Fight Club so far and think they are both great and like the differences in the intervals. Soundtrack on Angels is awesome though and have already downloaded some of the tunes onto the ipod.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    Ok thanks for the input will try sufferfest out
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    I started on Angels.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Angels. It's the best one full stop.
  • spokegeezer
    spokegeezer Posts: 86
    purchased sufferfest, thought it was rubbish and a waste of money.

    just use an tour de france dvd and ipod
  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    spokegeezer wrote:
    purchased sufferfest, thought it was rubbish and a waste of money.

    just use an tour de france dvd and ipod

    If that works for you that's fine but I find myself getting distracted by the footage and my effort gets influenced by the song I'm listening to.

    Having said that I have got someone to help with a training plan for the winter starting tomorrow. That might mean the Sufferfest gets the boot in favour of a more tailored routine.
    Scottish and British...and a bit French
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    IMHO the sufferfest vids are a simple enough concept - ie race footage in the main, but they are worth the fairly small outlay and I was a fairly sceptical person pre-purchase :
    are organised such that the various effort intervals accompany a relevant piece of race footage, ie steady state might be a TT or a steady climb, then higher, short intervals are riders attacking. Plus there is a simple timer that appears on the minute (that's what happens on The Hunted) and the on-screen graphics are relevant but not too distracting.
    I did the full Hunted session (60 minutes all in) and I really didn't feel like the time dragged as it normally would, sure you want the minutes to pass quicker than they do but that is more the desire to get relief from the physical effort than the dull turbo-session type thing.
    I will be purchasing more and I will still use the one I have bought so far for subsequent sessions over the next weeks and months.
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Had a crack at angels tonight and here are a few thoughts. 15 hours download, is this a record! Bit of a phaff unzipping etc but then just a few minutes to put on a key and download to my den computer. Ran no probs. A really good hard work out. I enjoyed it but I never get my pulse up that high in winter so I'm going to ration it a bit. I could never push myself that hard without the prompts.
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  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,982
    inseine wrote:
    Had a crack at angels tonight and here are a few thoughts. 15 hours download, is this a record!

    Wow... 15 hours. That sounds like a slow connection? I also downloaded it yesterday and it took me around 40 minutes as far as I remember (Virgin 10Mb connection). I burnt a DVD that will play in mpeg4 format on my blu-ray player. Haven't had chance to use it today as a I actually got out on the road yesterday. Shoulld be having a go today though.
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  • Butterd2
    Butterd2 Posts: 937
    I've got Angels and The Hunted. Music on Angels is better and some now sits on my Spotify playlist. Reading the site, The Hunted was supposed to be easier but for me it hurts more, the no rest 20 min "climb" is tough and the last 5 mins is truly evil!

    I know it's daft but the video and the prompting does make me work harder than I otherwise would so for £7 you can't go wrong.

    Once downloaded I have to convert the .mp4 file to DVD format which takes about 4 hours then burn it onto DVD so it will work in a basic portable player.

    I'm going to go for The Downward Spiral next.
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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    Butterd2 wrote:

    Once downloaded I have to convert the .mp4 file to DVD format which takes about 4 hours then burn it onto DVD so it will work in a basic portable player.

    How do you do this?
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  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    inkyfingers wrote:
    Butterd2 wrote:

    Once downloaded I have to convert the .mp4 file to DVD format which takes about 4 hours then burn it onto DVD so it will work in a basic portable player.

    How do you do this?

    You can download codexes that allow Windows Media Player to play MP4s.
    I Googled for this and found a site that linked to 2 codex that did the job. Think it depends on the version of Windows and Win MP s to whether it plays the file without needing to do this or not.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,615
    mines been on for 2.5hours and only done 40%.

    could i cancel it and do it at work instead without paying for it again or will i have to turn off the monitor and leave it over night??
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • dabber
    dabber Posts: 1,982
    I'm not sure if the original link can be suspended and then restarted but you have 30 days in which you can email them and they will send you a new link if necessary.
    Also, I see they recommend using a program called Speedbit
    http://www.speedbit.com/ if you have a slow connection.

    I've no idea if Speedbit works well or not never having used it.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,615
    it may be the novelty of it but i tried angels last night and really liked it. it did paue to load for a couple fo time quite a few times but other than that it was great, good music, good instruction.

    just trying to convert it to dvd o i can use my work laptop, it wont play mp4 and i have no rights to download or add anything so cant add codecs
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • waterford123
    waterford123 Posts: 172
    Faster Faster Pussycat Kill Kill or Mondo Topless. Should get your heart rate up.

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