Just finished working on my first Sufferfest Spin video.

Since I had just about bored myself senseless on the spin bike two years ago, I started writing my own workouts. Then I started adding them to iPod playlists. I had played with the idea of doing my own videos after buying and using the woeful Carmichael Training System podcasts.

I started with a basic workout that I wrote for a 45minute spin session. Then I started looking around youtube for cycling videos that fit the workout segement – for instance, the Olympic Pursuit Final between Bradley Wiggens and Brad McGee for a 4minute time trial effort or the finish of the 81 Paris-Roubaix for a series of 1minute intervals.

After cutting the videos to the workout, I started adding music – which was a lot of fun as I could mix it with the sountrack from the videos (Paul, the elastic is starting to snap on Menchov and Sastre is riding away! – cue sound up on Muse Black Hole). Putting in a few title slides adds the workout instructions and, viola, it-s done!

The next project is to get the Sufferfest website up and running so I can post some of the videos for any of you who want to download them – once I figure that out, I’ll let you know. In the meantime, I’ll leave you with some classic Hinault….

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