hanna a
I'm taking a spinning class at school and the bike does not show the amount of calories burnt unless I have a heart rate monitor recording my heart rate. My question is do I have to buy the heart rate monitor from the same manufacturer of the stationary bike (LaMond RevMaster Pro) or would any generic HR monitor do the trick?
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A generic HR monitor, like I use, will not give you the calorie count. Just the HR which is a good thing to know anyway.
To know calories burned you have two options, to get the right monitor or just make and estimate. In average we burn 35 calories per mile, and 3500 calories (100 miles) is a pound of fat. A pound of fat burned is not a pound of weight lost. In any case, 35 calories per mile is about as much accuracy as you probably need.
A generic HR monitor, like I use, will not give you the calorie count. Just the HR which is a good thing to know anyway.
To know calories burned you have two options, to get the right monitor or just make and estimate. In average we burn 35 calories per mile, and 3500 calories (100 miles) is a pound of fat. A pound of fat burned is not a pound of weight lost. In any case, 35 calories per mile is about as much accuracy as you probably need.
Spin bike Training, in replacement on rainy days?
dread head
Today I had to train inside at my gym. We had some cold rain come through. I got on a spin bike for 3.5 hours pretty much non-stop. I tried to use tension to simulate hills, and I did them at different time intervals. I am guesstimating I traveled about 60 miles. My cycling time for 3 hours = 50 miles. Since I did it inside, non-stop, I added 10 miles.
Is this a fair guesstimate? Am I wasting my time doing the spin bike to replace real training? I want to go back tomorrow for one last "long ride". I then want to just do 10 miles on Friday (get my bike fine tuned). Then do my century on Saturday.
I should add i hate that spin bike. It is nothing like being outside! There is nothing like the fit of my bike! All the fun training days in the open have been great! 70 miles on my road bike kills 10 miles on a spin bike, any day!
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When you are training indoors, you go by time and effort, distance is a fiction. There is no way to replicate the constant changes in effort you experience out on the road with each small rise and wind gust. Indoor training is beneficial, to estimate how much effort you have put in, you should buy yourself a heart rate monitor that can count calories, so you can compare your workouts. Unless you have some form of distraction, indoor workouts can be tedious, leading you to giving up after awhile. You don't need to do 3 hour workouts to maintain your fitness, now is the time of year to branch out and try some other activity to supplement your indoor activity. I use hiking and mountain biking in the fall, and cross country skiing in the winter to maintain cycling fitness, and return to my bike in the spring refreshed and ready to get back out on the road.
When you are training indoors, you go by time and effort, distance is a fiction. There is no way to replicate the constant changes in effort you experience out on the road with each small rise and wind gust. Indoor training is beneficial, to estimate how much effort you have put in, you should buy yourself a heart rate monitor that can count calories, so you can compare your workouts. Unless you have some form of distraction, indoor workouts can be tedious, leading you to giving up after awhile. You don't need to do 3 hour workouts to maintain your fitness, now is the time of year to branch out and try some other activity to supplement your indoor activity. I use hiking and mountain biking in the fall, and cross country skiing in the winter to maintain cycling fitness, and return to my bike in the spring refreshed and ready to get back out on the road.
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