Entertainment on the "nowhere bike"

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When you are indoors riding the trainer, what do you like best to distract yourself?

I like zombie movies. When the movies are extra suspenseful I pedal faster.

[WindingRoad]

ROFL. Zombie flicks are awesome.

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ROFL. Zombie flicks are awesome.

I totally don't get the vampire thing. Zombies are funny...I like funny.

[ginny]

....tee hee... zombie flicks! That's great! I just listen to my ipod. I like to sing off key and loudly with my favorite songs... my dogs have not yet started howling at me

[Thorn]

How about foreign films? The roar of the trainer cannot drown out the subtitles.

Since putting on movies (thank you Netflix streaming video), the long rides have been more interesting. And, we've found some really great foreign flicks.

But a movie with chase scenes and suspense are the best for keeing the cadence up.

[channlluv]

NCIS reruns or The Food Network, especially Alton Brown - he's a hoot and I always learn so much from him.

Roxy

[redrhodie]

I would love to watch movies (especially Zombie flicks!) but my trainer is in the bedroom, and there's no tv in there. So, I amuse myself with music. I also try different things on the trainer. Lately, I've been trying to balance for 10 seconds while standing on the pedals with no hands. I do this at the beginning or end of my workout, just for fun. I've also been riding no hands from the drops and hoods (from either position, I take my hands off the bars for maybe 10 revs, then put back on for 10, without changing my body position). It's a fun way to break up the time. I also do a lot of single leg pedaling and standing (not no hands!).

That makes the first half hour go by fast. Then it gets boring, and I move on to the stability ball. The thing I like most about the trainer is I'm more inclined to do some other stuff (like weights and core work) that I won't do after an outdoor ride.