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bYuPride · 02-11-2008, 03:37 AM

yeah, the title sounds like it's something cool, but here's what i'm doing and i'd appreciate your input.. i finally grew up and my wife and i bought a home. the garage is a little oversized length wise which allows me enough space to set up my trainer, bike and a 27" tv where i can watch my Magnificent 7 DVD's, and the Carmichael trainright DVD's... my question is what would you guys add to the 'facility' to enhance the training experience.. maybe put a mixer out there to make awesome cytomax smoothies? ha ha.. seriously though, what do you guys do?

creekster · 02-11-2008, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by bYuPride

yeah, the title sounds like it's something cool, but here's what i'm doing and i'd appreciate your input.. i finally grew up and my wife and i bought a home. the garage is a little oversized length wise which allows me enough space to set up my trainer, bike and a 27" tv where i can watch my Magnificent 7 DVD's, and the Carmichael trainright DVD's... my question is what would you guys add to the 'facility' to enhance the training experience.. maybe put a mixer out there to make awesome cytomax smoothies? ha ha.. seriously though, what do you guys do?

I try not to trip on the sticks and rocks my 10 year old keeps leaving in the garage and avoid the 23 basketballs (I swear they mulitply out there) and the flooring for the study that I have never gotten around to installing on my way to the trainer. It's sort of a flexibility drill prior to aerobics.

bluegoose · 02-11-2008, 03:03 PM

Maybe this is a given, but definitely get a big fan out there in front of or behind the trainer. Even in the winter when its below freezing, you'll appreciate it, as I am typically burning up within about 10 minutes of starting on the trainer.

Other than that, you're probably all dialed in.

bYuPride · 02-11-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by creekster

I try not to trip on the sticks and rocks my 10 year old keeps leaving in the garage and avoid the 23 basketballs (I swear they mulitply out there) and the flooring for the study that I have never gotten around to installing on my way to the trainer. It's sort of a flexibility drill prior to aerobics.

i'm still organizing my garage.. luckily i only have a 15 month old girl so if there's any sports equipment or other stuff, it's probably mine and it's manageable right now.. i know that will all change once we start having more kids and they grow older.. lol.. i'm looking forwards to the flexibility drill..

bYuPride · 02-11-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bluegoose

Maybe this is a given, but definitely get a big fan out there in front of or behind the trainer. Even in the winter when its below freezing, you'll appreciate it, as I am typically burning up within about 10 minutes of starting on the trainer.

Other than that, you're probably all dialed in.

good call on the fan.. it wasn't a given. lol... we've got a good fan already so i'll throw that in there.

another guy told me he likes to throw motivational pictures around the room to add some 'flare'... so i think i'll put up pics of BYU71's avatar.. i think there are a few other good ones too.. ha ha.

RC Vikings · 02-11-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by bYuPride

good call on the fan.. it wasn't a given. lol... we've got a good fan already so i'll throw that in there.

another guy told me he likes to throw motivational pictures around the room to add some 'flare'... so i think i'll put up pics of BYU71's avatar.. i think there are a few other good ones too.. ha ha.

I've got a picture of Arch's butt in front of my trainer since that's what I'm going to be looking at this September and I just want to get use to it.

SteelBlue · 02-11-2008, 05:27 PM

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I've got a picture of Arch's butt in front of my trainer since that's what I'm going to be looking at this September and I just want to get use to it.

This reminds me of the Solvang Century that I rode with bluegoose back in '05. We were in a huge paceline and the dude in front of me must have been the poorest guy in the entire ride because he was wearing shorts that had worn almost all the way through. The result was me having to look at his actual crack for more miles than I care to remember. I hope that Arch is wearing quality shorts in the picture you have.

02-11-2008, 03:37 AM	#1
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02-11-2008, 03:03 PM	#3
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Maybe this is a given, but definitely get a big fan out there in front of or behind the trainer. Even in the winter when its below freezing, you'll appreciate it, as I am typically burning up within about 10 minutes of starting on the trainer. Other than that, you're probably all dialed in.