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Old 02-11-14 | 11:13 AM
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Yup. If you haven't bought them yet, get a set with resistance. Totally worth the money. You want to learn to make a completely smooth sound on the rollers, no rrrRRRrrrRRR. Once you get used to them, you can do one-legged drills on the rollers. My standard drill is 2 minutes each leg @ 50-55 cadence, legs together 2 minutes at 90-95 cadence in zone 2, 2 minutes each leg @80-85 cadence, 2 minutes legs together again, repeat until cooked, though no point in going over 45 minutes of it. Warm up and cool down with easy spinning. Do the slow ones and legs together in the same gear. Use a small gear for the fast ones.

If you can't do 2 minutes without stopping, do 2 minutes with stopping until you can. It's supposed to hurt like the very devil. Ignore the pain and just do it. Once a week.
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