Training Log Archive: veinbuster

Street shoes on a hotel trainer.

Heart rate is questionable because my monitor and the trainer seemed to be competing for beats. Max observed was 171, but the trainer read sporadically and my Garmin tended to obviously low readings much of the time after the trainer picked up the signal 13 minutes into the ride.

I was mostly looking for power readings. After a good warm up I did 30 sec progressively higher power sprints every 3 minutes. 367 watts was the highest power I feel like I honestly maintained for the 30 sec. At 406 I was falling off the pace at a bit after 20 sec - the trainer gave me credit, but I don't think a good power meter would have, though I may have been able to hold it standing up in good shoes. After that sprint, the trainer seemed a bit less stable - the flywheel felt off balance... So I took a nice cool down period.

I stormed the fitness centre and did 3 sets on every machine they had for upper body, and added abductors. These weights on wires machines have advanced a fair bit since the last time I went to a public gym. We'll see how the muscles feel in the morning.

Not really exercise, but I did a quick turn on a gym bike with a power meter on it. It suggested that my warm up is about 100 watts, which seems fair. 200 watts felt like about what I am using as level 6 in Sufferfest.
I didn't have proper compression or a heart monitor, so I couldn't really do a proper test.
The big flywheel was much smoother than the tired old BikeE I use as a trainer.

Day 1 soloflex

Day 3 resistance bands and push ups