Cyclo-Core

[beccaB]

I found a link to this from the Terry website. I am looking for opinions from anyone who is a member. I'm not sure what it is really, only that there are things to download that help someone become a better rider. One thing is, that I'm not all that computer savvy and prefer to read stuff or get dvd's. Thoughts and comments anyone?

[Thorn]

Did you find the "interviews" between the Cyclo-core guy and Georgina Terry? They give an overview of his program.

I'll be interested to see the replies. While I thought he had some solid and interesting premises, the interviews were light in information and kept pushing to become members. Now, that could be because members are how he stays in business, but a hard sales pitch makes me wary. Of course, I probably see a hard sales pitch where others see a soft sell.

[beccaB]

What about magazines for women who like to bike? I already get Women's Adventure(used to be named Dandelion) and Her Sports. The other bicycle magazines seem to be heavy on the Testosterone.

[sundial]

I'm curious to know how his program vastly improves hill performance without working on hills.

For now, I'll stick to Coach Troy. Pant, pant....

[Mr. SR500]

We have several of the DVD products, all are decent and good. Most of his advice is on target. I do the stretching segment before most every ride. Not sure about the "team", his email list alone keeps my inbox full.

Bottom line: nice guy, good info.

[Crankin]

I use the Cyclo-Core DVDs for yoga, core, and stretching during the season. I did the winter training program 2 winters ago and I found it difficult. There's no video for the bike training part, but I stuck with it. I will try it again this winter.
I liked the interviews that came with the program and while they didn't tell me a lot of stuff that i didn't already know, I didn't feel the information was "bad" or inaccurate. I won't join the club, though because I just don't want to spend the $. But, I don't think it's much different from any of the other support you can get on line for training.

[indysteel]

I listened for about 10 minutes of the interview on Terry before I'd had enough of what seemed like a sales pitch. For now, I'll keep climbing hills in season and spinning my butt off in the off season. It's worked so far. Oh, and using my triple!

[susan.wells]

He is quite the sales pitch personality and I find it quite annoying. However, if you can get past everything being a "secret" both his Cyclo-Core and Cyclo-Zen products are quite good. The Cyclo-Zen 8 Minute Power routine has maintained my fitness for more times than I'd like to admit when I travel for work. YMMV. I do some form of his core work a minimum of once per week. I feel it is quite effective.

[indysteel]

Susan, do you think the core work you do with his program is similar to the benefit one might get from yoga and/or pilates? I have a regular yoga practice that seems to cover so many bases for me--flexibility, core strength, balance. I never really thought about how it might affect my climbing, however. And I have to admit that I've missed for than a few classes this summer in favor of riding instead.

[susan.wells]

do you think the core work you do with his program is similar to the benefit one might get from yoga and/or pilates?

I would say yes. If you already have a regular yoga/pilates program, you're most likely getting what you need there. I don't and I travel so it is convenient to take it with me. Have iPod will travel and workout!

[beccaB]

I wonder if the core strength workouts on the Cyclo Core downloads are comparable to the Curves workout? I see a lot of women at Curves who aren't using the machines to their full advantage, but it is a really good workout if you do. It's not Pilates or Yoga, but it seems effective to me.
We don't have huge hills where I live. We have to take the bikes away from here to get significant hills. So, other than going on vacations with bikes, I don't know that it would be useful to work on training for hills.

[Mom09]

Thanks for posting about this! I've been wondering the same thing. I just wish there was a perfect workout that can be done in about five minutes, which is about how much time I have in between my children's needs.