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Cycling Videos Online Free yourself from the constraints of indoor training! Let your winter workouts be as rewarding and as demanding as your summer workouts. Start the cycling season fit! This video workout series provides a first person (virtual reality) perspective seen from behind the bars of both road and mountain bikes. Explore new cities and mountains as this collection will span multiple areas in multiple states and multiple cities. Challenge yourself to unsurpassed training challenges by adhering to target heart rate goals and gearing ratios. Each ride is uniquely designed to provide the same challenge you would experience while on that specific route and on a specific ride. Workouts range from leisurely aerobic efforts to intense, heart pounding, anaerobic agony! Let the road be your coach! |
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Introduction video - ah! The life of a cyclist. Train to Ride! |
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Video Features: click to view the full description Virtual Reality Video
Video is shot using the Action Cam III bullet cam mounted to the frame of the bicycle. The AC3 is Viosport's top of the line CCD camera boasting 520 lines of resolution (DVD quality). The camera is wired to the Sony DCR-HC30 mini DV camcorder as a high quality recording device. Since the camera is hard mounted to the bicycle, you view every motion that the bike undergoes whether it be vertical, horizontal or roll. The vibration from the road is transmitted to the camera, however, due to sophisticated image stabilization software, your ride is smooth and silky. Because of this realistic perspective, you will feel like you're on the road and experience the sensation of movement. Use caution if training on rollers, your body will want to compensate for the virtual motion and you'll come right off! Heart rate and intensity meter (training tool)
This is a staple training aspect of these videos, so, go out and buy a heart rate monitor. It's important to know your max heart rate. There are many techniques to finding your max heart rate, you may want to consult your doctor, most can help you find this safely and effectively. Once your max heart rate is established, you will be able to easily follow the intensity meter provided on each video. The intensity meter is color coded to help you quickly know what zone you should be training in be it in the weight loss zone, aerobic zone, anaerobic zone or red zone. Each zone is based on a percentage of your maximum effort. No Color = below 70% (weight loss) Green = 70% - 79% of max (aerobic) Yellow = 80% - 89% of max (anaerobic) Red = 90% - 100% of max (red zone) Be aware that the difficulty of each video is greatly dependent on the time spent in each zone. At the top of the intensity meter is your actual percent of max target. Percent of max is calculated as your actual heart rate divided by your max. This value can be used to challenge yourself further by teaching your body how to precisely regulate effort. This is an EXTREMELY valuable skill for time trials and triathletes. Music
Each video has a blend of music to help break the monotony of silence. However, due to copyrights, the videos may not divulge the artist(s) to help in the sale of the media. These videos are intended to help you train faster, harder and do so with entertainment. The videos are intended to be used in conjunction with your headphones and your own music selection. You wont miss any dialog as, there is none during the ride. Your motivation comes from you to follow the training tools provided Gear ratio indicator (training tool)
The videos contain a gearing guide to help you select the right gear for the conditions. In other words, if you're climbing in the video, the gear ratio increases for increased resistance. Throughout the video, you will be balancing your heart rate with the gear ratio constantly. This allows for a dynamic and realistic experience! Achieving a heart rate when spinning is entirely different from that same heart rate wile grinding a big hard gear. These challenges help diversify your workout greatly. You may choose to ignore the gear ratio guide and instead train using specific cadences if you have a cadence sensor on your bike. These choices are dependent on your training goals. GPS
Each video has GPS data that has been used to show actual position on mapping software. The staple program used is TopoFusion (http://www.topofusion.com) to present the position in real time as it relates to the video. In other words, superimposed on the video is a map that shows the location in real time of the cyclist. This is a great feature as it helps you to locate where the video is shot in real time. It also helps you to understand where you are with respect to the end of the ride, hills, or other geologic and geographic features Hill profile
Each video has a hill profile showing you the topography of the ride. The hill profile is color coded to fit with the GPS route. This will help you to locate upcoming grades and get you mentally prepared for tougher efforts ahead. Additionally to color coding, the location along the route will periodically be displayed in the video by showing a larger hill profile with an arrow locating your position.
Information
Many videos provide information about the ride you're on including points of interest, historical information, landmarks, and more.
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Videos: click on a state to view the list of available rides Nevada Rides (Click to expand)
Reno NV provides some very unique cycling! The high desert offers incredibly diverse and scenic rides with views changing from unobstructed city and mountain views to dense pine forests to green river foilage.The high altitude, hills and wide open spaces make this place a cyclists dream!
Wind through forested valleys, over creeks, across narrow bridges to summits with breathtaking views! This 1 hour ride will tax you mentally and physically as you try to maintain the intense anaerobic interval efforts required to climb!
It's an incredible sunny day in Reno and the opportunity to ride to work can't be passed! This ride will take you from the high desert into the heart of Reno's population and along rural roads. The scenery always changes. The ride is fast and flat with moderate effort levels into the high aerobic zone.
Gear up and get ready to ride with the Procrastinating Pedalers of Reno! This is a club route favorite and includes the dreaded Pinecone Road! As it always is in Reno, the day is filled by sun, the wind is whipping and spirits are high. We'll ride West paralleling I-80 into historic Verdi CA and loop back to NV past Boomtown Casino. This is Reno! Prepare for an unpredictable workout with effort levels covering the entire gambit, look for surprises. This is a fun ride you don't want to miss.
No matter what they say, this is a dreaded climb! Geiger Grade connects Reno to Virginia City, a famous mining town and now popular tourist attraction. Made famous by Greg Lemond's 28 minute ascent, Geiger Grade has been mercilessly ridden by the local masochists! . This 1 hour workout will have your heart racing! Begin with a 10 minute warm up and steadily increase your effort to 95% of max to the top of the climb (~45 minutes). This is a RED ZONE workout and is applicable to time trial or triathlon efforts. Make sure you have plenty of water and a breeze, because this ride will work you out! This is a great 1 hour ride through NW Reno that will have you pedal mashing up past the Mormon Temple, then flying into Sommerset down to Mogul and hammering down 4th before begining your reascent to the start. Your heart will never find peace! Alaska Rides (Click to expand)
Anchorage Alaska - Summertime in Anchorage is legendary for its lush forestry, abundant wildlife, and comfortable climate. In this video series, your ride will take place along costal trails, through boreal forests, up the Chugach range and into spectacular glacial valleys! Workouts include slow, aerobic, base training to high intensity anaerobic levels. Don't miss!
It's a typical cool Anchorage evening, in the low 60's, partly overcast, bright out and it's 8:00PM! This is a beautiful ride with the Arctic Bike Club (ABC) and starts out wonderfully mild with low efforts. Within 30 minutes, the gang gears up and climbs! Expect a good 1/2 hour dripping sweat in exhaustive agony as you quickly climb from sea level to 1200' and try not to get dropped. Then, catch your breath and race down hitting speeds in the mid 50's (mph)!
It's sort of self defeating to say it's a beautiful ride, it's Alaska! This is a solo ride through Anchorage and North on the Hiway bike path to Eagle River and along Eagle River road. Eagle River is a spectacular glacial valley, and we'll wind along the valley floor to the end of the road. This ride is a moderate paced ride with efforts in the high aerobic zone to low anaerobic. It's a great interval workout with the hilly road through the valley. Don't miss!
About 20 miles South of Anchorage, the Old Seward Hiway was built into a fantastic paved path that winds along the coast, into the hills and through thick forests. This is a long, aerobic ride great to build your base miles with. Along this route, frequent stops are made by the ABC revealing the nature and history along the ride. You'll love it!. Colorado Rides (Click to expand)
Evergreen Colorado - Explore beautiful Evergreen Colorado in this 3 part training program. These are tough rides and will ask for your discipline. The series include a 1.5 hour ride touring Evergreen and its back roads, a 1.5 hour ride from Evergreen to Morrison and through Red Rocks park and a 40 minute ride from downtown Evergreen to Bergen Park.
This is a 45 minute solo training ride, but, don't let the time fool you. Were on a deadline and have to really hustle!This is a tough workout with fast descents and out of the saddle climbs. Heart rates average about 88% of max, but, in the last 1/2 hour, expect 92% to 95% of max efforts.
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