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The Indoor Cycling Guide: How to improve your fitness and speed with turbo trainers and rollers
Coach B.L.Scott offers valuable advice on how to maximize your indoor workout cycling sessions for triathlon and cycling training alike. Don't make the mistake of thinking indoor turbo trainers and rollers are just for the winter season - think like a Pro and use them all year round with these handy tips and workout guides.
This short, handy guide includes:
* Why use a trainer?
* Basic overview of the 5 types of indoor trainer
* Advice on which trainer should you use?
* What about spin bikes at the gym?
* Setting up your trainer
* What bike should you use on the trainer?
* What tires should you use on the trainer?
* Using cadence sensors with a trainer
* Using HRM Heart Rate Monitors
* Should you use a climbing block?
* Should you use a trainer mat?
* How should you set up your trainer environment?
* How do you mount you bike on the trainer?
INCLUDING:
* 10 workout sessions to improve fitness
#1 Endurance workout
#2 Top end power workout
#3 Strength/hill climbing workout
#4 Efficient energy consumption workout
#5 VO2 absorption workout
#6 Form workout
#7 Core stability workout
#8 Mental toughness workout
#9 Leg speed workout
#10 Post-gym recovery
* Overview of rollers
* Why use rollers?
* When should you use rollers?
* How do you set up rollers?
* Where should you use rollers?
* How do you mount the bike on rollers?
* How do you dismount rollers?
* How do you ride on rollers?
* How can you improve hill climbing on rollers?
* How can you improve pedal technique on rollers?
* Can you use a time trial/ triathlon bike on rollers?
* 1 hour trainer workout on rollers
This short, handy guide includes:
* Why use a trainer?
* Basic overview of the 5 types of indoor trainer
* Advice on which trainer should you use?
* What about spin bikes at the gym?
* Setting up your trainer
* What bike should you use on the trainer?
* What tires should you use on the trainer?
* Using cadence sensors with a trainer
* Using HRM Heart Rate Monitors
* Should you use a climbing block?
* Should you use a trainer mat?
* How should you set up your trainer environment?
* How do you mount you bike on the trainer?
INCLUDING:
* 10 workout sessions to improve fitness
#1 Endurance workout
#2 Top end power workout
#3 Strength/hill climbing workout
#4 Efficient energy consumption workout
#5 VO2 absorption workout
#6 Form workout
#7 Core stability workout
#8 Mental toughness workout
#9 Leg speed workout
#10 Post-gym recovery
* Overview of rollers
* Why use rollers?
* When should you use rollers?
* How do you set up rollers?
* Where should you use rollers?
* How do you mount the bike on rollers?
* How do you dismount rollers?
* How do you ride on rollers?
* How can you improve hill climbing on rollers?
* How can you improve pedal technique on rollers?
* Can you use a time trial/ triathlon bike on rollers?
* 1 hour trainer workout on rollers
62 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 6, 2014
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October 27, 2014
Just basic ideas on how the trainer/roller can help the cyclist but not a deep guide on how to apply the trainer/roller to your training.
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