Winter indoor training has started

[ny biker]

It also helps to find some routes that offer protection from the wind. In general, open spaces are bad on windy days and tree-lined roads are better. Sometimes you can modify your route to avoid the worst of the wind. Rail trails are often not good on windy days because you end up going in one direction for a long time, and if that direction is into the wind it will wear you down fast. Trails and roads near water (like the Mount Vernon trail on the Potomac) also tend to be windier, and colder too.

[ny biker]

So, I got the Jungle Gym XT for Christmas. I will probably try it out on New Year's Eve when the gym will close too early for me to get there.

For use in a doorway, the instructions say to use a three hinge door that opens away from you. I have no three hinge doors in my home. The only way to use a door that opens away from me is to use it in a hallway that's too narrow, on the balcony or in the stairwell outside my apartment. None of these options is good. But I think it should work okay if I use it in my living room with my front door. It has two big spring hinges and the frame is metal. It is always deadbolted and no one opens it except me.

My trainer also will start incorporating some suspension exercises into my regular gym workout, which is good because I would like his help to make sure I'm doing things correctly.

[Catrin]

Sounds good NY Biker - and I think your front door will be fine as you've a metal frame and you keep it deadbolted. I purchased the wall-mount and paid a handy-man friend to install it for me so I would know it was mounted properly on the studs. I'm very happy with that setup, and it sounds like you've worked out something that will work for you. It does help to have your trainer teach you some suspension exercises so you know your form is correct. The foot cradle is quite different between the TRX and Jungle Gym, but I prefer the latter anyway. Not that I can use that yet so I don't overstress that knee.

Have fun and let us know how you like it!

[ridebikeme]

Congrats on getting the Jungle Gym NY biker! I've had mine about 4 years, and have used it quite a bit. I also teach some fitness classes and we use another brand of straps, but all is good. There are TONS of movements that you can do with the straps, so have fun in finding out what they are, what you like. There are definitely a good workout and shed some light for all of us.

[Aromig]

That's the exact setup I have for my TRX (outside door, opens in towards me but is deadbolted in a metal frame) and I haven't fallen on my face yet :-)