Indoor Bike Workouts For Ironman

This keeps your thresholds nice and high which raises the ceiling on your ironman race pace.

Indoor bike workouts for ironman.

Preparing for a late november race such as ironman cozumel or arizona while living in the chicago area was the main reason why i decided to take a huge chunk of my training indoors. I was forced to take cycling indoors simply because of the weather conditions. It will make you mentally tough no two ways about. The total time at race intensity is proportional to your event distance.

To ride the tonne is a mainstay of ironman success. My secret to a sub 5 hour ironman bike split initially cycling indoors wasn t a deliberate tactic. Getting comfortable on the bike outdoors doesn t take long. The top spin bikes for triathletes are.

But it was the necessity at the time. Keep the pace hot throughout with our swim and run training drills. Ironman triathlon x class 510 indoor training cycle. Wow i can t wrap my head around 6 hours on an indoor trainer.

An indoor bike trainer works well for this session. Andy potts the 2007 ironman 70 3 world champion typically rides outdoors only once a week. This brick workout involves some efforts at your 1 hour race pace or slightly below. Add this workout in the last 12 weeks prior to your a race.

These workouts aren t for the faint hearted but then neither is the challenge of an ironman. Lucy charles barclay knows a thing or two about training for an ironman triathlon. Time needed 5 hrs extra equipment nutrition coaching tip complete a 100 mile ride. Maybe 5 10 nice rides outside over the course of a year will do it.

From the company that is synonymous with triathlons you d expect their bike to be good. His five or six other rides are indoor workouts featuring lots of lung busting interval and threshold efforts and lasting only 45 minutes each on. If your goal is an ironman then this means longer blocks of time in high zone 2 low zone 3. When you re training for an ironman it s still important to include some speed work.

The bike weighs 127 lbs and has a steel frame construction that keeps steady whatever intensity you are training at whether in the saddle or out. Although i m still thinking back and wondering how i did it. I guess that s exactly it. The 26 year old is currently sitting second in the world in the gruelling discipline which involves a 2 4 mile.

Indoor cycling wins for hiit training and cadence training. Just try to get more outdoor rides as you get closer to. This affordable indoor exercise bike has all the essentials for a satisfying home workout. The solo century ride.

The bike features a 36 pound flywheel and a belt drive system for a more accurate and quiet ride. If your goal race is a 70 3 or shorter then this signals higher intensity work.