Tough Love

[Pedal Wench]

My local Performance has one left. I'll report back tomorrow. (Where's the smiley for 'scared'!)

[SJCzar]

Three hours of Coach Troy.....that just sounds sadistic. I might just have to pick one of those up. I currently have Suffer-O-Rama and No More Slackers. I guess I must be a bit odd because I really enjoy the out of the saddle part of the workouts.

This is the first winter I've actually spent time on the trainer and I'm also taking 3-4 spin classes a week. I'm excited to see if it makes a big difference once I get back out on the real road. I know that it has helped my general aerobic fitness. I went jogging on the track at the health club for the first time in probably a year or more and I had no problem doing 2 1/2 miles. Before all this cycling I would have been gasping for air long before that. I guess Coach Troy isn't such a bad guy after all.

[mtbdarby]

You suck! Sue, you can't run on a plush indoor track - you have to run outside like me You are so gonna kick my butt in the duathlon.....

[Pedal Wench]

OUCH!!!! I'm such a loser! I only managed two hours. By the time I bought the disc, got home, walked the dog (who insisted on the long route) and got set up, it was almost 7, and after two hours, I just wanted dinner.

I might have to try again tomorrow. Or skip and recover tomorrow and try again Friday. I don't know.

I love that you can turn off their music. My music is SO much better!

Edit: oh yeah, out of the saddle in an easy gear? Is that even possible?

[SalsaMTB]

OUCH!!!! I'm such a loser! I only managed two hours. By the time I bought the disc, got home, walked the dog (who insisted on the long route) and got set up, it was almost 7, and after two hours, I just wanted dinner.

I might have to try again tomorrow. Or skip and recover tomorrow and try again Friday. I don't know.

I love that you can turn off their music. My music is SO much better!

Edit: oh yeah, out of the saddle in an easy gear? Is that even possible?

Hey, two hours is NOT a loser. That's tough. Honestly, when I got to almost two hours, I wanted to stop, but with others there, it encouraged me to continue. If I were you, I would probably do a recovery today and try the video again later.

The out of saddle in easy gear....isn't really possible for me. OK, I can do about 3 seconds and that's it. I had to shift to a harder gear for that part. The guy next to me though, he could do it!

[Crankin]

I can barely get out of the saddle in my hardest gear on the trainer. I am trying the proper pedal stroke, but all i do is end up clunking down on the pedals and hurting just about everything. Easier gears are just about impossible. No, make that impossible. I rarely stand on climbs on the road, so I think this has something to do with it. In fact, it took me about a year or more to be able to stand on my bike. I can climb some pretty steep grades, but I'm always spinning. I spin a harder gear than I used to, but I'm still spinning. The only time I stand outside is on little rollers and I really feel it in my knees and quads the next day. I guess this means I'm some sort of uncoordinated freak, but I sort of modify those types of drills on my cyclo-core work outs.

[Pedal Wench]

Thanks, Salsa - you're right - two hours on a trainer isn't bad. I might have to try it tonight, because I've got two 50-mile rides this weekend, so I need to take Friday night off.

I've found that a few things that Coach Troy does are bad for my knees. I modify some of his moves to ones that don't require as much mashing, and that easy-gear standing just hurts my knees, so I either do high-speed spins or bigger gear standing in those sections.

Full report tomorrow...