What do you guys think of Spinervals?

[caligurl]

i agree.... coach troy is EVIL!

i think they are all hard.. but then.. i hate the trainer! i'm a wimp

[emily_in_nc]

I have five Spinervals tapes and do them fairly regularly during the winter (2-3x a week). I have "Team Clydesdale" for recovery (it's still a great workout), "Sweating Buckets" for a good, moderate workout, "Muscle Breakdown" and "Uphill Grind" for when I want to push HARD, and, for a too-cold-or-rainy-to-ride weekend day when I am feeling completely masochistic, I have the two hour "Have Mercy"! I have only done that one all the way through about three times. It's killer, but really, the first 45 minutes is the hardest; once I get to that point I could go all day. (Not that I would!)

I think that climbing and grinding are easier than "super spins". The super spins push my heart rate much higher and just wear me out. I never take it easy - I have a cadance monitor and often get to 140-150 rpms on those, depending on the gear I am in.

I do like my Spinervals - they make trainer time pass a lot faster!

[Selkie]

I have every Spinerval except No Slackers and the one Coach Troy released this week. Without a doubt, doing Spinervals has made me stronger and has improved my cardiovascular fitness. Doing Spinervals is what got me back to riding outside again, so I am indebted to Coach Troy. I love riding my bike outside My favorite Spinervals are Uphill Grind (tough but relatively short in duration); Have Mercy (if you don't want to do the entire 2 hrs, you can pick & choose sections); all three Aero Base Builders ("blue zone" workouts); and Time Trial Special (has one leg drills). The least favorites are Muscle Endurance (it has 2 sets of acceleration drills that I hate--4 seconds on/4 seconds off) and Bending Crank Arms (too much off the bike ISO squat work).