Spinervals are good www.spinervals.eu have a look and pck one that takes your fancy, Tough Love and Hillacious always seem to get mentioned as good ones.
Also i like What it Takes following 4 ironmen in the lead up to Kona 2005 - Blaise recomeneded it page one of this thread and i thought it was good.
I also tape the triathlons on TV then watch them on the turbo.
had a look at the site, seems a great site, but I think it's lots of money. Not for one dvd, but I suppose you need multiple dvd's , cause one will get boring if watched 2 or 3 times a week during winter!??
Will search for second hand on the net, Thanks,GHarv.
Also noticed a dvd there called Swimervals. Anyone used it before??
I live in Tamworth and have recently purchased a Turbo. Did Sprint Tris last year but fancy venturing into Olympic next year. I would love to join a coached session as I am not really sure what i should be doing with my turbo. Which Gym are the sessions at?
I think that any structured session with music passes faster than the just do it sessions (60kM+ as fast as possible)- but I also think that the just do it sessions are excellent training for both body and mind
the better half just got me "have mercy" spinnervals. Its 2hrs long. i did 1hr 10mins of it on sunday and trust me the time flies by. i was dripping after 20mins, and litteraly flat on my back thereafter.
this thursdays plan is to get through the whole 2hrs...
I have to say i think the turbo and spinervals are probably my best purchase to date....
music is fine but you need to be doing some kind of intervals to get the most out of the turbo and also to keep the interest up too ! if you using music then why not altrnate the BPM of each tune to create your own interval system ? just an idea !
the better half just got me "have mercy" spinnervals. Its 2hrs long. i did 1hr 10mins of it on sunday and trust me the time flies by. i was dripping after 20mins, and litteraly flat on my back thereafter.
this thursdays plan is to get through the whole 2hrs...
I have to say i think the turbo and spinervals are probably my best purchase to date....
Did you get the full 2 hours already, TeaJay??
I have a few gift vouchers left (christmas and New Year is fun[8D]), am looking to spen them on a dvd to hype up the turbo sessions that become a little boring.
But the choice seems, after a little searching on the net and LBS, so overwhealming!!
Benny, I have tried absolutely everything to pass the time whilst on the 'devils road' that is the turbo trainer, TV, music, videos, audio books, spinerivals, DVD's of tour de France stages etc etc, and nothing makes it go faster than reading a book, that's if you can balance it on top of your tri-bars that is.
Books do get a bit knackered though due to excessive sweat absorption[:D]
I did 80 minutes tonight with no computer for company, but had the ipod on shuffle blasting through speakers. I decided to make a prediction for the number of songs (I predicted 24 it was 26) Anyway it became asomewhat ridiculous as when I realised that I was not going to get the prediction correct I started to pedal faster. I think I thought that in doing this I could outride the time!
Tri uk are doing a buy one get one free offer on Spinervals dvd's (i don't work there!)
Glad to hear it, I hope they have a good range, when I brought my original ones, I had difficulty finding places with them in stock, and generally ranges were small (rather than ones which you want).
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Also i like What it Takes following 4 ironmen in the lead up to Kona 2005 - Blaise recomeneded it page one of this thread and i thought it was good.
I also tape the triathlons on TV then watch them on the turbo.
G
Will search for second hand on the net, Thanks,GHarv.
Also noticed a dvd there called Swimervals. Anyone used it before??
I live in Tamworth and have recently purchased a Turbo. Did Sprint Tris last year but fancy venturing into Olympic next year. I would love to join a coached session as I am not really sure what i should be doing with my turbo. Which Gym are the sessions at?
Helen
http://www.o-donnells.com/shop/catalog/What-it-Takes-The-Documentary-p-432.html
Have watched it happily many times.
G
I found it quite useful and very entertaining; time passed by a lot faster then when you are just pedalling along all the time.
That reminds me: bad weather here in B. Could do a session this afternoon [image]http://forum.220magazine.com/micons/m8.gif[/image]
this thursdays plan is to get through the whole 2hrs...
I have to say i think the turbo and spinervals are probably my best purchase to date....
music is fine but you need to be doing some kind of intervals to get the most out of the turbo and also to keep the interest up too ! if you using music then why not altrnate the BPM of each tune to create your own interval system ? just an idea !
(could make it in the 'cut-cost' thread too I think). http://forum.220magazine.com/fb.asp?m=22540
I have a few gift vouchers left (christmas and New Year is fun[8D]), am looking to spen them on a dvd to hype up the turbo sessions that become a little boring.
But the choice seems, after a little searching on the net and LBS, so overwhealming!!
Sweating buckets is a good 45 min workout but if your looking for a real workout think about Tough Love - 3 hours! Geared to ironmans etc.
Spinervals really do work i think i work harder on the turbo than on the road with these.
G
I'm putting my foot down!!! I'm getting the turbo now and put it up in front of the tv right now.
And nobody will stop me from doing it! (yes, I am home alone[&:]) [:D]
Hope to do a serious session now that I have some boredom repeller!
Can't do it when others around in home though.(noise, lack of place, a 4 and 2 year old putting stuff in your spinning wheels,[:@][
I'm doing the preset sessions(the ones from 220) still in the garage, where I can focus.
Books do get a bit knackered though due to excessive sweat absorption[:D]
Maybe the turbo does effect some people
i put it on my ipod so I can watch it or just listern to it. Hard work!
Tri uk are doing a buy one get one free offer on Spinervals dvd's (i don't work there!)
Good for them.