Road Cycling

[Indymuscleguy]

Group,

I enjoy road cycling and have a Fuji road bike. If I were to do 30 minutes of cardio on a treadmill, how would that compare to a 30 minutes of road cycling?

Thanks

[Indymuscleguy]

^^nudge^^

[energizer bunny]

sorry dont understand what your asking.......

[Indymuscleguy]

sorry dont understand what your asking.......

I edited the question, does that make better sense?

[tallguy23]

Depends on what you are asking and what you are going for. As long as biking elevates your heartrate into the same zone as you would on a treadmill I don't see any difference between the two. I know a lot of people who prefer to bike outside as opposed to inside. As long as you can elevate your heart rate you should be good to go.

[energizer bunny]

it all depends on the intensity....by using a heart rate monitor you can monitor your heart rate...if its say 130 bpm....it dont matter if its by using a bike or cardio machine...

i do a lot of bikeing myself...twice a week and run twice a week a.m for 45 mins.

[lotsoftime]

Do you have a power meter on your bike?

If not use a heartrate monitor; you can get a decent one nowadays for $50...

Use this calculator to find your training zones by BPM
http://www.machinehead-software.co.u..._abcc_bcf.html

If you do a work out and you want to improve your general speed fitness, I'll give you a basic start:

day one (make sure you are well rested):
-do a 15 min warmup at your temp (level 3)
-next do an hour at level 4 incorperating 5 min intervals at level 5 ( your lactate threshold) 3-5 min at level 3 between. Do 3 of those...
-finish with a 15 min cool down

day two
-recovery ride at level 1. Helps flush lactate

won't get into too much more but use that as a starting point

[lotsoftime]

Lots of rest between intense rides; 2-3 days of it... Cause that's when you actually make gains.

If you go too intense you gonna be working against yourself

[quarry206]

when it comes to cycling i found that i would judge distance not time..

i use to do 8 miles a day when i lived in orlando.. and i found judge distance was better than time because it was the effort put out more than the time cruising

[Indymuscleguy]

Thanks guys!!

[t-gunz]

it's different. cause you are moving around balancing the bike. you gotta slow down in some areas. it's boring on a machine. thats my opinion.

so therefore i get more of a workout out on the road.

p.s. you get to perve on all the girls walking. nothing beats that.

[Indymuscleguy]

it's different. cause you are moving around balancing the bike. you gotta slow down in some areas. it's boring on a machine. thats my opinion.

so therefore i get more of a workout out on the road.

p.s. you get to perve on all the girls walking. nothing beats that.

Ahh yes I agree the scenery can be better!