You’re killing yourself riding yourself into the ground, trying to stay fit for the Spring. And you don’t even have to be bored doing it. The sites below should help – these are some of the best resources we at Sufferfest Studios have found to get through our indoor workouts in one piece, sane and entertained.
General Spinning/Cycling DVDs & Videos
- CYCLEFILM -EXCELLENT DVDs of famous routes, rides and races from around the world, including Etape du Tour
- Cycling Fusion/Global Ride - Bringing indoor and outdoor cyclists together to talk things out. And good training DVDs. (Sufferfest review)
- Epic Planet - DVD provider of “reality” bike rides for training (Sufferfest review)
- Train Right - Cycling workout DVDs/Downloads from Chris Carmichael (Sufferfest review of downloads)
- Spinning Company - Original spinning creators with some videos
- iTrain
– Audio spinning workouts of various durations at a reasonable price
- The Sufferfest! - Nothing, nothing, nothing makes you suffer like our videos.
Podcasts
- iAmplify
– Audio and video spinning podcasts from famous trainers (Sufferfest review of M. Reyes and review of Tracey Mallet)
- Jog Tunes – BPM designed music tracks
- Tri Harder – Our favorite audio spinning workout podcast (Sufferfest review)
- Why Not Thive? – Audio spinning podcasts (Sufferfest review)
- ifitgourmet – Video spin workout (Sufferfest review)
- Cadence Revolution – Free music podcast for cyclists
- IndieSoupRunner – the best and latest uptempo indie tracks in a free podcast
- PodRunner – Quick dance, trance and other upbeat music podcast
- Techno Sweat Workouts – Does what it says
- Fitmusic – Free podcast of top notch dance and techno music
- Dance Department – One of the oldest, and best, dance podcasts out there – huge energy – a Sufferfest favorite.
- Push The Night – Fantastic mix of trance, house, prog and techno by DJ Brad Miller
- Toward Higher Ground – The site is in Swedish, but you can download spinning music on the right hand side under the months
Social Training Sites
- Daily Mile – Excellent site for tracking your time on the bike (where you can track TheSufferfest’s training!)
- Traineo – Similar to Daily Mile
- Stickk – Place to publicly make commitments, hoping peer pressure gets you to stick to them
Don’t feel like suffering? Reading about others who do is the next best thing!
- Cycling News
- Velonews
- RoadbikeRider
- PezCyclingNews
- Road CC – Great pro racing news and pro gear reviews
- Cycling Tips - Racer Wade Wallace helps you get it done
- Veloist – Independent community for cyclists
- Toto – The best cycling comics in the whole wide world
- Podium Cafe – More pro cycling news with a bit of attitude.
If you’re looking for a turbo trainer to watch all these great videos on, then a good resource for reviews of different trainers: Turbo Trainer Reviews
