Climbing workouts on trainers

[marni]

check out gregg cook (get cyced) on i tunes. I pod group motiontraxx.com often carries his stuff, plus they have some nice interval stuff which can be adapted for hill climbing intervals, particularly their treadmill intervals series. I think cook actually has a couple of compitlation albums which you can buy as well- 9.99 or thereabouts. Also a lot of the podrunner. podcasts have intervals, and a lot more have steady state workouts and various paces so you can work out your own climb series by gering up and down on a pre determined rate.

HTH

marni

[Miranda]

My CycleOps fluid trainer has a elevated front wheel stand triangle thingy that you can use to elevate the front of the bike. I don't really ride my my trainer though so can't help you too much. I teach Spinning and we ride lots of hills in my classes. Though not the same as the trainer, it's still some strength work. Good Luck!

[tulip]

Does the gym/rec center at your school have spin classes? They are great, and much more motivating (to me) than a trainer. Plus, you cannot climb standing up on your trainer because it puts too much torque on your fork.

[Owlie]

I don't stand to climb anyway--it works on small inclines when I just need a little extra oomf without having to shift, but it does nothing for me on actual hills!

The spin classes at the rec center are totally dependent on whether they can find an instructor. I agree with you on the trainer being boring, but I'm using it as my TV time. I'll check out some of the podcast suggestions.

[tulip]

I don't stand to climb anyway--it works on small inclines when I just need a little extra oomf without having to shift, but it does nothing for me on actual hills!

The spin classes at the rec center are totally dependent on whether they can find an instructor. I agree with you on the trainer being boring, but I'm using it as my TV time. I'll check out some of the podcast suggestions.

Ah, well then perhaps you can become an instructor and get a workout AND get paid. Something to think about. I get really inspired to work very hard when there's good music in the spin class. Sometimes I can't help but jump up and dance on those pedals. A winter of spin classes makes a huge difference on the road in the springtime for me.

[ehirsch83]

I used to use my text books under my front wheel when I was in school! Or a phone book. That helped me with elevation for climbing.

Then I would put on good music and do longer intervals to simulate longer climbs.

[marni]

I fake climbing workouts by increasing the resistance in the gearing a bit and keeping a fast or as fast as I can handle cadence for as long as possible. I guess these are really resistance intervals except that I am more forgiving on the cadence if it's a "hill" climb as opposed to a speed resistance interval.

I rarely if ever stand on my bike in the real world except to scoot across an intersection to stay out of the way of drivers behind me.

marni