How to sit when riding trainer?

[SadieKate]

My personal opinion is that if you can read while riding a trainer you aren't training. You need to be working harder with superspins or intervals or something. Just spinning away at a low enough effort to allow you to focus on the printed word doesn't give you good quality time on the trainer and it sure is harder on the butt.

Is music an option? An audio feed of some kind will help.

[withm]

I've never been able to read while using treadmill or elliptical. Between the bifocals and the vibrations there is just too much movement for me to focus on the print. To alleviate boredom I listen to books on tape (or CD). I'm often laughing out loud listening to some books, and other days I work out a little longer cause I'm at a real good part and can't put the "book" down. Get them at the library, and stay away from the abridged volumes - they really leave out too much stuff to follow the story decently. Hope this helps.

[HappyAnika]

From a training standpoint, I ride pretty hard when I'm out and there are always hills . . . I wanted to use the trainer for some lower intensity fat-burning time as opposed to cardio training. I love the idea of auido books, I know my husband has a bunch on his ipod which I can hook up to the speakers in our garage. Thanks for the suggestions

[mimitabby]

this winter for the first time, I had a wind trainer in the basement. I find that i cannot stay down there without a book. WITH a book i can ride down there for 30 minutes to an hour. After miles and miles on the road, i can sustain a fairly good consistent pace on the trainer, but without a book it is extremely boring.
When I went back outdoors, there was a noticeable difference in how quickly I got up to speed, so even though I was reading (and probably not giving it my all) it was enough to keep me in some kind of form.
My basement is cold especially in the winter, so i usually go down there wearing a sweatshirt or sweater over a teeshirt. Within 10 minutes I generally take the overshirt off. in 30 minutes I am usually a bit sweaty; and it no longer feels cold down stairs. I haven't used a heart monitor; but by this I can tell that I am getting a good cardiovascular workout.