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Relating turbo tp real spin

  • 26-01-2014 9:08pm
    #1
    GilltownJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭


    Anyone have any thoughts on the real life value of a turbo session, i.e. is one hour on turbo equivalent to one hour on the road or more, defo feels like more anyway. I do mean tough turbo session, not just spinning on low resistance


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  • #2
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Physical exertion aside, the damage to the mind is unquantifiable.


  • #3
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    No freewheeling or drafting on a turbo. It's definitely "premium" time compared to the road, particularly with properly structured sessions. I'll typically consider 60 mins on the turbo to be worth 90 or so on the road


  • #4
    Hmmzis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,004 ✭✭✭Hmmzis


    Today I discovered that standing starts are useless on a turbo. The resistance is just not enough, much much harder to do standing starts on the road. Steady intervals on the other hand feel much harder on the turbo and z2 base sessions are mind numbing on it.


  • #5
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    I've only ever done 60 mins sessions (+/- 10 mins) on the turbo doing threshold intervals. Can't be arsed doing any longer. Steady state stuff would bore the pants off me. The threshold stuff hurts and makes you really good at counting seconds.


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