#notspinning

I guess it’s akin to folk buying a power meter and believing their performance on the bike is going to improve just by standing near it (that was a joke, I don’t actually think anybody believes that.  Except for me when it comes to my own training ......  

I see many people invest in the device then it simply becoming a very (very) expensive speedo.

Due to an increasing awareness (and acceptance) that efficient indoor training is extremely beneficial to cycling performance, what now follows is a plethora of choice on how to execute said sessions.  

I like the idea of additional motivation for indoor training, it’s a positive thing.   Inside we can’t offer stimulus such as scenery, the wind blowing through your locks (although we have got some serious industrial fans in here that create ripples in your cheeks) or other distracting elements.   

That however, is the sheer beauty of it.  

There are no distracting elements.   It’s about you focusing on the training at hand and understanding how much training stress your body can withstand when external distractions are removed.  It’s a moment of truth and a part of your psyche that is incredible to explore.

There is nothing wrong with meeting training hurt without the aid of visual noise to get you through it.

We road tested outsourced programs in the first twelve months of TS for a set period and compared the resulting client ride data to what was being produced from our own sessions and we did this over several months so we had as true a result as we could hope for without jumping to early conclusions.  What we observed was the overall intensity of the workouts was varied and we watched clients average and normalised power begin to plateau.  Subsequently we returned to writing our own sessions (much to the joy of our clients) and continue to do so to this day.  

Every session that we run is written by us in-house.  We change them twice a week and archive them once they have been used.  Unless you train here more than twice a week you won’t see the same session again.  Through working for several years with power we know what can be reasonably expected from a rider at their true FTP - how much recovery is required between intervals before backing it up again at determined intensity.  Our workouts are our most valuable IP.

The benefit to you is substantial.   Not only have we eliminated the potential for boredom by changing the sessions each week, more importantly we don’t run the risk of conditioning the body to do the same thing over and again – which is what happens when you repeat your training outside (and possibly inside) – wash, rinse, repeat cycle.

Whilst we stand by the Computrainer as being the power-house of ergometers it’s what you do with your indoor training that counts.