Todays Turbo Training Workout

Don’t worry, I don’t intend to post these everyday as I’m sure you’ll get bored of them soon – if not already. However, I’m enjpying doing them and I like the heart rate graphs I produce in a strange, ‘heart-rate artwork’ kind of way. Of course, if you enjoy these posts or are trying to do the same workouts yourself then post a comment and let me know and I’ll keep them coming.

Todays workout was a little longer at an hour with some hard intervals in the middle. I did an extended warm up:

  • 5 mins @ 120 Watts
  • 5 mins @ 180 Watts
  • 5 mins @ 240 Watts
  • 5 mins @ 120 Watts

Then started the intervals where I did:

  • 7 x  45 secs @ 400 Watts followed by 3:15 @ 100 Watts

I had intended to do 1 minute at the high power output and 4 mins easy, but couldn’t quite last for a minute at 400 Watts. My legs just died at around 45 seconds each time so I adjusted both the length of the hard effort and the rest effort. As you can image, it was pretty tough, but I have something to aim for with these.

I then extended the workout to an hour with:

  • 8 mins @ 200 Watts
  • 4 mins @ 120 Watts

Here’s the heart rate output which shows that I was at least trying!

Todays Heart Rate 'Artwork' - Click to enlarge

Todays Heart Rate 'Artwork' - Click to enlarge

6 Responses

  1. Avatar forComment Author Mark says:

    Looks good Al. What do you use to get the Heart rate graphs? Does your turbo trainer record this? Is it connected to a PC?

    Keep them coming, I like seeing what training you’ve been up to and I might even be motivated to do some myself one day.

    Mark

  2. Avatar forComment Author Alan says:

    Uh oh… You’ve got me looking now. The VR software even lets you race against friends over the internet or “copy rides you have done outside in the comfort of your home thanks to Google Earth”.

    Alternatively you could just go outside into the real world and do a ride, but it is pretty clever and it would be good to race against friends!

    http://www.tacxvr.com/en/products/software

    Al.

  3. Avatar forComment Author Alan says:

    Gave it another go today for the full minute at 400 Watts and managed all 7 reps:

    https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/burning-off-the-excess/

    Al.

  4. Avatar forComment Author Liam H says:

    Interesting workout. It looks like you might be lacking power so I recommend you have a look at Turbo Trainer Indoor Cycling Workouts To Generate More Power which should hopefully help you improve your performance on the bike

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Alan Cole

Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.

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