Turbo Trianer Vids

seanorawe

Can anyone recomend a video I can watch that will enhance my training and improve my average speed? A bit like one of those excercise dvd's but for the turbo trainer? Even better if it can be downloaded from a torrent site.

chris_bass

maybe you could find one of a carrot dangling off a stick?

i've seen some cartoons where that works a treat

diy

Lots on YouTube

ddraver

It's all about the Sufferfest Vids!

www.thesufferfest.com

Pumpkin Positive

ddraver wrote:

It's all about the Sufferfest Vids!

http://www.thesufferfest.com

+1

Bobbinogs

Sufferfest, simple as that, as per the above.

The trick is to set your level 7 right using either the resistance and/or your gears. It should be your TT level so play around until you find the right combo for a gear that you can handle for about 20-30 minutes with a cadence of ~100...whilst continually feeling like you have to stop but that you somehow manage to keep going, albeit whilst making ugly faces and sweating profusely. Then, when the vids say level 8 that is one gear higher (it is not called sufferfest for nothing!), level 6 is one lower, etc.

When I ran a 10 speed bike I managed to get the resistance such that the cogs aligned with the sufferfest levels, so level 7 was cog 7 in the big ring. Now I run 9 speed on my 3 road bikes I have had to tweek a bit (cog + 2 = sufferfest level). The website has a good overview on each vid and even a venn diagram so you can work out what you want to improve...and a new vid is out this week. Do bear in mind that the vids are big though so I connect a LAN cable rather than wifi when downloading. Oh, and backup your vids as a computer crash could leave you having to pay again.

The music can be a bit trashy so I just fire up iTunes on my laptop at the same time and listen to a decent playlist.

AllezGaz

http://3lc.tv

Training with the Manx

pkripper

Sufferfest or spinnervals. Welcome to the hurtbox.

napoleond

New sufferfest video There is no try is ace! 2012 TdF footage.

symo

Sufferfest, all of them, any of them. Hate them, then appreciate them when on a ride.

What has been said before, calibrate your level 7 and take it from there.
A Very Dark Place is hell, the one I keep going back to is Downward Spiral though.

seanorawe

They look awesome. I also saw a free on on you tube and its about an hour in length. The dweeby american dude on it will probably annoy me though. Do you have to but sufferfest videos seperate? Is their a discount for buying a few of them?

Bobbinogs

seanorawe wrote:

Do you have to buy sufferfest videos seperate? Is their a discount for buying a few of them?

Have a look at their website as there are quite a few purchasing options. Thing is, they are very high intensity so you probably want to use them as part of a wider training regime so the odd repetition won't be too noticeable, e.g.,
Tuesday, 1 Sufferfest done properly
Wednesday, 45 mins in the recovery HR zone
Thursday, 1-2 hours in HR zone 2 watching a cycling DVD like a TdF stage.
Friday, another Sufferfest if you can face it (different discipline from the last one if you want)
Saturday, shorter w/e ride
Sunday, long w/e ride
Monday, rest day.

or
Tuesday, 1 Sufferfest done properly
Wednesday, 45 mins in the recovery HR zone
Thursday, 1-2 hours in HR zone 2 watching a cycling DVD like a TdF stage.
Friday, rest day
Saturday, shorter w/e ride
Sunday, long w/e ride
Monday, rest day.

That kind of thing.

bigpikle

seanorawe wrote:

They look awesome. I also saw a free on on you tube and its about an hour in length. The dweeby american dude on it will probably annoy me though. Do you have to but sufferfest videos seperate? Is their a discount for buying a few of them?

they are only a few $$ each and ridiculously good value for what they are, so it doesnt really matter. There have been occasional bulk discounts but he recently said there would be no more discount offers for this year...