Training and Rehab In Style

This winter if you can't get out to ride on Colorado's unbeatable mountain bike trails and endless scenic roads, you just have to suck it up, get on the stationary trainer or spin bike and make the best of it. But why not do it is style? This winter I'm doing just that. I said good bye to the local crowded "rec" center and adopted Mountainside Fitness http://www.mountainsidefitness.com/ as the early morning workout location. The Arizona based company opened the doors to a brand new 40,000 sq. ft. facility on December 15th in Westminster just 5 minutes from la casa.

Tops on the training arsenal is the 25 station (Star Trac) flywheel bike equipped studio that features blacklights, thumping music and an I-MAX style theater screen.

Workouts vary between traditional follow the leader (New Year's resolution crowd) basics to specific Tour de France stage races with you in the mix. I just passed the Phonak dude...Much, much more tolerable than the basement wall and the stationary trainer.

Last Wednesday's DVD was a locally produced ride beginning in Boulder, heading up Lee Hill, back to Hwy. 36 and ending via return route on 63rd street. Having actually ridden this route, it was fun to sit in the fan cooled studio watching the familiar sights fly by. No flats this ride.

Ad in 120 pieces of cardio equipment each with a TV monitor, every conceivable weight machine and a coffee/smoothie shop and suddenly winter outdoor workouts become second choice. Yes there is also massage, steam room and sauna rooms and a salon attached. Bring on the snow...