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Winter training newbie

by KappaTango
Sun, Oct 12, 2014 20:08
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Hi, A quick introduction.

I only started Road Cycling in January at 17.5 stone (110kg). I am now, 4500km later, 13.5 stone (88kg) and looking forward to a winter of indoor and outdoor training, I ride a Felt F95.

I have owned a Tacx Satori Turbo for about 3 months, using TrainerRoad as my stat central. I use Strava to collate all of my ride stats, indoors and out.

I have just bought a set of Elite Arion Rollers, to add to my winter training plan and work on technique.

Any suggestions for how to get the most out of the winter months? I will hit the road when the weather allows, but happy to bulk out the time on the bike with a mix of turbo and rollers, so looking for a plan/guide that fits this setup?

Finally, have to ay I have the bug, just love being on the bike.

Karl

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KappaTango | 10 years ago
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Thanks! I will be on the road as much as possible. I like the idea of rollers for improving technique and varying the indoor work. I find TrainerRoad great for focussing on a training goal and as they fully support the Satori and also the Arion rollers in Beta, seems like a good compromise.

Thanks for the input!

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Cyclist | 10 years ago
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Well done Karl, good weight loss.

If this winter is anything like last winter, you won't have to spend much time indoors at all, it was such a mild winter that I never even got the deep winter kit out.

Ride outside when possible, do a session of roller & turbo once a week, skills/midline stuff on the rollers and power/HIT stuff on the turbo. And hit the weightlifting through the winter, and don't use the winter as an excuse to put weight back on........

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