I love that the entire course is laid out well in advance, and that you can clearly see the intervals and where you will progress in the class. Many instructors leave you guessing, as if the road ahead of you were invisible, which I don't understand at all. I also really enjoyed the mix between viewing the trainer and the live action shot of the climb itself. Another great feature was the inclusion of target HR. A little different from the typical spin classes, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's part of the trick, what the instructors do. It should be like they've hid 70% of it, but part of their entire ethos is to push you harder than you would if they weren't there. Harder then you think you can. If you're told 6 intervals, it's human nature to pace yourself. So they tell you 4 or 5 and to go flat out... Then add another. For some people it's the ideal way to raise their bar.
I can’t even begin to tell you how much I enjoy your videos and how much I have come to depend upon them to maintain basic cardiovascular fitness a couple times a week and a crazy work and family schedule. It’s nice to have fresh content too.
Suggestion to make the training videos even better. How about writing a summary of the workout in the video description (I.e 5min warmup, 2x(10min @FTP +5min recovery) so that we can quickly identify which video is most appropriate for the kind of workout we want to do. It would be easier than scrolling through each video to try work it out. Thanks - really enjoy the "atmosphere" of the GCN show :)
I’ve been using this video with Dan for years at home on the turbo since it first came out and still find it one of the best 30mins home sessions you can do- so much compacted into it. Brilliant. Will do the actual climb itself one day!
My wife loves this training vid and uses it for her indoor workout over and over. I always marvel at how young Dan was, and the fact he was leading a workout.
I love this video, use it every so often as a fitness gauge. I especially appreciate how Dan refers to his own heart rate and cadence, gears, etc. so I can get a good feel for what I'm meant to be doing. The scenery is gorgeous too.
I saw no add. Just a great work out. We are trapped in the UK for the winter due to my wife's illness.Normally I ride the roads of the Costa Blanca during the winter months. This, and the other work out vids are a life line as far as I'm concerned. Great work guys, and thanks !!
Hi Dan, I consistently use this video about twice per week. I really appreciate you - an actual cyclist (not an aerobics instructor) taking me on virtual climb through somewhere. I don't like the videos of the spin classes very much since looking at other people sweating isn't really all that motivational. Any chance you can make more videos like this in the 30-40 minute range? Thanks for your consideration.
I love every one of these training vids. My legs get to burning so good/bad lol. Love it. I feel accomplished after every session. A big thanks to you.
I have used this video a good few times now, normally immediately after a 20 min off the bike HIIT session... My cycling fitness has gone through the roof. I have managed a PB on all of our local climbs including Box Hill, Leith Hill and Staples Lane. I even whizzed up the 18% wall that is Whitedown! Great session and good lead from Dan! GCN forever baby!
my fave instructor! Grat clea explanation, great encouragement and great humor at just the right times 😊 love the graphics which I need as I have a simple bike and am somewhat new to this. Love these rides! Thanks Dan and GCN!
Thanks GCN for this awesome vid. Ive been cycling my whole life, but last year I bought a mountainbike to have a cheap bike with more gears. Now I'm in love with building my own bikes. I'm currently collecting old gear to convert it into an awesome racemonster :) I also bought an indoor trainer and I'm enjoying these video's. Thanks a lot for making this young woman a bigger cycling fanatic than she already was :)
This is the first time I've followed a training session for the turbo, I really enjoyed it!! I normally just follow a set up on my garmin which I have always found boring.... I'm in training for a very hilly sportive so I will be visiting this workout again! Thank you GCN!
This video was fantastic. The virtual climbs are some of my favorites and your little bonuses (the 10 second seconds and the surprise 5 minute section) were a great way to push us even harder. Cheers!
Brilliant ! I have stopped cycling due to being knocked off my bike due to a impatient and dangerous driving, bought a spin bike and took the plunge... love it safe and I have no bike to clean after. well worth doing thanks
The whole silk sonic album aligns perfectly with this workout. Its like wizard of oz and pink floyd. I highly recommend playing "an evening with silk sonic" and start the workout video at the same time for a magical experience.
Dan, truly appreciate your approach. business like but encouraging. this is the second of your video. I'm a newbie (1 month in) and I'm able to adapt to my fitness level. I seem to remember you in the Other video using "like a boss" I miss that in this one. bring it back please! thanks much for excellent workouts.
I got my turbo trainer today and tried this session for the first time. I only made one small mistake, I thought it was 70-80-90-95+% of my max bpm, not threshold, so I really strugled to keep pace whole session :D Never mind, session its totally awesome, BIG thank you guys for these sessions and all the work you are doing in GCN :) You are the best!
This is the first time I have done this video after using some of the other GCN training videos and it has sent me in to a whole new world of pain!!! Great vid and I'm almost feeling fitter already......keep up the great work guys.
This is our family's favorite GCN indoor workout. Especially enjoy the experience of whooshing past the slower cyclists. ;D But it makes me seasick in spots. That boat--or rather, bike--sure does rock back and forth occasionally! Thanks for a great workout.
I do about all the new GCN workouts, but every once in a while I go back to the old ones with scenery. I love all of them, but it seems I sweat more with the scenery as opposed to the HIIT ones, since there is no real break. Would love to have more current "live" rides. I'm sure the technology now a days would produce a smoother view as well. Love this channel!!
Great video guys. Dan's banter and motivation chant`s were great as always. To carry on my cool down I like to watch Top 10 Things Not To Drink While Cycling, just to hear Matt's soothing voice : )
This is one of my family's two favorite training videos at GCN---we love seeing Sa Colobra!!! We typically use it 3 times a week during the winter months. (Our other favorite is a 50-minute Jessica Palmer HIIT video, also on GCN). What we like most about this video is the fact that Dan rides his trainer as he narrates. We hate it when the narration is done by a "perky, over-enthusiastic" person off-camera as a voice-over from the comfort of an editing room. This video seems more "real" or more "authentic" because Dan is right there sweating and panting with us as he speaks. It took a lot more courage to narrate a training video while you're actually doing the workout and we give Dan our highest praise for it. Brilliant! We encourage all other trainers to "man up" or, in the case of the ladies, "woman up", and do the same for future GCN training videos.
Are you trying to kill me?!?!?! LOL Never worked so hard on my exercise bike before, but really enjoyed it! 30 minutes flew by, and the video encouraged me to carry on, in fact work harder than I usually do!!! Thanks for uploading these videos!
Thank you so much for this video and all the others. Just starting out and did this one this morning. Absolutely loved it and it kept me going. Cheers!
Excellent training session, reminds me of riding the hills along the Mississippi in Wisconsin. Now I live in Florida and have nothing but flats to ride. Thanks for the workout, I enjoyed it! Regarding some of the other comments on ads, guess I have a different RUclips app (using an Android device), I did not experience any ads or delays in playback at all.
Great vid dan I usually hate my turbo trainer !!! But with this vid,setup in front of pc ive never sweated so much loved it please do some more many thanks
Thank you very much for these videos! I love them and it makes indoor cycling much better when you're on a budget and don't have the fancy zwift stuff :)
Excellent motivation, great video. Done about twice as much as I was doing in half the time. Going to try the others now. Also going to try Adblocker as well.
Love this vid. Great views. Great workout. Hope to ride it for real one day, though I suspect it'll take me longer than 30mins. Nice to see that Dan broke out the climbing bike to tackle it too.
Greetings from a rainy Taiwan! Nice work Dan.I Really enjoyed that. I was feeling guilty about not getting out. I did a fair compromise. I do have a wet weather bike but the lure of the living room was just too tempting!
It finally rained in San Diego so I finally had a chance to ride this one! Great video, thanks again for making these! (P.S. if you GCN guys are ever in town again you need to film Mt. Palomar)
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I love that the entire course is laid out well in advance, and that you can clearly see the intervals and where you will progress in the class. Many instructors leave you guessing, as if the road ahead of you were invisible, which I don't understand at all.
I also really enjoyed the mix between viewing the trainer and the live action shot of the climb itself. Another great feature was the inclusion of target HR.
A little different from the typical spin classes, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It's part of the trick, what the instructors do.
It should be like they've hid 70% of it, but part of their entire ethos is to push you harder than you would if they weren't there. Harder then you think you can. If you're told 6 intervals, it's human nature to pace yourself. So they tell you 4 or 5 and to go flat out... Then add another.
For some people it's the ideal way to raise their bar.
I can’t even begin to tell you how much I enjoy your videos and how much I have come to depend upon them to maintain basic cardiovascular fitness a couple times a week and a crazy work and family schedule. It’s nice to have fresh content too.
Suggestion to make the training videos even better. How about writing a summary of the workout in the video description (I.e 5min warmup, 2x(10min @FTP +5min recovery) so that we can quickly identify which video is most appropriate for the kind of workout we want to do. It would be easier than scrolling through each video to try work it out. Thanks - really enjoy the "atmosphere" of the GCN show :)
Great idea
I’ve been using this video with Dan for years at home on the turbo since it first came out and still find it one of the best 30mins home sessions you can do- so much compacted into it. Brilliant. Will do the actual climb itself one day!
Please make more and longer rides like this (beautiful scenery, smooth camera, great graphics, etc).
Between this and the other videos and some better eating has helped me loose 4 stone since the New Year. Thank you.
My wife loves this training vid and uses it for her indoor workout over and over. I always marvel at how young Dan was, and the fact he was leading a workout.
i love the outdoor rides, the scenery keeps me going. Please add more indoor training with outdoor views, so much fun! Thanks!
great training video, 30 mins flew, perfect mix of music, scenery and workout...thank you
I loved the way that you are showing "indicators" like efforte levels, RPM and Heart rate. Thanks a lote.
I love this video, use it every so often as a fitness gauge. I especially appreciate how Dan refers to his own heart rate and cadence, gears, etc. so I can get a good feel for what I'm meant to be doing. The scenery is gorgeous too.
Don't tire of this one. Good reminder of an awesome climb. Plus still the best tracks playlist by far 👌
really finding these GCN clips useful, the instructors are encouraging & the time whizzes by
I saw no add. Just a great work out. We are trapped in the UK for the winter due to my wife's illness.Normally I ride the roads of the Costa Blanca during the winter months. This, and the other work out vids are a life line as far as I'm concerned. Great work guys, and thanks !!
Hi Dan,
I consistently use this video about twice per week. I really appreciate you - an actual cyclist (not an aerobics instructor) taking me on virtual climb through somewhere. I don't like the videos of the spin classes very much since looking at other people sweating isn't really all that motivational. Any chance you can make more videos like this in the 30-40 minute range? Thanks for your consideration.
ja
Ja
yes please!!!!
Same
I love every one of these training vids. My legs get to burning so good/bad lol. Love it. I feel accomplished after every session. A big thanks to you.
I have used this video a good few times now, normally immediately after a 20 min off the bike HIIT session... My cycling fitness has gone through the roof. I have managed a PB on all of our local climbs including Box Hill, Leith Hill and Staples Lane. I even whizzed up the 18% wall that is Whitedown! Great session and good lead from Dan! GCN forever baby!
fibber
my fave instructor! Grat clea explanation, great encouragement and great humor at just the right times 😊 love the graphics which I need as I have a simple bike and am somewhat new to this. Love these rides! Thanks Dan and GCN!
Thanks GCN for this awesome vid. Ive been cycling my whole life, but last year I bought a mountainbike to have a cheap bike with more gears. Now I'm in love with building my own bikes. I'm currently collecting old gear to convert it into an awesome racemonster :) I also bought an indoor trainer and I'm enjoying these video's. Thanks a lot for making this young woman a bigger cycling fanatic than she already was :)
This is the first time I've followed a training session for the turbo, I really enjoyed it!! I normally just follow a set up on my garmin which I have always found boring.... I'm in training for a very hilly sportive so I will be visiting this workout again!
Thank you GCN!
+Re-Cycling our pleasure!
My favourite training video yet - thanks guys really helping in this Welsh winter weather!
Great views - great instructor
This video was fantastic. The virtual climbs are some of my favorites and your little bonuses (the 10 second seconds and the surprise 5 minute section) were a great way to push us even harder. Cheers!
Man that was a great hill climbing session. I only paused it 3 times LOL
First ever turbo session. Dan that was brutal and I am now floundering in a pool of sweat. Come on!!!
This is great as during the COVID 2020 shutdown in the U.S. bought my first indoor spin bike love GCN
Brilliant ! I have stopped cycling due to being knocked off my bike due to a impatient and dangerous driving, bought a spin bike and took the plunge... love it safe and I have no bike to clean after. well worth doing thanks
The whole silk sonic album aligns perfectly with this workout. Its like wizard of oz and pink floyd. I highly recommend playing "an evening with silk sonic" and start the workout video at the same time for a magical experience.
Thanks guys for the great indoor winter training.
This was my first GCN training video, so many years ago! it is still great fun!
Would love it if you had more videos like this one. as someone with only cadence and heart rate monitors this one is perfect!!
This is great, can't wait to try it tomorrow. Much much better than those indoor videos.
Dan, truly appreciate your approach. business like but encouraging. this is the second of your video. I'm a newbie (1 month in) and I'm able to adapt to my fitness level. I seem to remember you in the Other video using "like a boss" I miss that in this one. bring it back please! thanks much for excellent workouts.
I got my turbo trainer today and tried this session for the first time. I only made one small mistake, I thought it was 70-80-90-95+% of my max bpm, not threshold, so I really strugled to keep pace whole session :D Never mind, session its totally awesome, BIG thank you guys for these sessions and all the work you are doing in GCN :) You are the best!
I've just come back from the gym having just done the same! Great session, but I could feel my heart wanting to burst out of my chest :)
This is the first time I have done this video after using some of the other GCN training videos and it has sent me in to a whole new world of pain!!! Great vid and I'm almost feeling fitter already......keep up the great work guys.
Oh I love this workout, halfway through i really started feeling it. Am hoping that I will be able to climb better.
This is our family's favorite GCN indoor workout. Especially enjoy the experience of whooshing past the slower cyclists. ;D But it makes me seasick in spots. That boat--or rather, bike--sure does rock back and forth occasionally! Thanks for a great workout.
Love this so much! Thank you so much for all your contributions to our health!
Every time I do this session the view gets better and the company as well
I do about all the new GCN workouts, but every once in a while I go back to the old ones with scenery. I love all of them, but it seems I sweat more with the scenery as opposed to the HIIT ones, since there is no real break. Would love to have more current "live" rides. I'm sure the technology now a days would produce a smoother view as well. Love this channel!!
Super! Love the humor, encouragement and clear instruction. What a climb! Thank you!!!
This is a great hill session to mix in with the 25-30 min HIIT sessions on GCN
I just ordered my first indoor training because of this video. Can't wait to train with the legend Dan Lloyd
Great music, great views and great company.
My fav GCN vid, don't take it down.
We won’t !
Great video guys. Dan's banter and motivation chant`s were great as always. To carry on my cool down I like to watch Top 10 Things Not To Drink While Cycling, just to hear Matt's soothing voice : )
This is one of my family's two favorite training videos at GCN---we love seeing Sa Colobra!!! We typically use it 3 times a week during the winter months. (Our other favorite is a 50-minute Jessica Palmer HIIT video, also on GCN).
What we like most about this video is the fact that Dan rides his trainer as he narrates. We hate it when the narration is done by a "perky, over-enthusiastic" person off-camera as a voice-over from the comfort of an editing room. This video seems more "real" or more "authentic" because Dan is right there sweating and panting with us as he speaks.
It took a lot more courage to narrate a training video while you're actually doing the workout and we give Dan our highest praise for it. Brilliant! We encourage all other trainers to "man up" or, in the case of the ladies, "woman up", and do the same for future GCN training videos.
Are you trying to kill me?!?!?! LOL
Never worked so hard on my exercise bike before, but really enjoyed it! 30 minutes flew by, and the video encouraged me to carry on, in fact work harder than I usually do!!! Thanks for uploading these videos!
+HIGHTOWERescort Hard work is good. Glad you're enjoying the training videos!
Agree with Hightower, I was like "20 mins already passed?" I force myself to do 45 on my own. Will be watch a lot of your videos!! :D
Thanks Dan !!! Incredible workout. Thank you GCN for teaching me everything about Road Cycling I need to know. Have a BLESSED HOLIDAY!!
Thanks for the workout vid! Love the cadence and heart rate guides. It's cold outside but these videos keep me motivated! Thanks again!
I love riding to this video. please keep more like this comeing. the 10 second sprints are a great idea to.
Absolutely love this training session and the way laid out; particularly the threshold heart rate %. Would like to see more of these!
great workout, can you upload more with live images of the road and mountains etc.
Absolutely mega workout. Cheers GCN!
Great video! Love the indoor/outdoor combo and Dan..always good as the instructor.
Dan, please, more like this! Fantastic workout session.
Beautiful climb! Great ride! Thank you!!
Thank you Dan and GCN. Still one of the best videos. You have kept me motivated to do my exercise after my knee replacement 2015.
🍻Anders
Loved it and hated it in equal amounts!
Thanks for advice on AdBlock ;)
Great format guys!! I LOVE this ride!! Thank you!
This one's my favorite! Love challenging myself w the 4 min intervals :-) great motivational rider, thank you!!!
Thanks Tim
Thank you guys for these videos. I'm recovering from an ACL replacement and the trainer was getting harder and harder to look forward to
Thank you so much for this video and all the others. Just starting out and did this one this morning. Absolutely loved it and it kept me going. Cheers!
+Michael Balmain glad you're enjoying the videos Michael!
Please make more of these style training videos, this is great!
More of these hill climbing sessions would be great! Or even flatter sessions as well. Very well put together and nice to see the road as you go.
Excellent training session, reminds me of riding the hills along the Mississippi in Wisconsin. Now I live in Florida and have nothing but flats to ride. Thanks for the workout, I enjoyed it! Regarding some of the other comments on ads, guess I have a different RUclips app (using an Android device), I did not experience any ads or delays in playback at all.
I make this training every Tuesday. Have memorized everything you say on the video :) Venga venga venga, ale ale ale, davay davay davay
That's incredibly hard, but wonderful. Thank you!
Loved this tough uphill struggle
Very good! Please consider making more of these
Thank you so much sir! Great work out. You are a blessing to us cyclists..keep it up👏👏👏
Well done. Thanks for the self isolation bike ride today!
Just finish this aswell, have to stay home and the sun is shinning :(
Awesome work out. You made me do it, thanks 💪
what a fantastic ride, than you! I sweat buckets and my legs are jelly!!
Guys. These videos are great. Your channel is amazing and the price is juuuuuust right!!
+MM Of the Perth Mikes thanks!
Great vid dan I usually hate my turbo trainer !!!
But with this vid,setup in front of pc ive never sweated so much loved it please do some more many thanks
Yea - shortly - I love it ! o, I mean not just this video - all of them. Thank you so much guys, if it's about cycling GCN is the Best
+Gregory Kisiel Thanks Gregory.
Did this one again yesterday. Man, this one makes me SWEAT! Humor helps me through the rough spots too - thanks, Dan! Will be back! =D
great video. amazes me and motivates me in my indoor cycling. great job.
Thank you very much for these videos! I love them and it makes indoor cycling much better when you're on a budget and don't have the fancy zwift stuff :)
Glad you enjoy them!
Dan must be my spirit animal because our heart rates were matched the whole way up.
Excellent motivation, great video. Done about twice as much as I was doing in half the time. Going to try the others now. Also going to try Adblocker as well.
Make more training videos like this. This is one of the best. :-)
Awsome workout, MY first training on trainer e-lite ... Thx Dan !
Love this vid. Great views. Great workout. Hope to ride it for real one day, though I suspect it'll take me longer than 30mins. Nice to see that Dan broke out the climbing bike to tackle it too.
Great video!! Thank you for making these!
Great video guys. Really great to keep motivated with this. Thanks. Keep up the great work !
Greetings from a rainy Taiwan!
Nice work Dan.I Really enjoyed that. I was feeling guilty about not getting out. I did a fair compromise. I do have a wet weather bike but the lure of the living room was just too tempting!
+shawn238 Thanks Shawn. Dan
Tried this one today, it was good. Quarantine still on.
Brilliant workout! 👏
I love this training ride thx so much gcn
This was a great ride! Thank you!
Great video! Keep these coming and get me through this winter with more endurance than the rest of my buddies :D
Another great workout !
Thanks GCN ... This session has helped me up every #TdY climb today
Graham Wall glad to hear it, and congratulations on your ride.
Did this today, it was brutal!!
great workout, really enjoyed it. Thanks !
It finally rained in San Diego so I finally had a chance to ride this one! Great video, thanks again for making these! (P.S. if you GCN guys are ever in town again you need to film Mt. Palomar)
Thanks Eric! We'll look forward to checking it out at sometime.
Can you do more of these please? They are great!
perfect for lockdown thanks!
Tough but fair. Made me push harder than I thought capable. 5 years late but still effective.