Alright this might not be a suitable question for roadies (You know...all the secret training that we do!!!) But... how many hours a week do you spend on your trainer?
I'm asking the question becuse, I don't really want to ride in one spot, on the trainer or rollers, while dreaming of actually having the time to spend out on the road. I've also found that after a week of the trainer that old bit of road i've spent so much time on, is really not that bad, as a matter of fact its better than sitting on the trainer. But I guess it has to be done, I just don't like it!!! To much time sitting still.
I guess I'm just living in denial about having to spend that much time on a trainer. I work at night and it seems my schedule dictates that I ride at night. Damn it!
I'm going to try to do 6-8 hours/week of cardio (trainer, elipitical, tread mill, exercise bike) to get ready for a race in Feb
Ditto - though I find I ride much harder on a trainer than I would outside so sometimes it's very productive.
since i broke my collar bone 7 hours a week for the past 3 weeks. vicodin helps out with that though.
trainers allow you to focus on exactly what you need to get done. makes most threshold and above type workouts very difficult b/c there's no variations in resistance like you'd see in the "real world".
Yup, that's really all they are good for is the intensity stuff. I'm not actually training for anything....except maybe a dual slalom race :devil: but I still train just for the sheer hardness of it.
Not the friggin slightest bit. I love winter and all the winter sports I had to struggle to do down in AssCal.
0 seconds. I would rather ride in the rain at night in near freezing conditions than ride my rollers.
Same here but...working at night and screwed up hours means I need to ride the trainer but (excuse#2) I just can't get into it.
Generally Zero, Phoenix weather is highly condusive to riding. When I'm training for a specific event I'll do intervals on the lifecycle at the gym because I'm less likely to be run over while puking.
I'm with Reactor... Tucson weather is perfect so I've used my trainer twice in the last 6 months. Now that I've got a nice helmet-mount light, the evening rides don't bother me.