Customer Reviews

Xtreme Calorie Burner! Indian to Girdwood. Virtual Indoor Cycling Training / Spinning Fitness and Weight Loss Videos

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Length:: 1:32 Mins

Another awesome video from Alaska. This trail is interesting, rolling. Its a nice, smooth ride. Its not straight up and down, but it has a little bit of everything. You feel like you are there, which is what you are looking for in a virtual video. They never disappoint!!

was really debating on this video or one by another company I am very pleased that I went with this one. There is tons of on screen info What gear to be in, cadence, and percent of max heart-rate. Very pleased will order more

I have purchased several of the virtual reality videos from "Behind the Bars with Paul" and this is one of my favorites for burning calories. The workout is plenty long enough, to give burn off that extra slice of pizza. The virtual reality of the ride brings you into the ride and you can forget you are not actually out on the road. What beautiful country to put some miles in. The heads up information that is supplied on the screen keeps you honest in your effort and you can make it very real and in doing so. I would highly recommend any of Paul's videos wanting a great way to workout or just get in some indoor miles.

This is one of several BtBoP workouts that we now own and they are all fantastic. This was a great workout and we actually felt the thrill of riding in Alaska, even out here in far West Texas. There were some problems with having to wipe water off of the camera lens but after all, it rains in Alaska! As with all of Paul's workouts, you have to keep yourself honest because there's no coach there yelling at you to "keep it up". All that you need to push yourself into a hard workout is there on the screen. If you try to match the intensity level showing on the screen, you are definitely going to be sweating and you'll know at the end of the workout that you've worked hard.

The only thing that we sort of wish is that there was a time indicator on the screen showing how much time is remaining in the workout.

Thanks for the great ride, Paul. We loved seeing the bear!

I love this video! Actually riding this trail is now on my bucket list. I am drenched after every workout. I can't give enough praise. The music works. The scenery is breathtaking and if i don't want to do the full 1hr50min i just do 1/2! FUN WORKOUT! so rewarding to complete.

This video is good because the scenery is great, along worth the other features discussed, all help cut the boredom of riding on a trainer when the weather isn't so great. The best feature is the on screen telemetry that displays heart rate, cadence, gearing, gps location, speed, distance, elevation, and profile. If you have a heart rate monitor, and cadence sensor for your bike, you can really get a good feel for the type of ride that you are on. I like to dim the lights, and use a little imagination, and I am in Alaska. This is a fun way to get a great workout; I'm covered in sweat after every ride (though I usually fast forward through the breaks, and pedal through the coasting portions). It is a lot of fun, and is definitely more fun than the normal "workout" type videos out there.

I bought this video along with Anaerobic 3.0 Hillervals and both are great. The scenery is really nice and the graphs on the bottom for heart rate and intervals are well thought out. I would definitely recommend them for any indoor cycling video collection.

After receiving a few of Pauls workout DVD's for Christmas and loving them I invested in some more a few weeks ago. I purchased the package of 3 Alaska DVD's and this one has to be my favorite. First, I love the scenery. I feel like I am riding on the trail with Paul and his buddies and it is so beautiful. My kids watch the DVD while I am riding and I think they enjoy it just as much as me. Second, it's a great workout. Not as hard as some of Pauls others but that's what I like about it. I have labeled this DVD as my reward DVD. I get to do this ride when I have completed my other rides during the week. There are no long, hard climbs which is a really nice change, no pace lines, no screaming descents, just a fun, energetic and interesting ride to end my week on.

5 stars for great work out, but one less star for filming this on a cloudy and drizzly day! I love Alaska and I so wanted to see the scenery! The ride was done late on the evening and it was more like cycling in dusk!

My Heath level is that I am trying to loose 30 lbs, not excessive for my height, but it is time. It was easy to break this workout into two parts, each an excellent 55 minutes ride. The whole ride has TWO biggest hills, the second with a couple more push than the first one. Although there are no warmups and warm downs, the start and end of the ride has a pace that is just as good as any warm up in a spin class. (I am not a cyclist and love spinning as a way of low impact exercise). The last 15 minutes have some great speed work and interval equivalents, plus rolling hills. there are also mini breaks where for the spinners you spin with little resistance. It is really up to you to put more effort if you want to. Although a recovery workout for true cyclists, for spinners, don't be fooled, just a great workout DVD for beginners or for advanced trainers. The time went really quickly, but wished it was not filmed with so little natural light!

I definitely felt I got a great work out even by breaking out the DVD into 2 parts. The trainer did not talk excessively and there were real encouragements, advice to keep you going. The dash board is pretty good with %heart rate, perceived effort (1 to 10 for spinners), RPM, and maps and elevations. I have another Alaska DVD to try and hope there is more light!

Of the Alaska Collection, this was my favorite ride. Though the lighting was a little grey, the views of the Chugach Mountains more than made up for it. Riding on the bike path for the whole ride was a fun experience. It is amazing that almost 2 hours flys by so quickly when you are engaged in the ride. Usually I can't stand more than 45 minutes on the trainer, but this totally changes that. Great ride!