GSAstuto
Maximum Pace
- Oct 11, 2009
- 974
- 253
Hi - I'm riding every tues and thurs on the Arakawa doing a fairly specific training session called 'hiki'. Basically we just hook up some old motorcycle tires and drag them behind your bike. I have 3 sets stashed down there.
Schedule - I generally leave Shinjuku at 7.00am (corner of Yamete Dori and Okubo Dori) Ride out to Arakawa takes roughly 35min or so depend on traffic. Then hook up the hiki and drag to the 'crossover' bridge - turn around and drag them back. That takes about 40min to complete both directions. Then unhook and ride home.
Purpose - develop 360 power stroke and full motion exercise for the big muscles. This is not a sprint, nor spin, but slow cadence (around 40-60) under steady state drag. I generally do this out of the saddle to also improve my standing endurance and overall body form.
Anyone can do this - easy to start with just a single tire, then add as you want. Its great for focused training and a good fat burn.
We generally tire the rope around the seatpost - so I wouldn't be bringing any super delicate machine for this.
Schedule - I generally leave Shinjuku at 7.00am (corner of Yamete Dori and Okubo Dori) Ride out to Arakawa takes roughly 35min or so depend on traffic. Then hook up the hiki and drag to the 'crossover' bridge - turn around and drag them back. That takes about 40min to complete both directions. Then unhook and ride home.
Purpose - develop 360 power stroke and full motion exercise for the big muscles. This is not a sprint, nor spin, but slow cadence (around 40-60) under steady state drag. I generally do this out of the saddle to also improve my standing endurance and overall body form.
Anyone can do this - easy to start with just a single tire, then add as you want. Its great for focused training and a good fat burn.
We generally tire the rope around the seatpost - so I wouldn't be bringing any super delicate machine for this.