Hello all, unfortunately I will have to use a trainer for the next year. I am deploying to Afghanistan next week and will only have my trainer for the next year for obvious reasons. I am looking for some advice on training plans. I realize that some of my training is going to suffer (ie hills). I am hoping somebody out there has a lot of experience on a trainer because I have little. I got a good deal on a cannondale 2.8 to send over with a cycleops magneto. Currently I can average about 21 mph for 35 miles solo in relatively flat terrain to give you an indication of my fitness level. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cycling Training · Public discussion
doomed to a trainer for a year
Thread details
What we know about this thread
- Original section
- Cycling Training
- Published
- 31 May 2010
- Last activity
- 2 June 2010
- Original author
- drew0897
- Posts
- 5
- Discussion status
- Public discussion
- Total views
- 1,137
- Views / 30 days
- 0
The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.
-
-
If you can afford a power meter, get one - wired PTs are going for ~$700. The extra feedback and precision has made me see my trainer in a whole new light. Focus your training on improving your threshold power and there is no need for you to lose any climbing ability, since climbing is all about the power to weight ratio.
-
It's much less boring to do intesity sessions for shorter periods as opposed to trying to do hours on a trainer and still maintain some form.
Get yourself a big fan. -
A Powertap, Quarq, or SRM is definitely the way to go, but if that's not doable, you can use speed on the trainer as a proxy. There are charts out there that estimate the wattage at different speeds on different trainers. These are rough estimates so don't put much stock in the actual numbers. But you can track your improvement by recording average speed during your intervals (assuming the trainer doesn't slowly lose its resistance).
The best setup for me is a Powertap on rollers (with resistance) and a nice sized fan blowing on me from the back. My mouth doesn't dry out that way. I like the relative freedom of rollers.
As far as what to do on them, check the archives for "winter training indoors" or something like that. Lots of ideas out there already.
-
Found this website the other day. I know I'll probably use some of these plans this up coming winter.
Active in the last 60 minutes
Active in this thread
0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total
No signed-in users are active right now.
No known search crawlers active right now.