December's "Get Your A$$ On The Trainer" challenge! (Page 5)

I have to go back and read all the posts and instructions!

Are we supposed to post here each day how many minutes we spend on the trainer?

I just did 45 minutes and feel like I am going to throw up! Thanks Max!

I am using Jorge's week 2 Q2 ride in spin class tonight.  Playlist as follows:

WU1(approx 15 min): Kryptonite/3 Doors Down 95-100 rpm,   What More Do YOu Want?/Plain White Ts 70-75 rpm,  Come Out & Play/TheOffspring low 80s rpm-As 1st 10 minutes then: 7 Minutes In Heaven/Fall Out Boy & Hypnotise/TheWhite Stripes both 90-95rpm  for 5 minutes of 30" intervals in warm -up

Main Set: Train Kept Rollin'/Aerosmith 95-100 rpm for 1st 5 minutes, Back In the USSR/Beatles mid70srpm for recovery then Time the Avenger/The Pretenders 85-90 rpm for 2nd 5 min. Next 13 minutes as:Reelin' In the Years/Steely Dan 70-75 rpm, Steve McQueen/Sheryl Crow 85-90rpm, Fly Away/Lenny Kravitz low 80s rpm & Not Fade Away/ Rolling Stones 95-100 rpm to finish.  I have to vary the cadence a bit or my class would totally rebell.

Cool Down: Dirty Little Secret/All-American Rejects mid 70s rpm & Casino Queen/Wilco mid 60s prm

I am planning to do the 20 minute time trial Week 3 Ride on Thursday. Play list is almost done and has a mostly urban/latin flare.  Will post in early AM.

Just post your trainer time in your log like you just did...I'll keep checking the logs and updating the spreadsheet, that way all you have to do is ride and I'll take care of the rest!!  Nice job with the 45 minutes...it WILL get easier! 

maggie-mae - 2008-12-01 6:23 PM Thank you, thank you to all and to Max for thinkin up this challenge! Today was a trying day and after reading your posts...........I got my A*% on the trainer for a 1 hour ride. Wouldn't have done with out you all! I'd still be sitting on the couch eating HoHo's. I took a mental note of my starting weight but for now, that will be between me and Tanita.......lol! Cheers!

If I accomplish nothing else but generating posts like this, and seeing someone get on the trainer and feel good about themselves, then all the work that it will take to track the mileages this month will be worth it.  Nice job doing what you didn't want to do.  Each day you'll not want to do it a bit less, and by January you'll have an awesome block of fitness to build from!!! 

OK I got my pathetic 25 minutes in, and I spared the neighbor dog by riding to Sammy Hagar instead of Yanni.  LOL 

I need to change my saddle, it feels like I just rode a stage of the Tour de France, sitting on a concrete block!

OK I've re-sorted the spreadsheet to get everyone in alphabetical order, so it's easier for me to find people.  Here's what I've got for the day so far.  Any time during this month, if you notice an error on your totals, just let me know and I'll correct things.  I was a math major in college about a million years ago so I've got half a fighting chance of keeping all this straight.  But errors sometimes happen!

Grrr...NewLeaf....70 min....grr......show off!!!

Leave it to NewLeaf to show us all up on the first day!  I'm hoping to close the gap with some serious weight loss bonus points each week.  All you skinnys be very afraid! 

Speaking of butts, I have fond memories of spin classes. 

I did big 6 minutes just to get on the trainer today. I have big hard all out 100% like I'm going to throw up testing tomorrow and need to keep my legs ready for that.

Max, how about setting up the spreadsheet on google so we all can enter it directly on the spreadsheet? I don't know how to do it but others that have run challenges I'm sure could help us.

Oh, I have a big month planned.  Make no mistake about it.  I have to atone for November.

I had thought about that, but not sure how to do it.  is it any easier?  the only problem comes with the calculations required for the bonus point system.  I'm not sure I have the ability to program a spreadsheet to do that automatically.  I actually don't mind visiting everyone's logs a few times each day and grabbing the results and doing the number crunching.  Let me see how it works out and I'll talk to someone about it.

Necessary equipment for serious training on the trainer - when you have a cold.

....sorry I'm coming down off of a Dayquil high.......

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I hate to be a pain in the bum, Max, but I believe my total should be 65 minutes for the first day.  I need all the minutes I can   I rode for 5 minutes for PT yesterday to warm up for  PT session...or does that not count.

Thanks.

Hi Max

Can I join the fun?

I rode for 50 minutes today and yesterday I weighed in at 139. 

Got in 15 minutes this morning, but was cut short.  My son woke up early, so I got to watch Higglytown Heroes while I rode.  As if the trainer isn't bad enough!!!

Hi Max.  I actually had 66 minutes the first day, not 46.  Would you mind changing it please???

Thanks a ton

For anyone looking for music to ride Jorge's 20 minute time trial Week 3 Q1 ride:a little hip-hip & Latin flava

WU 1st 10 minutes: Shawty Get Loose/Lil Mama rpm low 100s, Dare/Gorillaz 60s rpm (add a few gears), No Se De Ella/Wisin y Yandel rpm high 80s  5minutes of 30" intervals as One of These Days/Santana rpm high 80s chorus is just about 30 seconds longs for pick up efforts

Main Set: 20 minute time trial as Te Aviso, Te Anuncio(Tango)/Shakira rpm in 90s, Thirsty/Zox rpm in 90s, Impacto/Daddy Yankee rpm around 100, Miniature Disasters/KT Tunstall rpm 90s, This Boy/Franz Ferdinand rpm 80s (just a little break), Born For This/Paramore rpm 90s                     Next 10 minutes at lower effort as Mister Sister/The Tender Box rpm 70s, Disturbia/Rihanna rpm in 60s or ride fast, Me Enamora/Juanes rpm 90s

Cool Down: Girl/Beck rpm 80s, Wait a Minute/Pussycat Dolls rpm 70s

Have a great ride everyone!

Great job getting up and on the trainer EARLY!

My alarm goes off at 4:25am but if I got on the trainer, my BF would come and kill me!! I am not even allowed to hit the snooze button!! So I sneak quietly out of the house to the gym or pool!

But speaking of riding in the dark...I ride in the evening and don't have any curtains on my big bay windows and I am scared people can see my fat a$$ on the trainer sweating in my sports bra and shorts!

Oh...and I am NOT posting my weight...although I did weigh myself....made me realize why I will be on the trainer once again tonight! 

I'll change it!  No problem, glad you're keeping me honest.  It's easy to miss things, what with watching over 40 logs so any time you notice an error, don't be afraid to point it out.  And yes, every minute counts so take credit for them all!