bgrider

What do you recommend for trainer videos?

I’d like to try using some training videos this winter to offset the boredom and hopefully get a bit more out of my sessions. For the past two years I have mostly listened to music or sometimes watched shows on Netflix. I usually alternate days of spinning steady at a moderate including excursions up a few gears and back down with days of “music induced” intervals (i.e. upshifts and going all out during the chorus then recover/repeat). It’s not scientific. I do not have a cadence sensor, power meter, or HR monitor and don’t see any of these in the future. There were some training videos that came with my Road Machine, but for the life of me I can’t remember what they were or where they are but I am looking for them.

Thanks in advance for your input!

tedder

Sufferfest.

OMG. Sufferfest.

Pirkaus

TurboTripping | Turbo Training Guide and Videos

These work well

skycomag

when I use my Schwinn 170, I use cycling video from you tube. search you tube for cycling training vids.

I watch then on a tablet. I mount with a tablet bike mount.

FeltF2Tarmac

+1

bananabacon

30 Bananas a Day

The guy is a screaming vegan so be careful. But if you can look past his extremist reasons as to why you should go vegan; Its short, sweet and too the point. 30 Bananas a Day on Youtube in combination with what others are suggesting should work. Good luck

RPK79

+2

PepeM

Tried a Sufferfest video for the first time yesterday, the 'Fight Club' one. It was a pretty good workout, the last attack was definitely a struggle. Would prefer if they showed efforts as FTP percentage instead of RPE, but apart from that I quite liked it, might use a few of them again in the future.

RPK79

I've also used this 45 minute video many times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSFYRiqodvU

It's quite well done.

BoSoxYacht

bgrider

Thanks for the input all. I will look into all of these. The Sufferfest name scares me a bit.....but I have heard good things about it in the past.

thin_concrete

I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning - thanks for posting that.

BarryJo

There is also a 60 and 90 minute workout by the same You-tuber, for me they're good in that they offer scenery, there's a clock on the video I can time my own intervals with , while listening to whatever music suits my mood.
But in terms of free online training videos, there really isn't much out there. If you're willing to spend $ Sufferfest is probably the best unless you have a smart trainer setup to connect to Zwift.

thin_concrete

Any thoughts on Pain Cave versus Sufferfest? PC seems more appealing in that it's subscription based and I only plan using this through the winter months and there's 15-20 to choose from.

PepeM

Doesn't Sufferfest have a monthly streaming option for $10?

Sy Reene

The title is misspelled but you get the idea.

tedder

If you are using TrainerRoad and a high-end trainer (like the KICKR), efforts are calculated from FTP into target wattage, then ERG mode is used so you are running that precise wattage, no matter your RPM.

tedder

Yeah, it doesn't sync with TrainerRoad to control your trainer. They have an app coming out Real Soon Now that'll do a lot of that.

I think there are also some free videos if you are a Strava subscriber.