[damnit jim]

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?

 

[David SD38]

Five 30minutes mon.30 tue. 60 wen. 30 thu. 30 fri.

 

[damnit jim]

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.

 

[indieboy]

i spend as little as possible

 

[Serial Midget]

Not enough... 4 hours a week. Unless I get bored with my playlist.

 

[bluebug32]

between 2 and 3 hours a week

 

[damnit jim]

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!

 

[douglas]

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

 

[Heidi]

i spend as little as possible

Ditto - though I find I ride much harder on a trainer than I would outside so sometimes it's very productive.

 

[The Toninator]

since i broke my collar bone 7 hours a week for the past 3 weeks. vicodin helps out with that though.

 

[indieboy]

Ditto - though I find I ride much harder on a trainer than I would outside so sometimes it's very productive.

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".

 

[Heidi]

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.

 

[-BB-]

Trainer?
What's that?

Bet you are missing the nice SoCal weather right now, huh Heidi?

 

[Heidi]

Trainer?
What's that?

Bet you are missing the nice SoCal weather right now, huh Heidi?

Not the friggin slightest bit. I love winter and all the winter sports I had to struggle to do down in AssCal.

 

[Wumpus]

0 seconds. I would rather ride in the rain at night in near freezing conditions than ride my rollers.

 

[damnit jim]

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.

 

[Reactor]

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.

 

[G-Cracker]

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.