Best of Sufferfest

My favorite is Fight Club, followed by Local Hero.

Their shortest one, Revolver, is brutal.  16x1m all out with 1m rbi.  It leaves me in a mess more than any of the other videos.

It's pretty straightforward - they tell you the workout (in text), then as the intervals come up (anywhere from 1min-20min) they'll sound a 'bang' and you're off. In the middle of the intervals, they will often pop up text like 'SPRINT - 9/10!' or 'Ease off - 6/10'. The workouts are tough.

I actually slightly prefer Spinervals because I end up riding so hard on both that I can't even see the screen and having Coach Troy yelling in your ear is helpful, especially with his time countdowns (no verbal cues on Sufferfest), but I do both about equally. 

I thought the cycling-specific video would help, but I'm neutral on it. It's simply not that exciting for me to see random closeups of pro riders out of context. I'm pretty sure I could go as hard seeing athletes of any sport working hard.

I like revolver for its short intervals, it is in line with my crit training. There is a new one comming out this october, I think you can see a teaser on Youtube,"A Very Dark Place".

Here is a chart:

http://www.thesufferfest.com/video-sufferfests/video-comparison-table/

I agree wholeheartedly with Revolver as 11/10.

I was mentally prepared for death with 15 x 1 minute intervals as the prescribed workout plan at the start of the video. Really hammered it to near death on #15.

Then I was forced to take it to a whole nother level...

Awesome.

Funny this thread would come up, just did my first video yesterday, Local Hero, it did not disappoint.

It is really easy to get into it with all the visual cues and footage.  I'm still trying to dial in what my 7-8-9-10 efforts are, but when it says 9 or 10 I pretty much go near all out and bury myself.

Buckets of sweat were poured.  I got all of the vids, so looking forward to the others after my legs recover from the beat down yesterday!