Should i increase the amount of riding in the gym by miles or by hours? Or is there another way?
2007-01-08 08:38:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cycling
Well, it depends on the ride.
Training on the rollers or on a trainer will be the equivalent of twice the exercise as on the road. To build fitness, I suggest the gym or buy your own trainer. However, I still suggest that you get out there and ride long days, preparing your bike and making changes to it as necessary, dictated by comfort and efficiency.
I also suggest getting some "Spinervals" workouts.
Check out www.bicycling.com for further information.
2007-01-08 11:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by Double Century Dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are going to be riding a cross country bike tour in May there is only one true way to train. Ride, ride, ride, ride, and ride some more. When you get tired, ride even more. I would guess that there is a schedule of how many miles/day that you will be riding. Take that and replicate it in the gym, better yet on the road. You will be in the saddle for quite a few days, so your butt needs to be prepared for that.
Cross training is also effective for general conditioning so mixing up a few days of running in there won't hurt, but remember on your tour, you can't take a day off the saddle to run.
2007-01-10 04:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by CM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just ride.
Most cross country rides average 50 - 100 miles per day. Build up so that you can knock off knock off 25 - 50 miles without too much pain and the ride should be breeze.
As long as you have a good base level of conditioning when you start the ride, and you don't overdue early on the ride, your body will adapt to the mileage when you're out on the road.
On long, multi-day bike rides I usually feel beat at the end of Day 1, but mighty fresh the next morning.
Have fun.
2007-01-08 15:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by ZepOne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no substitute for long days back-to-back with a fully loaded bike. It's the 2nd and 3rd days that get you, so if time permits try to do some long weekend tours - even if you sleep at home every night. This is also a good way to shake out your equipment choices and packing list.
2007-01-08 13:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by scott.braden 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We just got back from cycling the southern tier last month. We didn't train at all. Basically we went from the couch to the bikes. The first mountain outside of San Diego kicked our butts, after that we did just fine. We were VERY heavy, my trailer weighed in at 90 pounds. We used every bit of gear we took.
2007-01-11 12:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by Shawne & Lexi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
log the time, miles. either in the gym or on your bike, try to build upon the time from the previous week. for example, if you workout for 10 hours last week, workout for 10.5 hours this week.
2007-01-08 23:53:03 · answer #6 · answered by borracho111 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no substiute for hours on the bike.in the gym or out. Don't push it too hard though. Pant pace is the best to build condition. ( and burn fat)
2007-01-08 19:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by Glenn B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually riding the bike is on the road is better I would think.
2007-01-08 08:47:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋