Training & Nutrition - Who can give me an advice about a computer trainer?

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hcova
08-26-08, 02:30 PM
I would like to buy a computer trainer where I can store daily training plans. I am not sure if it exist.
Second every training plan i do every day, includes reps, rest periods, warming and cooling periods.
Is there any computer trainer where I can save a plan like this? where every time period start/finish with a sound beep and a screen note showing what I need to do?.
For example:
warm: 20 min
reps: 3 series of 1 minute with 2 minutes of rest
rest:15 min once finished the reps
endurance: 3 series of 15 minutes with 5 minutes rest between serie.
cooling: 10 min
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The computer should store the following periods:
20 min
1 min
2 min
1 min
2 min
1 min
2 min
15 min (rest)
15 min
5 min
15 min
5 min
15 min
5 min
10 min (cooling)
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Polar, Garmin, Timex, Casio, Cateye watches/computers can do this ???
My XTrainer Plus Polar can not do it.
Any help is welcome
Regards.
Hernan
h.cova@terra.cl

Donegal
09-01-08, 08:40 AM
If you mean on the bike computer, I don't know of any that do everything you want.

For a home trainer, there are no perfect solutions to the cycling virtual reality world, but I use the Tacx I-Magic and love it. There are all kinds of virtual reality worlds to ride around on. The real life video is fun also, it keeps you interested. It has a program called Catalyst that allows you to set any time, distance or heart rate to maintain. It records heart rate, cadence, speed and wattage. If you repeat a course, it will allow you to graph the results one on top of the other.

It is not the same as riding or racing, but it is a great trainer and has great lattitude. Working on a trainer is not the greatest fun, but this one creates enough distraction to work with it and the data recorded is invaluable.