Bike Trainer Workouts

This one comes from the book one hour workouts.

Bike trainer workouts.

It s sad but true. Indoor bike workouts can be painfully boring. Also these workouts assume you have a regular base of weekly cycling for several months. You ve been on that darn indoor bike trainer for just 14 freaking minutes and already you have an intense desire to move onto something far less boring such as knitting watching the paint dry or reading moby dick for the ninth time.

Here are three quick hiit workouts you can do on your bike. Try to do this 3 times a week. This session steps up the leg speed every 5 minutes while holding a constant speed or effort level. Stationary bikes are great for everyone of all fitness levels jennifer tallman indoor cycling instructor at new york sports clubs tells self.

Done right stationary bike workouts are no joke. The workouts below were designed for an indoor bike trainer but you can also perform them on a standard spin bike. Warm up for 10 15 minutes. 50 swim bike and run workouts for busy athletes by coaches scott molina mark newton and michael jacques.

Just adjust the resistance accordingly. Tempo intervals are a great place to get started. Add in a 10 15 minute warm up and cool down based on how much time you have. This is an edited and slightly shortened version of our regular thursday morning ride along melbourne s famous beach road.

Begin with a five minute warm up then alternate 90 seconds of increased resistance and faster peddling with two minutes of easy cycling to get your breath back for a total of 20 minutes. Ride at 76 90 of your threshold ftp or functional threshold power. Twice a week is plenty for these hard hitting sessions because your body needs the time to recover so you can come back. This interval session is perfect for burning fat and building your 30 second max.

James leads another 30 minute cycling workout which will get you fit fast. Indoor trainer cadence builds. Improve steady and sustainable aerobic power especially for 70 3 and ironman. 3 x 8 minutes on at 76 90 of ftp.

It s got a generic soundtrack s. Here are three indoor cycling workouts that will make the most of your winter trainer time. Tempo work should be your meat and potatoes trainer workout.