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Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer?
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Snow and sleet tomorrow, and I've got a ride on my calendar.

Any suggestions for a movie?

The last really surprisingly good trainer movie I watched was , "She's the Man". Light, fun, sporty, and a good sountrack. In between I've had a couple of duds...so I'm taking suggestions. Please feel free to chime in with your top favorite, top 5 or even top 10. Winter is still young....

THANKS!
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I always like to watch sporty stuff, like Le Tour. Maybe American Flyers or Breaking Away? Its very motivating. Then again I've been known to go through several episodes of 6 Feet Under. Wasn't there a cheesey movie where the main character's brother wanted to be a cyclist and used to watch porn while on the trainer?

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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [Katy] [ In reply to ]
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"Running on the Sun" is a documentary about the Badwater Ultramarathon run through Death Valley each July. I love watching it. Talk about a bunch of bada**es. I crewed for a runner last year and will do it again this year purely because of this film. I find it very inspirational to watch other people suffer more than I am.

Just watched "Music and Lyrics" and laughed through the whole thing. Generally romantic comidies that I would never watch any other time keep me very entertained. It is like reading People magazine in the doctor's office. I'd never admit to it but under the right circumstances.....

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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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This past weekend I watched the Kona rebroadcast on DVR. Seeing all the Ironman activity really pumped me up for riding. The weekend before I watched Anchorman at some co-worker's urging. I giggled a lot and it made the time pass.
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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Arrested Development episodes on DVD got me through many a trainer ride last year (I hadn't seen any of them and ended up really loving them) Otherwise, like others have mentioned, I tend to like movies that are fluffier (stupider) than my usual fare. Terminator 2 was on at the gym the other day and I stayed on the treadmill an extra half hour because of it. :-D

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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [MonicaB] [ In reply to ]
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Thanks for the ideas. Some of those sports ones, I don't know how I'd get my paws on them by tomorrow AM.

As for Anchorman -- LOL! That one got me through a long ride during my last training cycle. Hilarious!

That reminds me, recently I watched Talledega Nights and Blades of Glory on trainer rides....awesome. Just about my speed when I'm on the trainer.

Thx for input...
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I like hour long series when I'm riding--45 minute episodes mean one plus a warmup for a short ride, two for longer ones. Plus, wanting to know what happens next gets me back on the bike when the m otivation is low.

I've watched all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer multiple times.


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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I like to watch action movies like Bourne Identity. I think fast paced movies that don't require thought are best!
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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Any of the Bourne movies, as someone else suggested, or my favorite..............NACHO LIBRE
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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"Prefontaine" is a treadmill favorite, and "What it Takes" is always inspirational. For pure fun I have gotten into the "Nip/Tuck" series. The storylines are outrageous but they really make the time pass on the trainer or treadmill.
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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Breaking Away is a good one.
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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If you liked Blades of Glory, track down The Cutting Edge. I'm not usually big on romantic comedies or figure skating, but I love that one.

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TV for trainer time for me: Long Way Round (The documentary series that gave me a crush on Ewan MacGregor) Farscape, Harrdy Dresden Files, Supernatural, Angel, Miami Vice, Hawaii Five-O
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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My favorites:

  • Episodes of "24" I've watched seasons 1-5 on my trainer... no other tv show or movie comes CLOSE to making me work so hard on the trainer. Gotta get my hands on season 6...
  • A Knight's Tale-- Great soundtrack.
  • Bourne Series

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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [FLA Jill] [ In reply to ]
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Embarrasing admition time: Cutting Edge is one of my all-time favorite movies... "Toepick..." lol
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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Snow and sleet tomorrow, and I've got a ride on my calendar.

Any suggestions for a movie?

The last really surprisingly good trainer movie I watched was , "She's the Man". Light, fun, sporty, and a good sountrack. In between I've had a couple of duds...so I'm taking suggestions. Please feel free to chime in with your top favorite, top 5 or even top 10. Winter is still young....

THANKS!
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [Katy] [ In reply to ]
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That would be "Wimbledon"

I used to use it to catch up on past seasons of Gray's or something. But I moved and haven't hooked up my DVD player b/c I don't know how to hook it into the new cable box and am not home often enough to care.

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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I like sports movies, they have some action to keep me pumped up and spinning fast. There was a soccer movie about a US illegal immigrant kid who got taken on by a big league UK team - I can't remember the name of it but it was a great feel good movie. Helped that the protagonist was easy to look at too! If I remember the name I'll post it. Girl Fight is good movie too, typical underdog boxer story but with a female protagonist.

TV shows on DVD are great, I'm a sci-fi geek and did a lot of spinning watching Battlestar Galactica over the last two years. Friday Night Lights is also a good show, I'm not a football fan but got totally sucked into it. There's usually some sort of high energy game-related action each episode, with a whole lot of soap opera in between.

Last year I watched a lot of hockey one weekend and The Godfather Part II the following weekend, I found that my cadence went up significantly when someone scored or got whacked (depending on what I was watching). I think it was the Godfather II that got me through my longest trainner ride (2.5 hrs).
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [txvet] [ In reply to ]
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"Prefontaine" is a treadmill favorite
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One of my ex-boyfriends is in that movie! Without Limits--the other Prefontaine movies is good. Also "Fire on the Track", the documentary about Pre is good.

I like Romantic Comedies/Comedies--Music & Lyrics, Knocked Up, Licence to Wed, Heartbreak Kid are some ones I've seen recently on DVD.
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I second the vote for the "24" tv series. Every single episode ends on a cliffhanger, so you have to keep going. A close second to 24 is the "Alias" tv series.
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [njtrigirl] [ In reply to ]
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Which one is your ex-boyfriend? That's a fun bit of trivia. =)
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [txvet] [ In reply to ]
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I like to watch TV series.
I will buy a season and blow through that.
I love Weeds, Dexter, Prison Break
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [txvet] [ In reply to ]
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One of his teamates. Not a speaking role. Just there to run and look good :)
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I was on the trainer yesterday and put GI Jane in the dvd player. LOVE that movie...haven't watched it for a while, so it's nice to see again.

But I'll watch pretty much anything. before GI Jane I watched the prize winner of defiance ohio (good movie).

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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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I like TV series too. I'm just starting season 3 of Lost. It's pretty suspenseful and keeps my attention. I HATE riding my trainer. I do 30-40 minutes then use then stretch or do sit ups while the episode finishes. It's pretty much the only thing that gets me on the trainer.

I did have a bunch of triathlons that someone tivoed once and those were great as well. Try keeping up with Heather Gollnick's cadence!
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Re: Best Movies to Watch on the Trainer? [WeRide] [ In reply to ]
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By far the best movie to watch while riding a trainer-Overcoming.
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