I stumbled into this article and wanted to share it with you. This group meets regularly in a garage to ride together on trainers...
It is almost quiet. No loud music, no instructor shouting motivational slogans. A pair of box fans hum, nearly drowning out whirring bicycle drivetrains. Conversations are brief, limited by the exertion.
The workout leader calmly, periodically, issues instructions to the half-dozen or so cyclists laboring in a two-car garage in a west Yakima home.
This is back-to-basics wintertime indoor bicycle training – simple, personal and sweaty.
It began nine years ago, the idea of Yakima”™s Donna Smith, as a way for riders to stay in shape through the winter.
“It was fun to get people together during the wintertime when you can”™t ride outside very much and actually do a workout and talk about the rides you”™ve done in past years – and what you”™re going to do this next year,” said Smith, a national- and world-champion cyclist between 2005-07. “It helps the winter pass more quickly for us nonskiers.”
The article included this video.
I'm struck by how simple and unpretentious this all is. Just a bunch of like minded cyclists showing up and pounding out some intervals with friends. Awesome 🙂
John is a member on the AFS (Association of Fitness Studios) Advisory Council.
Holding certifications from; Schwinn, Heart Zones, Team ICG and Life Time Fitness, John's held regularly scheduled cycling classes between 1998 and 2015 when he moved to Florida.
When the weather permits, you'll find him riding and leading outdoor groups by himself or with his Tandem partner (wife) Amy.
Great. We have been riding since he turned 80 years old at Paul “Pinkhouse” Camerer’s garage on wind trainers – its for the neighborhood and it’s free and the riders can now write the rides and lead them. So, it’s wonderful to read about other garage gyms. Wish I could leave a picture, John, and share of our Sacramento garage gym here (will Word Press allow that) — oh yeah, Paul turned 95 years old and rides twice a week often getting his heart rate into the 170 bpm … thanks for sharing this!
Hi Sally – please email the picture to me and I will add it to the post.
Fun to hear that Paul is doing well. Is he still running and winning his age group?