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Spinervals Competition DVD 1.0 - No Slackers Allowed

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I do own the spinervals 1.0, but it has been replaced in my workout by several other more "hard-core" Spinerval DVD's (Spinervals 23.0 Time Saver I and Spinervals Ultra-conditioning 2.0 Ultra Core strength builder). I have to say that I LOVE THESE DVD's!! In fact, I have one more that I ordered and will be using this week (the Iron Girl Ultra workout). The time saver DVD is one of my favorites (three workouts of about 30 minutes on one DVD)! Workout B (tempo/ Time trial) is an EXCELLENT workout for the 35 minutes that it runs. I'm a pretty hard-core athlete and tend to be disappointed by DVD workouts. The Spinerval DVDs are the exception to the rule. Not only do I get an intense workout...but I can feel the progress from drills such as one-legged spinning (really helps to improve cycle stroke form) and the time trial 90 second-on, 90-second off drills. I seriously doubt you will be disappointed in these workouts if you are a typical triathlete or hard-core athlete. If you still want a good workout, but you're not sure you want to work that hard...well then just use easier gearing when you do the drills. You can pace it to your abilities and increase the intensity as you get stronger!! Enjoy! All I can say is "keep these coming Coach Jacobson!!!"

My first spinervals workout DVD was No slackers allowed. I am used to spin class and also riding on trails/road so I thought the intensity might not be that great. I was pleasantly surprized. Coach Troy is extremely motivational, and I like the variety of people in the video as well. I am tired at the end of the video and my HR gets up pretty close to max. This has got me very interested in other videos in the series.

I own several Spinervals cycling workout videos - this one is just plain evil! Strangely, it isn't rated as difficult as others; frankly, I think their rating system changed over time, leaving this one with a middle of the road rating. But make no mistake, this is one tough workout.

Spinerval workouts have bad music; but it doesn't get in the way of the workout, it's just annoying.

If you dare...

I have owned this DVD title for over 1 year. It is the workout I do most often. I have a few CTS DVD's, but I find that this Spinerval title gets you more bang for your time. If you follow the instructions, this DVD will give you an intense workout in easily under an hour.

The video is only 44 minutes long. The first 4 minutes and the last 6 minutes are cooldown, so the workout is about 35 minutes long. It breaks down into 5 different spin sessions with about 1-2 minutes rest/recovery time. Spinerval 1.0 gets you varied ways to bike on your trainer including a steady pace-tempo, a mixed tempo effort, a superspin, a simulated "time-trial", and another mixed effort.

I pop this DVD in when I need a hard fast workout on the bike. On my particular trainer (1upUSA), this gets me around 13-14 miles. For a better workout I would recommend a heartrate moniter and a cadence meter on your bike.

I am a triathlon Clysdale racer. I train for olympic distance and 1/2 iron's and this DVD help keep my legs in shape during the offseason.

Bad things: the video is old and could use an update. I think it was made it was made in the late 90's so the riders and the bikes look dated. The workout is done on a lakefront which is sunny, then cloudy.

The Spinervals 1.0 "No Slackers Allowed" is a fantastic workout and the difficulty rating is accurate which I find sometimes fitness dvd overvalue the difficulty. I consider myself quitefit and above avg bike rider and I am yet to finish this dvd it get me in the last 10 min but I am getting closer to finishing. The end result is you do notice a difference in your weekend rides and if combined with a aerobase dvd as part of a training program this will make you stronger and faster. I currently have 2 weekly sessions of " NO Slackers allowed" and 2 sessions of the aerobase difficult 7.2 plus my weekend rides i.e pick dvd based on your fitness but make sure you mix it up with a hard session dvd and aerobic " easier" dvd and change as you get fitter and stronger.

.... who cares about the sound and picture quality its good enough if your paying attention to that sought of details than its way to easy for you :)

If you are looking for the combination of serious spinning and creative, high quality audio/visual this is not for you. This is of the "this is serious training and shouldn't be fun" school. Well sorry, I can suffer and smile at the same time. Specifically, there was little or no attention placed on choosing music that was 1) good and 2) beat coordinated to the sets. It is, however, a serious plain vanilla interval workout-although short at 45 minutes. It is shot with some of the guy's students set up on trainers at a homely lakeside setting while he walks around in highschool football coach garb incessantly instructing while holding a stopwatch.

Anyone with extensive spinning experience could get pretty much the same thing by choreographing their own workout, turning on the radio and using a stopwatch. There is a reason why music is carefully coordinated into this type of workout: it makes work feel like dance. This is more like a Calvinst sermon than a night at the club.

I do not race but I like to ride to keep in shape. The video is dated (circa mid 90's) and the music leaves plenty to be desired but the overall reason I bought this was to vary my workout. It delivered a great workout and I use this video on a regular basis.

Enjoy!

This is the first Spinerval Competition DVD I've done, so it took a bit to get used to the 1 minute rests between sets...but the workout was great. I initially thought 45 minutes ( the exact time of the video, including warm up and cooldown) was too short, but by the time I got through I was tired. I've done all of the non-competition DVD's and they were getting old and a bit too easy...so this was a great change and a good, albeit short workout. The DVD quality was OK with just two very very short pause/skips...may have been my DVD player rather than the way the DVD was recorded. 5 Stars.

Just an additional follow up and more info after I went through the DVD a second time. The workout is exactly 44 minutes in length. Also, it seems like Coach Troy doesn't give as many queues about intensity levels for riders of stationary spinners as he does in the workout (non-competition) DVD's...so it's harder to know what intensity to spin at on an indoor spinner. But other than that still outstanding

I have owned the Spinervals 1.0 DVD for over 2 years and each time I use it, I have a great workout. It provides a high intensity workout in a short amount of time (45 minutes). I use my spin bike at home and the conversion chart at [..] to keep with the workout. I alternate between 1.0 and 3.0 for challenging workouts. My goal is to complete 9.0 'Have Mercy' someday.

Bought this hoping it would help motivate me to train more on my indoor trainer. Not! This video is pretty boring and not high on the motivation factor. Might have good technical training programs but don't buy it hoping to help motivate you and make training more enjoyable. Music is not good and instructor is low energy.