Originally Posted by
cubewheels
Forgot to mention, probably the easiest way to engage the glutes in pedaling in the trainer (don't do it on the real bike outdoors) is lean forward on the trainer, start pedaling, and then get your hands off the handlebar.
Alas, the only trainer I have is/are rollers which I can't use with my hands off my bars.
First of all I have pushed my seat back. I had it a LONG way forward, which is one of the reasons I was not using my glutes at all.
As well as swordsmanship, I think about being a sort of spider or other insect. That is to say rather than a person that is long and thin that stamps on the pedals, I think of myself as something quite compact that moves, or waves its legs.