Off season workouts...

[kenyonchris]

I get really twitchy when I can't ride. During the winter it is just too cold for me on the road bike. I usually hang the bike up and do gym workouts and run. However, this year I am determined to be in better shape at the beginning of the season so that I don't become the blob that I usually am come March.
I am in a gym-workout rut, I lift, run and do abs. I added a bosu ball last year, which was great. But my body has adapted to this, so, having done some research, this is what I have come up with...

Rollers. I am going with rollers to work on my core and line as well as cardio. In the spring I am going to do some trackie stuff, so I need to work on it first.

Insanity. Yes, I am doing the Shaun T Insanity workout...the cardio equal to P90X. I have done the fit test (which I made it through) and the first Pylometric/Cardio workout (which I did not). It is incredibly intense. It is a 60 day program, but I imagine for me it will be 90 days, since I can't even get through the first workout! And I am fit! I guess not that fit, eh?

My usual weight/run program once a week to supplement Insanity.
This is, of course, if I limber up some. THe first two Insanity workouts have rendered me into a pretzel.

What do you guys do??

[malkin]

Our bikes hang over the tub in the spare bathroom. We pull them down to ride the rollers.

When I am brave enough to wrestle it out of the closet, I use the Total Gym and try not to think of Chuck Norris or Christie Brinkley.

I don't like to drive in big snowy weather, so I take the bus to school which leaves me a 20 min walk from work.

[nscrbug]

I'll keep riding until the high temp for the day starts to linger below the freezing mark. After that, I'll be hitting the gym 7 days a week (I'm there 5 days a week now, so I'll just be adding 2 more days...my riding days). At the gym - I run on the treadmill 4-5 days/week, do Stairmaster 3x/week, Elliptical 4x/week, some other cardio-type machine with arm-movement (I call it a "skier") 2x/week, spin class 2x/week, strength training 5x/week, and finally abs and stretching everyday. Mind you...that's my gym schedule now, in addition to riding 3x/week (roughly 150 miles/week). Once the snow starts flying, I'll just be adding Sat/Sun to my gym schedule...probably all-cardio and abs on those 2 days.