There are a few movies that are perfect for trainer time. I have been lucky enough to find myself in the middle of "Rocky Week" on AMC. At any given time, day or night, I can get on the trainer, flip the old box to AMC and catch one of many inspirational training or fight scenes. If that doesn't get you going, you are not a red-blooded American.
It is debatable whether or not these films count as "new classics" but the first one did win three Oscars. The second film in the franchise picked up where the first left off. By the third one, things started going downhill, but you can't fault them for trying. Hulk Hogan wasn't really a necessary addition, but Mr. T as Clubber Lang was brilliant, best role by a former bouncer/tough man competition winner . . . ever! Rocky IV was the best social commentary on the Cold War ever. Russians are a bunch of cold hearted cheaters, but even in the end the scrappy, hardworking, good ol' American work ethic will win over the masses despite the efforts of the Politburo. Head on over to the AMC site and take the Rocky Ultimate Fan Quiz, you might learn something.
I put the trainer through the paces last night. The workout du jour (it's the workout of the day, mmmm that's sounds good, I'll have that)was a 45 minute threshold interval with some low cadence, high resistance efforts thrown in. The end result was a lot of sweat and a lot of calories burned.
The Cateye seems to double just about everything from watts to calories. It keeps time pretty accurately though. Net result was about 1100 kcal for the evening. By the end of it, Rocky IV was up to Ivan Drago's intense doping program . . . cheaters never win in the end.
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