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!
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?
“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…
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.
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. 
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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…
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.
I like to watch action movies like Bourne Identity. I think fast paced movies that don’t require thought are best!
Any of the Bourne movies, as someone else suggested, or my favorite…NACHO LIBRE
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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.
Breaking Away is a good one.
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.
“I can’t believe it. They’ve gotten tangled up in their own lederhosen!”
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
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
Embarrasing admition time: Cutting Edge is one of my all-time favorite movies… “Toepick…” lol
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!
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.
I GET TO RIDE OUTSIDE STARTING NEXT WEEK!! Weather permitting!!
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).
“Prefontaine” is a treadmill favorite
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.
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.
Which one is your ex-boyfriend? That’s a fun bit of trivia. =)