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Watt Bike Training Tips
Why you should use a Watt Bike for keeping fit, training for a cycle sportive Triathlon Time Trial charity ride or staying fit for life.
The Wattbike allows you many things to test and train yourself from pedalling efficiency personal testing, Training in a certain Heart Rate Zone, train test record and compare for future Wattbike work outs, improve hydration skills, learn to improve power out put, use as a recovery ride, precise warm up & cool down sessions to watts power or both.
Don’t go out is a Big Bad world out side when its cold icy wet windy or dark train in the comfort of an indoor environment on a Wattbike instead.
The Watt bike is considered to be the most accurate & reliable static bike to show powers.
The power you generate on the pedals gives you power information from each leg.
The smoother you are the more stable the power will be, if you just push down then the power will fluctuate considerably.
For example you can focus on single legged cycling to high light any areas of each 360 degrees you are weak compared to the opposite leg action.
How much power each leg is generating is easy to observe with a Watt Bike
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Make a note of your power to weight ratio and compare this with future similar work outs.
You should never be bored using a Watt Bike there are so many things you can do differently each time.
Mark has successfully coached athletes only using a Wattbikes during the winter months or a mother or 3 who simply could not go out.
Marks creativity supplied his coached athletes with a different workout each and every time so they never got bored.
Wattbikes Set up
I could write a book about correct bike set up. You need to consider what sport you are training for if you want to replicate as closely as you can if you are a, BMX rider, Cylo-Cross, Gym Fit, Endurance cyclist, Leisure cyclist, Mountain bike rider, Track rider, Triathlete or Time Trial specialist,
Saddle Height
A common easy to use formula is 106 to 107.5% of your inside inseam – distance between your crutch and the ground with your bare feet 6 inches apart (14-15cm)
For example if you are 100cm,
Draw an imaginary line from the middle of the saddle (where you will sit) down to the spindle where the pedal is attached (the crank is furthest away from saddle) and this needs to be 106 to 107cm
Training sessions using a Watt Bike.
Key focus
Smooth pedaling action, same power for each leg, avoid power jumping up and down.
What Mark thinks about Watt Bikes?
Mark has used the Watt bike on many occasions and finds the ride the most natural of any static bike he has used over the last 30 years.
Mark has been using a power meter for more than 8 years and again the power figures produced and displayed by the Watt Bike closely resemble the numbers he records when cycling on the road. Mark feels that the Watt bike will improve cycle fitness much better than other static bikes.
For information about correct Watt Bike Set up click on the link below.
Remember you only have to do this once unless you are growing, once you know your position and have no problems use this setting each time you use a Watt Bike at the Gym.
http://wattbike.com/uk/guide/bike_fit/general_wattbike_cycling_position_and_setup
For more info about Watt Bikes click on the link below
http://wattbike.com