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Calling all turbo users.
Today I did my first turbo session in my new set up in my shed.
I found an hour at an average speed was enough with the help of my iPod.
How long is long enough and any tips to make it a more enjoyable session.
Today I did my first turbo session in my new set up in my shed.
I found an hour at an average speed was enough with the help of my iPod.
How long is long enough and any tips to make it a more enjoyable session.
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Spinervals are meant to be ok.... not used them myself.... in fact not been turbo'ing for some time. You'll find it is very boring indeed.
I've got mine set up in my garage, I use my lap top and watch dvd's.
Try intervals, 3mins spinning 1 min all out (change the timing to your own level as you get fitter)
try some of the techniques described in 220 this month. single leg pedaling to get a feel for correct pedaling.
if you lasting an hour keep it up!! you'll be flying by spring!
Get your backside on the turbo and hammer it. I was going that hard the other week I was sick
Get some spinnervals or use Rick Kiddles training dvd's. Guarenteed you'll last longer than an hour.
An hour is a good set time to stick to espec at night time when your just home from work but I'm working my way upwards on the turbo to help build leg strength.
If I don't use Rick Kiddles dvd's then its front of the big telly watching watching some drudgenous scottish football game... trust me turbos are more fun than watching scottish football.
Last two one hour sessions I have been listening to the album "Live Angle" by Hybrid. If you like your breaks and beats, check it out, it's awesome!
anyone got a VR turbo?
they any good?
(in case it doesn't work anymore)
3 hours is the limit, becuase by thenthe medication has worn off.
Works for me and means I get three additional evening sessions in. I maybe swap one of these for a night ride one night a week but if the weather is real grim, or it's icy, it's nice to have the choice!
I have to say that I find the all the tv's to be a massive distraction, as on the rare occasion that something interesting actually happens on the bloody idiot-box then I stop concentrating on my pedalling.
If I've got a long session going on then I'll stick the headphones on and pedal my way through Guns 'n' Roses - "Appetite for Destruction" - and oldie but goodie. By the time the album finishes I'm settled in for the haul, so I then rip the earphones off and resort to Conehead's technique of fixing my eyesight on a spot on the wall and playing the mental movie of whatever bike-ride takes my fancy. For shorter sessions its just the mental movie.
For those that live darn Sarf (Hampshire), my mental movie is usually the climb from Durley up to Owslebury - the highest village in Hampshire, apparently. I must confess that I am occasionally distracted by other gym goers, but hey... that happens now and then in races, too.
I reckon the mental training is a really important part of the game, especially for the longer distances, and even more so for those of us who are crap. As CH says, there's no iPod or telly on the long bike or run. You're on your own, in a world of pain and you need to have practiced the mind-set that makes you resist the "What the HELL am I doing THIS for???" doubts.
I'm also using the turbo for one leg pedal drills and for practising technique.
I usually turbo in the garage where I can have less things to disturb me but I bring the turbo back indoors if its mega cold. Then its dvd time.
bopomfo - i can never even get through the whole of appetite for destruction - how do you guys do it? i think i need to do longer sessions if i'm going for middle distance next year