Originally Posted by
ZmanKC
Watching the clock while on the trainer will increase the length of your life because time does seem to slow down to a crawl.
Not if the clock serves a purpose, the problem is you need it sufficiently broken up that the time elements are fairly small. If your riding for 45 minutes, then yeah, by the 23rd minute the clock seems to be going in reverse. The ideal is to break that up, like this:
2 minutes, low gear, low cadence warmup (65-75RPM)
3 minutes, shift up, moderate cadence warmup (70-80RPM)
5 minutes, shift up, pace (80-90RPM)
1 minute, shift down, spin (90-100RPM)
5 minutes, shift up, pace
1 minute, shift down, spin
5 minutes, shift up, pace
1 minute, shift down, spin
5 minutes, shift up, pace
1 minute, shift down, spin
5 minutes, shift up, pace
1 minute, shift down, spin
5 minute, shift up, pace
3 minute, shift down, moderate cadence
2 minute, shift down, low cadence
It's still 45 minutes, but you only need to deal with at most 5 minutes at a time.