Rollers Training advice

"Simon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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What are your thoughts on training advice- on rollers?

I am currently doing 10min warm up, 5 min sprint, 10 min warm down.

Anything

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longer sends my [censored] and nuts to the wall.

Your thoughts would be appreciated. My aim? MTB race in May, and long (for me- 70 miles of hills)
charity ride in July.

Cheers folks.

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Regards

Simon www.simonpaddon.com

Ya.

Buy some warm clothes and train outside.

or

Move to a warmer climate.

Nothing will kill your love for the sport faster than training indoors.

"Simon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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What are your thoughts on training advice- on rollers?

I am currently doing 10min warm up, 5 min sprint, 10 min warm down.

Anything

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longer sends my [censored] and nuts to the wall.

Your thoughts would be appreciated. My aim? MTB race in May, and long (for me- 70 miles of hills)
charity ride in July.

If you're looking to do a 70-miler, then you need to spend more time on the trainer. 25min at a
stretch ain't enough! Especially when you're only "working" for 5 min.

BTW, the harder you ride, the less the pressure on the saddle, so the longer you can ride w/o a
problem. When I lived in VA, we used to do 3+ hour trainer rides through the winters.

You can stand up on rollers if you're careful. Shift to the 53x12 and don't rock too much.

Mike

"Mike S." <mikeshaw2@coxDOTnet> wrote in message news:sTXpa.5135$366.3654@fed1read06...

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"Simon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

What are your thoughts on training advice- on rollers?

I am currently doing 10min warm up, 5 min sprint, 10 min warm down.

Anything

Quoted message said:

longer sends my [censored] and nuts to the wall.

Your thoughts would be appreciated. My aim? MTB race in May, and long

(for

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

me- 70 miles of hills) charity ride in July.

If you're looking to do a 70-miler, then you need to spend more time on

the

Quoted message said:

trainer. 25min at a stretch ain't enough! Especially when you're only "working" for 5 min.

BTW, the harder you ride, the less the pressure on the saddle, so the

longer

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you can ride w/o a problem. When I lived in VA, we used to do 3+ hour trainer rides through the
winters.

You can stand up on rollers if you're careful. Shift to the 53x12 and

don't

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rock too much.

Mike

Stand up on rollers? Never heard of that- sounds deadly.

Will try longer periods, though.

Any thoughts on interval sessions?

Simon

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Any thoughts on interval sessions?

I get a nice interval workout on rainy/cold days in Iowa with my setup: Kreitler Dynolytes with
Killer headwind unit. I do a 20min warmup (60-70% LTHR) and then 3 min intervals (80-95% LTHR) with
a targetted recovery HR in between each. Then a 10 min cooldown spin for an overall workout of 1hr
or so. What's nice is that the intervals get my ass lighter in the saddle and ease any monotony that
might develop, but the key is having some kind of resistance unit. The Kreitler Headwind unit is
great and I can get my rate up just as fast now on the rollers as on the road.

chris ne iowa

Try putting a couple of playing cards in the rear wheel spokes, I have not tried it personally, but
its supposed to give a good workout.

Paul

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Any thoughts on interval sessions?

I get a nice interval workout on rainy/cold days in Iowa with my setup: Kreitler Dynolytes with
Killer headwind unit. I do a 20min warmup (60-70% LTHR) and then 3 min intervals (80-95% LTHR)
with a targetted recovery HR in between each. Then a 10 min cooldown spin for an overall workout
of 1hr or so. What's nice is that the intervals get my ass lighter in the saddle and ease any
monotony that might develop, but the key is having some kind of resistance unit. The Kreitler
Headwind unit is great and I can get my rate up just as fast now on the rollers as on the road.

chris ne iowa

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Stand up on rollers? Never heard of that- sounds deadly.

Sure, and you can ride no handed too. Standing is just like on the road, just do it more carefully.
Every once in a while standing helps to relieve things...

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Will try longer periods, though.

That's a start. It helps to have more than one person riding at the same time. Group suffering
doesn't seem as bad as riding on your own.

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Any thoughts on interval sessions?

I'd start with some longer steady state rides before you get into the intervals. Anaerobic work is
best done with after building a good base of aerobic fitness.

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Simon

"the key is having some kind of resistance unit"

This is true - use an old towel - placed under the rear wheel rollers - works fine!