Do you count running on a treadmill or riding a stationary bike or using a bike trainer towards your total minutes/miles/mileage in a month?I haven't. I have only counted distances done outside, except for pool swims.
Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Is it too honest or just normal?
I understand I may offend some people with this question or exhibit a complete lack of common sense, but I really must ask it in all honesty.
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It should be. B/c u are training your aerobic or anerobic (depending on how fast you are going).
I think instead of just focusing on the distance as a measurement. How about using time, HR and perceived exertion?
Why wouldn't you count it? I had a LSD run scheduled yesterday, but it was storming outside so I had to do it on the dreadmill. Your heart and lungs don't know whether you are inside or out.
As for running, I agree with Cliff. You need to go by HR because in all honestly, the ground is moving your feet for you on the treadmill. Unless you keep your HR where it would be outside, it's not the same workout.
As for biking, I heard an hour on the trainer is tougher than an hour on the road because there are no hills to cruise down and rest on. If you don't typically ride hills, I'd say it's not quite the same, but just like running on a treadmill without a HRM, it's not really a "goose egg" either. You have to count if for something.
Yes. I count bike trainer workouts and treadmill runs. They aren't the same as riding outside but each has their benefits and they fatigue the same muscles as outdoor workouts. In fact, some bike drills, like one legged drills, are easier/safer to do on a trainer.
This is a very controversial issue, brave man!
Like some others, I also think it is MOSTLY based on Heart Rate BUT (and a big but here)you do not exert the same wattage on a treadmill that you would on the road. No doubt about that.
So, I do think you are working your aerobic/anerobic systems in a similar way, but I don't think your getting the same quallity of leg work.
I would count them as legitimate workouts.
Personally, there is no weather I won't run in. That way, I never have an excuse to miss a run.
HR my son HR... inside/ outside treadmill/ trainer if you concentrate on HR your fine and I would count it....if you go by anything else in training how do you know if you had a good workout? but I log my workouts by yardage and milage... go figure.
a workout is a workout is a workout, I'd say.
If you get the HR up tow here it's supposed to be, it doesn't matter whether it's in or out. (says the man who's hardcorre into the offseason weight lifting regiment now and isnt' doing much of anything outside.)
i count it. that is how i train... at the gym. had no idea it was a controversy though. interesting.
i actually find, for me, it is easier to train outdoors though. i must not notice the pain when i have other stuff to look at. :)
I count everything. In fact, I'm considering giving myself double miles credit for trainer rides because they suck so badly, and I hate them, and that would be an incentive to get them done.
I guess I do, but partly because I don't yet own a real bike and partly because for half the year here you can't bike outside. I'm not a fan of running in sub-zero temps either. So yeah, I count them. They just aren't as fun as the outdoors workouts.
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