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02-20-08, 01:29 PM
Yesterday it was raining so with no ability to do yard work and no desire to ride in the rain I locked in to the trainer. I had a different idea because I wanted to weight lift as well I came up with this and I'm just wondering exactly how effective this is.
1. Ride for 2mi (cadence at 95+)
2. 1 set of 10 reps on the weight machine (I would cycle threw 5 upper body exercises doing a different one every 2mi of riding)
3. Repeat
I didn't break between riding and weights. My trainer is right next to the bench and I can switch the bench exercises in no time. I had a TV on to keep my mind busy and just went at it to see how long I could last not stopping at all. 2mi isn't much but I haven't worked up to long rides yet and I was just playing around with this idea. I ended up doing 34mi all together (2 X's as long as my farthest ride before this; HRM says 2590cal burned over 2.5 hours:D)
Now for my question:
On one hand my HR stayed up (65-75%) and I was sweating like mad (drank a ton of water). But I'm wondering what the over all effect is on my muscles. Are they getting a proper workout? Lets say I'm on the bike and a wave of blood is sent to my calves as soon my body is feeding them suddenly I stop using them and start using my arms doing curls. Now the extra blood flow is suddenly needed in my upper body. Am I still working the muscles in an effective manor, or am I starving them? I'm just trying to find a way I can keep things interesting so I will keep exercising longer. If you read all of this I thank you.
1. Ride for 2mi (cadence at 95+)
2. 1 set of 10 reps on the weight machine (I would cycle threw 5 upper body exercises doing a different one every 2mi of riding)
3. Repeat
I didn't break between riding and weights. My trainer is right next to the bench and I can switch the bench exercises in no time. I had a TV on to keep my mind busy and just went at it to see how long I could last not stopping at all. 2mi isn't much but I haven't worked up to long rides yet and I was just playing around with this idea. I ended up doing 34mi all together (2 X's as long as my farthest ride before this; HRM says 2590cal burned over 2.5 hours:D)
Now for my question:
On one hand my HR stayed up (65-75%) and I was sweating like mad (drank a ton of water). But I'm wondering what the over all effect is on my muscles. Are they getting a proper workout? Lets say I'm on the bike and a wave of blood is sent to my calves as soon my body is feeding them suddenly I stop using them and start using my arms doing curls. Now the extra blood flow is suddenly needed in my upper body. Am I still working the muscles in an effective manor, or am I starving them? I'm just trying to find a way I can keep things interesting so I will keep exercising longer. If you read all of this I thank you.