Thats pretty subjective. I ride hours longer out on the road than on my trainer, but it's fun, I do more work, burn more calories, use more muscles. So to me outside usually feels easier. The trainer, for me, is just for specific high intensity workouts or as a cruch when the weather sucks. Plus I end up not moveing aorund nearly as much because balance is not a factor, thus my rear finds the trainer harder on it, because I usually sit longer in the same position.Lance1965 said:Hi Everyone,
Is it harder on your body riding on the road as opposed to an indoor trainer.
The trainer is harder on the body, so make sure you have plenty of chamois butt'r handy.Lance1965 said:Is it harder on your body riding on the road as opposed to an indoor trainer.
I would think that if you went outside after warming up it would be a hell of a lot more cold. Especially if you break a sweat. Its like jumping out of a hot tub into a pool.rayhuang said:To save starting another thread!!!
I am also thinking about restructuring those short interval workouts so that I warm up say on the rollers in my riding kit (sans jacketbooties, etc) and then going outdoors just long enough to pound out a few intervals close to home. That way I am only outdoors maybe 40 minutes. Ray
I did this the other the other day so I could do a sprint workout (I can't generate enough power sprinting on a trainer). During the indoor warm-up I still used a fan so I wouldn't build up any sweat. Then I put my winter clothes on and headed outside where it was 34°F/1°C. It actually felt good, even though it was way past my usual temperature threshold (I'm a weather weenie ). Probably because my body was already generating it's own heat from the warm-up.MacH said:I would think that if you went outside after warming up it would be a hell of a lot more cold. Especially if you break a sweat. Its like jumping out of a hot tub into a pool.
Thanks-great to read it worked for you. Now i need studded snow tires-a lot of snow just fell here in Cleve-burg.Uhl said:I did this the other the other day so I could do a sprint workout (I can't generate enough power sprinting on a trainer). During the indoor warm-up I still used a fan so I wouldn't build up any sweat. Then I put my winter clothes on and headed outside where it was 34°F/1°C. It actually felt good, even though it was way past my usual temperature threshold (I'm a weather weenie ). Probably because my body was already generating it's own heat from the warm-up.
My body and head stayed warm for the rest of time outside (~30 min). Only my fingers got cold in the last 10 minutes. Then I came back in and cooled down on the trainer. It actually worked out quite well!
Here's my blog entry on it:
http://www.uhlalbert.com/couple/2006/12/cold_sprints.html
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