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MTB Training program recommendations
I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training
program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com |
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On Jan 31, 3:06*pm, mike wrote:
I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com Snow riding is the best summer riding training I've found. |
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On Jan 31, 3:16*pm, " wrote:
On Jan 31, 3:06*pm, mike wrote: I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com Snow riding is the best summer riding training I've found.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That was fine early fall, when there was only an inch or two. The snow in my front yard past my waist. I normally stop riding outdoors at about 6 inches of snow. Mike |
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On Jan 31, 3:48 pm, mike wrote:
On Jan 31, 3:16 pm, " wrote: On Jan 31, 3:06 pm, mike wrote: I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com Snow riding is the best summer riding training I've found.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That was fine early fall, when there was only an inch or two. The snow in my front yard past my waist. I normally stop riding outdoors at about 6 inches of snow. Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is the waist-deep due to drifts, or the normal amount on the ground over there at the moment? Are there no trails around that get enough foot traffic to create a bit of a groove you can sludge through? While our snow isn't quite waist deep yet, I manage to MTB year round in NH. Sometimes the snow is hub deep, sometimes it's only 9", and sometimes it's 18". It's hard work and slow going, but awesome exercise. I could usually make better time walking, but I like riding more, and it builds the muscles I'll use in the summer. Also, downhills are a blast! If it's out it's out, only you can say for sure, but I manage to ride in some pretty deep stuff over here. You could even shovel your favorite trail once, and then keep up on it with something like this here http://tinyurl.com/2la8ek. http://www.icebike.org/ has some excellent info as well if you want to ride year round. I can't bring myself to advocate indoor riding, but if you must I'd use rollers over a trainer. At least you have to balance, and it helps your pedaling form instead of hurting it. I've got a set, but I'd rather ride outdoors. Another idea that I've been saying I'll do soon and not doing is building obstacles outdoors. Skinnies, etc. Wrap with chicken wire or something to add traction, and you can work on bike handling. What about "urban assault" style riding where things are plowed & shoveled? |
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On Jan 31, 4:14*pm, " wrote:
On Jan 31, 3:48 pm, mike wrote: On Jan 31, 3:16 pm, " wrote: On Jan 31, 3:06 pm, mike wrote: I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com Snow riding is the best summer riding training I've found.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That was fine early fall, when there was only an inch or two. The snow in my front yard past my waist. I normally stop riding outdoors at about 6 inches of snow. Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is the waist-deep due to drifts, or the normal amount on the ground over there at the moment? *Are there no trails around that get enough foot traffic to create a bit of a groove you can sludge through? While our snow isn't quite waist deep yet, I manage to MTB year round in NH. *Sometimes the snow is hub deep, sometimes it's only 9", and sometimes it's 18". *It's hard work and slow going, but awesome exercise. *I could usually make better time walking, but I like riding more, and it builds the muscles I'll use in the summer. *Also, downhills are a blast! If it's out it's out, only you can say for sure, but I manage to ride in some pretty deep stuff over here. *You could even shovel your favorite trail once, and then keep up on it with something like this herehttp://tinyurl.com/2la8ek. http://www.icebike.org/has some excellent info as well if you want to ride year round. I can't bring myself to advocate indoor riding, but if you must I'd use rollers over a trainer. *At least you have to balance, and it helps your pedaling form instead of hurting it. *I've got a set, but I'd rather ride outdoors. Another idea that I've been saying I'll do soon and not doing is building obstacles outdoors. *Skinnies, etc. *Wrap with chicken wire or something to add traction, and you can work on bike handling. What about "urban assault" style riding where things are plowed & shoveled?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If winter riding was an option, I would be the first one out there riding. My personal favorite time to ride is spring here. I get everything from deep mud/clay, to gravel, rocks and dirt (personally love the clay runs the best). When I lived in Southern Ontario (Toronto Area), year round riding was possible. Mike |
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mike wrote:
On Jan 31, 4:14 pm, " wrote: On Jan 31, 3:48 pm, mike wrote: On Jan 31, 3:16 pm, " wrote: On Jan 31, 3:06 pm, mike wrote: I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com Snow riding is the best summer riding training I've found.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That was fine early fall, when there was only an inch or two. The snow in my front yard past my waist. I normally stop riding outdoors at about 6 inches of snow. Mike- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is the waist-deep due to drifts, or the normal amount on the ground over there at the moment? Are there no trails around that get enough foot traffic to create a bit of a groove you can sludge through? While our snow isn't quite waist deep yet, I manage to MTB year round in NH. Sometimes the snow is hub deep, sometimes it's only 9", and sometimes it's 18". It's hard work and slow going, but awesome exercise. I could usually make better time walking, but I like riding more, and it builds the muscles I'll use in the summer. Also, downhills are a blast! If it's out it's out, only you can say for sure, but I manage to ride in some pretty deep stuff over here. You could even shovel your favorite trail once, and then keep up on it with something like this herehttp://tinyurl.com/2la8ek. http://www.icebike.org/has some excellent info as well if you want to ride year round. I can't bring myself to advocate indoor riding, but if you must I'd use rollers over a trainer. At least you have to balance, and it helps your pedaling form instead of hurting it. I've got a set, but I'd rather ride outdoors. Another idea that I've been saying I'll do soon and not doing is building obstacles outdoors. Skinnies, etc. Wrap with chicken wire or something to add traction, and you can work on bike handling. What about "urban assault" style riding where things are plowed & shoveled?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If winter riding was an option, I would be the first one out there riding. My personal favorite time to ride is spring here. I get everything from deep mud/clay, to gravel, rocks and dirt (personally love the clay runs the best). When I lived in Southern Ontario (Toronto Area), year round riding was possible. Mike I think we have a similar amount of snow here, and the drifts are over my head. And it was -22 F this morning, which makes the grease in the bike pretty stiff too. So what I do to keep my fitness up is try and ski when I would have ridden during the warmer months. I'll ride my town bike to the office or trailhead, but going on a ride that would last very long just isn't a very good option. Do you have any XC ski gear? It's a great challenge to ski trails you would normally ride. I have some Fisher Rebounds, which have metal edges, some sidecut, and a waxless fishscale base. Great versatile skis and they are much better in dicey or untracked snow than skinnier racing XC stuff. Of course they are slower in a track, but I'd usually rather go where there isn't a track anyway. I have SNS BC bindings on them BTW. I also have a trainer and I ride it every now and then but I hate the damn thing. I have to be pretty hard up for a workout to get on it. I'll go out and ski down to about -20 to -25 but any colder than that and I just can't keep my extremities warm. When I do ride it I'll just usually put on a ski or MTB video and not go for more than an hour or two. Good luck, Matt |
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XC skiing may not be a bad idea. Would cut into my snowboarding time
however. I was more or less looking for something simular to this site; http://home.hia.no/~stephens/mtbplan.htm Since I bought the trainer (last week), I have alternated from 1 hour, veriable speeds/resistance, to next day 1 hour constant speed (approx. 25km per hour). I have done that for the past 5 days. I am not sure if I will get the full benifit from this sort of training, but until I found something better suited, I figured that would be a good start. As for the comment about shovelling the trail, I am assuming you where trying to be funny, right? Mike |
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:06:55 -0800 (PST), mike
wrote: I am looking for either recommendations or examples of a training program I can use during the winter off season. (Living in Northern Ontario, outdoor riding is not an option.) I recently picked up a Tacx Sirius Mag trainer for my mountain bike and am looking to make the most of my time on it. I am primarily a cross-country rider, revisiting the sport after a number of years off. My biggest area I wish to concentrate on is my endurance. The guy I ride with, kills me on the long climbs (short steep rocky hills is my area to shine). Any recommendations would be great. Good. Then training wheels are for you. They work every time. Mike mlawrenc(at)gmail.com -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Mike Vandeman;
I don't mean to sound like an ass, but what the hell does your ("pure habitat") have to do with my winter training? If you ever get a chance, come up to Northern Ontario in the spring time and honk your car horn at the first moose you see on/near the road. You'll see pretty quickly that nature, for the most part, can take care of itself. (btw, they like trucks and SUVs the best, compact cars crush too easy.) Mike |
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On Jan 31, 7:24*pm, mike wrote:
As for the comment about shovelling the trail, I am assuming you where trying to be funny, right? Mike It was tongue in cheek. That said, I'm not above it - I have before and I likely will again. Doesn't have to be pretty, clean, neat or even all the way to the ground - just close enough to be rideable. |
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