Ergo Programs – Where The Fun Begins
So What Do You Get?
It’s absolutely essential to be fitted properly and to have your measurements recorded to a Wattbike Fit Card. It’s a necessary step that allows our experts to keep a record of how you prefer to have your bike set up with a few suggestions thrown in so that next time you visit, you can get straight into your workout.
We don’t expect you to lug your gear in every time you visit you we’re happy to store your pedals and saddle at the Lab so that your set up matches your road bike to a tee. It’s really just a matter of coming in putting your bum in the saddle and riding on what will resemble as close a fit as possible to your current road bike experience.
It’s as gruelling as you want to make it. After all, this is what you’re here for – to experience the joys of stretching yourself to your limit as your heart races and your legs pump pure enjoyment for one exhilarating hour. It’s as natural a high as you can get!
Our ergo sessions are designed specifically for cyclists who are looking to ride longer, faster while using the same training strategies as the professionals.
We can achieve this for you using heart rate monitors and power output to develop your own individual intensity. A class rider and a D class rider can do the same workout without either working too hard or too light!
The workouts done in the Ergo Lab are designed with periodised progression in mind, that is, we can help you periodically build up your performance levels so you get regular and measurable gains in the form of heart rate and power output without experiencing the frustration of plateauing which many riders can spend either months or years trying to overcome.
If you’re a serious rider (try looking at the guys in your riding group to see how serious your competition really is!) just spending time working out doesn’t always crack it.
That’s when you need to take the next step as part of your endeavours to become more serious and competitive.
It comes down to needing a record so you and or your coach, can inevitably track your performance. That’s where BikeLab’s cutting edge technology can give you the edge out on the road or on the velodrome.
The Bikelab studio is home to the most contemporary software that details accurate information so that you can record your workout and download it for your personal use. What’s more you can have it emailed, saved on your USB, or posted directly to your Training Peaks account.
Reliable and up-to-date records and a training program to match are like running a business. You can’ t operate a successful business unless you have a well thought out plan.
At Bikelab we’ve gone three steps further. We look at your physiology, at your psychology, and then thread in technology to give you the ultimate performance package. So you can see your developments and how much you’ve improved over time – a much shorter time than if you were exercising out on the open road*.
*Fees Apply
Wattbikes are amazing ergonometric machines well at least that’s what the Australian Institute of Sport, British Cycling and our own Robbie McEwen believe. It’s not until you’ve ridden a Wattbike that you realise what you’ve been missing out on.
These UK designed machines provide a mountain of information that tests your power, heart and pedalling technique measuring your Watts, speed, pace and energy.
It’s much easier to have one of our experts interpret the detail to give you a better overall picture of your performance, more importantly your limits, and how you can maximise your output accordingly.
The BikeLab coaches have training and knowledge necessary to decipher what all the numbers and figures mean for you and your training program. Check out BIKELAB COACHING to see exactly what our coaching staff can do for you!
Don’t confuse spin classes with the Ergo Lab. One’s just spin, while the other’s serious, effective and programmed training. That’s the difference, at BikeLab we give you an incredible experience that you’ll usually only find at the upper echelons of sport which means within a Institute or Academy of Sport.
Our ergometers are used by professionals such as Robbie McEwen, Sky Pro Racing, the Schleck brothers, to name a few. There are coaches around the world who testify to these machines’ capabilities. You can get your cadence, heart rate, power output, and pedal efficiency measured and monitored to within 100 times per second. Now that’s extraordinary in anyone’s eyes. This is accurate, detailed information for your all important records and training log.
We can also put you in the mood for competition by broadcasting a simulated race on a giant of a screen – a 55” unit that draws you in and makes you feel part of the action. It’s not just exhilarating, it’s there for a reason, to help you with a structured plan and more importantly the motivation of a Robbie McEwen or an Andy Schleck to go that extra length, to work harder and smarter. Sometimes you just can’t do this on your own and the spirit of competition can ignite amazing things in your body and mind. It’s the power of technology as opposed to the hum drum of a staring into space at a spin class.