It was another Spin at Sport's Basement, I'd given out my regular trainer, which left me with my Computrainer. I had used it a number of times before with the a computer attached but never it's standalone mode, of course it would been a good idea to read the instructions before hand, but it has six buttons how hard can be? Well I got it going pretty easily, however after a few minutes it was ...

Today in Ironteam land it was all about bike! Knowing your bike and becoming at one with it, coaches included complex terms such as "units of cadence" also know as "RPM".

Other highlights included:
How to maintain your bike. (Never use it in a swimming pool)Changing tires which inevitably results in me freezing my fingers off with C02 cartridges.Exciting maneuvers in the car ...

While I am certainly not competing or even have the time to watch it, I did have a Tour de France themed spin class early this morning. The class recreated the two major hills in the stage along with the chance to visual a chase by a peloton of riders. I did two 45 minute sets with 15 minutes core in between. It ...

Another weekly spin at Sports Basement, the weather was good we setup outside for 1 hour recovery Spin.

For those question the accuracy of the Garmin, I will say it is very good accept when your not moving. During the stationary spin I hit a maximum speed of 2.7mph, while maintaining a healthy 16mph average? :-)

160 Max Heart Rate
125 Avg. ...

It seems far too long since I've been to Ironteam Spin, due a busy schedule of late, but when I saw 90 minute spin on the calendar, I thought wow I've never done a constant 90minute spin before, sounds like a good challenge. I was still a little fatigued from Sunday's ride but the virtual 90 minute Ironman Canada course was a lot of fun. However I must say I don't recall every sweating so ...

Today was first day of our Ironteam Bootcamp Weekend, packed with Swimming, Cycling and Running. The long day ahead started at Burgess Pool in Menlo Park, at 9am. We started off the morning with a 1hour swim, doing 1000 yard repeats broken up into different sets. Towards the end of the swim the rain started, my shoes sitting ...

Second spin class of the week focusing on maximum rate.
2x 45 min sets with 15 mins of core
155bpm Avg Heart rate
194bpm Max Heart rate

First Spin class focusing on Max Heart Rate.
45 min sets with 15 mins of core
163bpm Avg Heart rate
193bpm Max Heart rate

This morning we were at De Anza College for a Spinerval set, which consisted of 20 minutes of Spinning followed by 10 minutes of running, four times. Overall this made for a tough 2hr workout.