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What's a timetrial in indoor cycling?

10/5/2022

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A time trial is basically a fast flat, but more intense, and has more shape to it:
  • It imitates the training effect of a timetrial on the road.
  • A timetrial is where you’re maintaining your highest power for the duration of the interval.
  • Whereas a road timetrial has a fixed distance over a fixed route (eg 45km), the studio timetrial is a fixed time (eg 4minutes).
  • Why you might want to use it: it’s great for muscular endurance and also good for building aerobic capacity, burning fat (although I wouldn’t use it in a class where you tend to get new people, because it’s intense and quite intimidating).
  • How to instruct it:
    • Let riders know how long it is and the cadence
    • Tell them that they should be riding with (depending on the capability of your bikes) maintaining the highest level of resistance they can for the duration or the highest power output (FTP) or get them to reach a particular heartrate target, eg 84-86% and then keeping the resistance level where it is (due to cardiac drift, their heartrates will increase a little from this point as their muscles tire, but the challenge is to keep the same level of resistance right the way through).
  • Where to put it in your session: usually you’ll want it in your second half or towards the end of the session as it’s a hard challenge and you wouldn’t normally want to tire them out early. You might want to tire them out if you’re wanting to build anaerobic capacity, but most riders don’t really need this.
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30 minute Medium session profile: Terrapins are evil

3/2/2020

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30 minute Medium indoor cycling session profile: Terrapins are evil

Train at a slower cadence - this is great for coordination and strength.

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45 minute Hard profile: Terrapins are evil

20/1/2020

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Free 45 minute indoor cycling class profile: 45H Terrapins are evil

Lovely challenging climbs, incomplete recoveries, and a push to improve your anaerobic capacity.

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

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45 minute medium session profile: Frisky Little Weevils

6/1/2020

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Free 45min aerobic indoor cycling session profile: Frisky Little Weevils

A great session profile to coach cadence and varying intensity intervals. Enjoy!

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45 minute Hard session profile: Frisky Little Weevils

11/11/2019

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Free 45 minute indoor cycling class profile

This session is deceptively hard. You'll be adding power on, and decreasing cadence at the same time. Tricky!

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30 minute Medium session profile: Twisted Wedgies

28/10/2019

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Free 30 minute indoor cycling aerobic class profile

This profile uses an augmented 'wedgie' interval. This is a fun session that will help your riders get the most from their legs.

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120 minute Hard session profile: Mighty Morsels

21/10/2019

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Free 120 minute indoor cycling session profile

Super challenging indoor cycling session - this is going to train muscular strength, and then endurance - and after that, patience!

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You are very welcome to use our profiles in your indoor cycling classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of ICI material is not permitted.

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30 minute Hard profile: Terrapins are evil

30/9/2019

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Session profiles from Indoor Cycling Institute

Free 30 minute indoor cycling session profile

Lovely challenging climbs, incomplete recoveries, and a push to improve your anaerobic capacity.

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your indoor cycling classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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30 minute Hard session profile: Mighty Morsels

16/9/2019

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Free 30 minute hard indoor cycling session profile

Super challenging session - this is going to train muscular strength, and then endurance - and after that, patience!

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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30 minute Hard session profile: Twisted Wedgies

9/9/2019

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Free 30min indoor cycling session profile: 30H Twisted Wedgies

This profile uses an augmented 'wedgie' interval. This is a fun session that will help your riders get the most from their legs.

Click the image to download pdf.
You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

All ICI graduates have access to our CPD track. Want to join in?
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30 minute Medium session profile: Mighty Morsels

22/7/2019

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Free 30 min aerobic indoor cycling session profile

This session is great for building confidence with higher resistance. Try to stay below 89% for as long as possible - except at the end! Enjoy!

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling session profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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45 minute Medium profile: Terrapins are evil

24/6/2019

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Free 45 minute aerobic indoor cycling session profile: 45M Terrapins are evil

Slow cadence at the correct intensity helps to buld muscle strength.

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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30 minute Hard session profile: Frisky Little Weevils

10/6/2019

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Free 30 minute hard indoor cycling session profile

This short, sharp little shot is great for increasing power at lower cadences. You can play with the FTP guide too - make it harder if you dare...

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

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45 minute Hard session profile: Aspirational Horse

20/5/2019

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Free 45 minute indoor cycling session profile

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This session is suitable for experienced riders and those who are training for events.

The session concentrates on maximum output followed by corresponding recoveries.

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120 minute Hard session profile: Bunch of Fives

30/4/2019

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Free 120 minute indoor cycling profile

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Our latest profile is suitable for elite riders, such as those training for events. Click the image to download pdf.

This 2 hour session is very challenging and uses power - you can provide other options such as heartrate targets for an easier ride, and/or reduce the targets we suggest.

You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

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45 minute Medium profile: Aspirational Horse

16/4/2019

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Free 45 minute aerobic indoor cycling session profile: 45M Aspirational Horse

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This session is suitable for less experienced riders. Provide extra options if you're welcoming brand new riders to your class.

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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45 minute Hard session profile: Potty Pyramids

2/4/2019

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Free 45 minute indoor cycling profile: 45H Potty Pyramids

Free profiles to donwload from Indoor Cycling Institute
This session is suitable for experienced riders and those who are training for events. The session concentrates on maximum output followed by corresponding recoveries.

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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30 minute Medium profile - Bobble hats

27/3/2019

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Free 30 minute aerobic indoor cycling profile

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This session will have your riders practising working at different intensities while staying in their aerobic zone. You'll start out some over-unders to get them pumping, and then head for the 'bobble hat' intervals which builds intensity and gradually reduces it.

This is an aerobic version of the 45 minute Hard Bobble hats session which is based on power. You can find that here.

This session is suitable for riders who are familiar with indoor cycling.

Want something a bit longer? Go here for the 45 minute version.
You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication, distribution and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding profile use
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30 minute Medium profile: Frisky Little Weevils

13/3/2019

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Free 30 minute aerobic indoor cycling profile

It's half an hour - but it works. This session is great for burning fat. Encourage riders to check their technique - that's where the results are!

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

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FREE! 30 minute Medium profile: Aspirational Horse

5/3/2019

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Free 30 minute aerobic indoor cycling session profile

Innovative profiles from Indoor Cycling Institute
This session is suitable for regular riders and can easily be adapted for new riders.

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You are very welcome to use our indoor cycling session profiles in your classes - that's what we're here for.

The profiles remain under copyright - wider publication and sale of Indoor Cycling Institute material is not permitted.

Want more lovely stuff like this? We take the stress out of class design so all you need to concentrate on is delivering a great class.
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