Originally Posted by
mooder
With winter, no more biking outside possible.
I have weights at home and a trainer. I doubt I can put enough weight to do barrel squat to my limit however.
I wonder if I could improve my strength with the trainer. I know that doing interval of high energy output helps doing so.
What else could be done? Do you guys have a program you like to do or any exercise suggestion that you can do at home?
I have been climbing flights and flights of stairs (at least 25 flights a day 5 days a week), and it seems to be helping my hill climbing a bit.
On the trainer, I do commercial intervals. I ride easy during the show, and then ride as hard as I can during the commercial. Makes 30-60 min go by quite quickly.
Spinning classes have also been beneficial ... find a good quality, somewhat more advanced one.
When I lived in on the Canadian prairies, I still cycled outside as often as I could ... mtn bike, slightly lower tire pressure, commuting and longish rides on weekends.
I also cross-trained with cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
And most winters, I plan a trip for a week or two or three somewhere warmer, so that I can spend the week or two cycling. This year, for example, we went to Canada for 3 weeks in June ... nice warm sunny break from the drizzly, chilly, dark winter conditions. And we cycled a lot in that time.
