Is spin bike training a good rainy day substitute?
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Today I had to train inside at my gym. We had some cold rain come through. I got on a spin bike for 3.5 hours pretty much non-stop. I tried to use tension to simulate hills, and I did them at different time intervals. I am guesstimating I traveled about 60 miles. My cycling time for 3 hours = 50 miles. Since I did it inside, non-stop, I added 10 miles.
Is this a fair guesstimate? Am I wasting my time doing the spin bike to replace real training? I want to go back tomorrow for one last "long ride". I then want to just do 10 miles on Friday (get my bike fine tuned). Then do my century on Saturday.
I should add i hate that spin bike. It is nothing like being outside! There is nothing like the fit of my bike! All the fun training days in the open have been great! 70 miles on my road bike kills 10 miles on a spin bike, any day!
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When you are training indoors, you go by time and effort, distance is a fiction. There is no way to replicate the constant changes in effort you experience out on the road with each small rise and wind gust. Indoor training is beneficial, to estimate how much effort you have put in, you should buy yourself a heart rate monitor that can count calories, so you can compare your workouts. Unless you have some form of distraction, indoor workouts can be tedious, leading you to giving up after awhile. You don’t need to do 3 hour workouts to maintain your fitness, now is the time of year to branch out and try some other activity to supplement your indoor activity. I use hiking and mountain biking in the fall, and cross country skiing in the winter to maintain cycling fitness, and return to my bike in the spring refreshed and ready to get back out on the road.
i dont know much about road cycling but cann the spin bike really hurt? it has to be better on rainy/ junky days than just sitting inside. =)
Spin bike is definitely a good alternative to nothing when it rains outside. A road bike obviously is going to give you a better cardio workout as well as resistance training on your calves, thighs, even arms and back. But spin bike is an excellent form of cardio exercise when the alternative is not avaliable.