Travel Trac Turbo Trainer

Shout out to my cousin back in England here, he's religiously been getting up and going to his garage almost every morning to log some miles on his turbo trainer.

Having been able to ride for almost 6 weeks now I figured the time had come to start getting my body back into shape so its not a shock to the system next time I'm back outdoors tearing up the trails.

There's lots of information available online as to which type of trainer is best and generally there are three main different options air, magnetic and fluid, with fluid most often being at the top end of the budget.  I decided air would be noisy, magnetic runs the risk of wearing out sooner, so fluid would be the route for me.  As always the bargain hunter in me came out and I spent a couple of days checking out Craglist until I cam across the Performance Travel Trac 2000 for a little over $70.  Its used and a few years old but in great functional condition and even comes with a remote to alter the resistance and a riser for the front wheel.

I set it up with my road bike, a $45 Craigslist find and look forward to giving it a go.

I'm going to use the blog as a way to track my progress and help me to stay motivated so as a starting point I jumped on the scales and weighed in at 214.6lbs!  My immediate goal is to get to and stay below 210lbs and from there I'll set a new target (I believe in setting baby steps towards goals with one eye on the long term goal as they are more easily achieved).

I'll be focusing on interval training to kick off my routine, mainly based around Tabata principles to keep the rides short but results focused, progressing to longer rides, once fitness levels rise.

Goblin in the background itching to get out.