How many hours on the trainer?

[Tom]

How many hours do you ride outdoors in season and how many hours do you attempt on the trainer over the winter?

[Andreu]

I hope your previous post doesn´t mean you are put off riding on the roads!

Trainer = 0 (weather is just too good here to worry about trainers)
Road = average weekly 6.5 hours (through the year)
A :beer:

[coylifut]

trainer = 2
outside = 5
run = 1
lift = 1.5
Total = 9.5

In season
outside = 12

[bostondrunk]

road - 2 hours per week.....sometimes 3

winter - 2 hours trainer, 1 hour drowning in pool, 7 hours drowning in beer

What size assos shorts do I need for a 40" waist?

[christian]

Summer:

1 hrs/day commuting (7 miles each way)
1 hr/M-W-Th in the Park (18-24 miles)
4-8hrs weekends

Winter:
1 hrs/day commuting, except when it snows.
Weekends if it's dry/nice.

Never trainer. Too awful.

- Christian

[Lost Weekend]

summer:
2-6 hrs/ week out on the rode
0 on trainer

winter: 0-2 hrs/ week on rode
0-1/ on trainer - I know its hardly worth the effort with those wimpy hours, but I'm thinking of getting rollers for a whole new experience
16 hours/ month skiing
25 hours/month drinking and gambling after skiing :beer:

[tch]

I like riding my bike too much to ever kill my enthusiasm by riding a trainer.

Winter is time for swimming, lifting, cross-country skiing, and -- if things get really desperate -- running. I'm often glad I live where I have to take a couple of months off every year. Each April, I am psyched all over again.

[Larry]

In the winter, the biggest objective is to eat less...... then get serious about training in January.
Everyone needs a goal to aim for in the summer.
January is a good point of departure. Light weights with multiple reps.
Light jogging or spinning. A controlled diet. Lots of rest. A gradual meltdown of body fat into muscle.
Be realistic. Many of us are between ages 35 to 55.
We can still improve, but be kind to your body.

[Dr. Doofus]

Realistic? Perish the thought....

In-Season: road, 10-15 hours

Oct-Mar: trainer, 6-10 hours, cross-training 2-3 hours (minimum total 7 hrs, maximum 13...)

Oct-Jan -- Weights 2-3 times/week.


Your Sweaty Servant,

Dr. D. Doofus, Esq.

[vaxn8r]

Oct-Feb: about 7 hrs a week, Probably 1-2/week indoors. Used to do more rollers but now using my Tacx Electronic with variable slope and wattage readout.

Mar to Sept about 9-10 hrs a week

[spiderman]

april through november:
5-10 hours a week outside
20 minutes a week on the rollers
november through april
1-2 hour per week outside
1-2 hours rolling...

[jeffg]

In season: 7-12 hours on the road (used to be more)

Winter: 5-15 hours on the machine (Cardgirus)

[Dekonick]

I use the trainer year round. I MUCH prefer riding outside, but sometimes life interferes so I use the precor elliptical, or computrainer (never for more than an hour - I just cant do it.)

I am finding I like rollers at work - 30 min on the rollers every third day. They are not hard to ride anymore - the only hard part isnot killing myself climbing onto the bike, as the rollers raise it off of the ground and look cleats do not mix well with skinny rails. I cant start without holding onto a wall or door frame, but once I get started its no problem. If you are considering getting rollers, my vote is you get em.

[RABikes2]

Trainers...ughhh...it's like watching paint dry. Rode in 24 degree weather here this past January. (Yes, north Florida can get cold.) I just can't make myself do the trainer thingy. :crap:

2003 miles: 8,000 miles
2004 miles to date: 7,500 miles
Hours...? a few :p They're written down in my logs, but I haven't added them up in years.

1-3 sets of 50 leaning push-ups, 5-6 days a week, year round.
A full body endurance weight work-out that I developed over 4 years ago that a set takes less than 15 minutes, two complete sets, twice a week. Usually start that in late fall/winter until spring.

"Season" ????

A few glasses of red during the week, too. :p