Roads were wet last night, and not wanting to clean road gunk off bikes, Katie and I took our training indoors. After one of the spin classes cleared out, we posted up on a couple spin bikes in the back and prepared for the boredom that was about to ensue. I have a passionate loathing for treadmills and stationary/spin bikes. My tolerance level for them maxes out at about 15 minutes, and even that is a stretch. To break up the monotony, I came up with some intervals to keep us distracted and make the "ride" hard since it was supposed to be our hard effort day on the bike. We powered through an hour of intervals, with a quick break at 30 minutes for a drink of water.
I prefer to do my riding and running outside, but if you end up relegated to the gym due to weather or other factors, try varying resistance or speeds to break things up and distract yourself. Personally, I need to change something everyone minute or so in order to keep from getting too bored. Figure out what works and use it instead of skipping your workout next time there's bad weather.
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