The Ride Fitness Club
Training & Wellness Programs
The Ride For Roswell believes in healthy riders! We offer extensive training and wellness opportunities to support a year-round healthy lifestyle. These links below will help you learn more about opportunities available to all riders and volunteers.
The Ride Fitness Club provides:
Why Wellness
The Ride created The Fitness Club training and wellness program in response to the many corporate teams looking for events that encouraged year-round health and because of many individual riders who were looking for fitness and training advice to prepare for The Ride. We have partnered with health industry, fitness, nutrition and training professionals to provide you with the information you need to get started.
The Ride Fitness Club
The Ride Fitness Club is designed to engage current and future riders to adopt a healthier lifestyle by training earlier and more often. The program will serve as an opportunity to gather riders together in a common place with a common theme to increase community awareness and to encourage them to get involved or increase their involvement with The Ride and a healthier lifestyle. These opportunities are also offered to help increase the proficiency levels of the volunteers. Join The Ride Fitness Club group today and be a part of the discussion on www.RideConnect.org.
The Club Basics
- The Ride Fitness Club offerings are free for any registered rider. Club members also receive a water bottle and training towel for completing one training event.
- The Ride Fitness Club Card: A rider will receive a card the first time he/she attends a program for a chance to win a grand prize. Riders must collect a signature from the training or wellness activity leader at each program. For every ten signatures a club member receives, he or she may turn in the card for a chance to win. Riders begin a new card at the next program he or she attends. The more training and events someone attends, the more chances they win. The drawing will be in the fall after all events are complete. Send cards to The Ride For Roswell, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263.
An indoor cycling training event held in January 2011 at four Buffalo Athletic Club locations.
- Register for this separate event will be available in the fall!
- Donate to a spinner® today!
The Ride Grand Island (Sunday, August 8, 2010) and The Ride Boston Hills (Saturday, September 25, 2010) are new riding and fundraising events supporting The Ride For Roswell. These events are designed to encourage current and prospective riders to adopt a healthier lifestyle, by riding their bikes year round. It also gives cyclists the opportunity to fundraise in support of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and its core mission to understand, prevent and cure cancer. These events also serve to increase community awareness of and involvement in The Ride For Roswell while enduring the hills and taking in the beautiful scenery of Southern Erie County and while enjoying leisurely bike riding around one of the world's biggest inland islands!
The Ride Grand Island - Sunday August 8th
- Register for this separate event today!
- Donate to a Grand Island rider today!
- Event Details: $10 registration fee to reserve your bike. Pledge minimum is $50.00 for non-EMC members. Extra Mile Club members have no additional pledge minimum. Learn more about rewards and other benefits for participating.
The Ride Boston Hills - Saturday September 25th
- Register for this separate event today!
- Donate to a Boston Hills rider today!
- Event Details: $10 registration fee to reserve your bike. Pledge minimum is $50.00 for non-EMC members. Extra Mile Club members have no additional pledge minimum. Learn more about rewards and other benefits for participating…
Bike Training
The Ride has partnered with a group of highly trained cycling professionals who are available to answer your bike training and safety questions on our GetFit! discussion board on RideConnect.org. Other cycling training opportunities include:
Indoor Training Rides
During the cold weather months, why not take your training indoors. Spinning® classes are a great way to stay in shape year-round and are offered at most fitness centers.
The Buffalo Athletic Club has partnered with The Ride to offer free indoor cycling training classes at five Western New York locations each Saturday in the winter for all registered riders. These one-hour training rides begin at noon. Dates for 2011 event coming soon.
- Held at BAC Eastern Hills, Boulevard Suburban, Women’s Colvin & Eggert, Downtown and Southtowns Orchard Park.
- Participants do not have to be BAC members to join us for free!
Outdoor Training Rides
Prepare for the route you intend to ride in June or be a part of The Ride Fitness Club group and enjoy year round training rides. Make friends, share advice, ask questions. Outdoor training rides are offered every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday until Ride Day (starting in April) and select dates year round. There will also be five specific EMC Peloton Training Rides for EMC Peloton riders only.
- RSVP Today for as many training rides as you wish (free to all registered riders & volunteers).
- Held throughout Western New York and lead by a Ride Ambassador.
- Wednesday evening rides – begin at 6:00pm
- Saturday & Sunday morning rides – begin at 9:00am
Bike Shop Partner Training Rides
Each of The Ride Bike Shop partners offers cycling training rides each month from their various locations.
- Bert's Bikes & Fitness
- Campus Wheelworks
- Dick's Bicycle Shop
- Handlebars Cycle Company
- North Star Bikes
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- Shikluna's
- Rick's Cycle Shop
- The Bicycle Shop (East Aurora)
- Tom's Pro Bike
- Tri Spot Multisport
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Peloton Training Rides
To learn about the basics of riding in this unique Peloton ride, we have set-up a series of practice training rides for our Extra Mile Club Peloton participants.
Exclusive training practice rides to prepare peloton participants will be available in May & June. Log-in to your My Ride personal page to sign-up today! Or you can visit the Extra Mile Club Peloton page to learn more about this unique event.
Ask the Experts
Visit the Wellness discussion forum on RideConnect.org to read health, fitness, and cycling advice from a group of highly trained coaches. The Ride has partnered with a group of highly-trained fitness and wellness professionals who are available to answer your health, fitness, and cycling training and safety questions on our Wellness & Training discussion board at RideConnect.org. Learn from the experts how to get ready to ride and keep in shape all year long. Simply submit your questions on the RideConnect discussion board and all our experts, including our participating Bike Shop Partners, The Buffalo Athletic Club and Endurance Factor, will answer the most frequently asked questions.
Meet the Team:
Endurance Factor Training Schedules
Get advice from a professional cycling coach and view a list of suggested training schedules for each of The Ride For Roswell routes. Each schedule is posted below:
Buffalo Athletic Club – Special Partner Offers
 The BAC is Western New York's premier health and fitness provider and wellness resource for The Ride For Roswell. Their fitness and wellness teams are working with Roswell Park to provide expert fitness and training advice to help riders get fit for the ride and stay fit year-round. The benefits of year-round fitness offer increased energy, weight management, strength and tone and lower risk for health problems. www.buffaloathletic.com
ASK ABOUT: $49 for 3-month BAC Membership for registered riders
*some restrictions apply, expiration date 3/31, proof of registration required.
Free Spinning Class to Registered Riders
In Western New York, the weather can change any minute and sometimes this can make it difficult to get outside and train. A spinning class at any local fitness center is another great way to prepare for The Ride. By registering for The Ride, each participant will receive a complimentary pass to any BAC spinning class until June 30, 2009. Riders will receive pass inside your registration confirmation packet. Check out the spinning class schedules at all seven locations of the BAC. Riders can take one FREE spin class at the club of their choice! BAC members, stop by any spin class and ask your spin instructor how to join the BAC Spokes team.
Ask the Coaches – Tips & Tricks from the BAC
The Buffalo Athletic Club team is available to answer your health and fitness questions on our Wellness & Training discussion forum on RideConnect.org.
Pace yourself. Many beginners train too much, thinking more is better. You are much better off easing into the process. You'll increase your chances of success when you moderate your approach and then gradually increase both your time and intensity. This strategy, to start slow and gradually increase, will help prevent burn out, keep you interested in your progress and ultimately lead to success.
Coaches Wellness & Training Seminars
Monthly wellness and training programs provided by the BAC for all registered riders. Limited spots available for each session, please RSVP by calling (716) 332-9632.
- March, 19th: 7-8 pm
Suburban BAC with Laura - Spin Instructor and Physical Therapist
Topic: Proper Training and Injury Prevention
185 Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst, NY 14226 (716-833-5226)
- April, 8th: 7-8 pm
Suburban BAC with Vivian - BAC Spin Instructor and avid cyclist
Topic: Fundraising Ideas & Staying Committed to Training
185 Niagara Falls Blvd, Amherst, NY 14226 (716-833-5226)
- April 23rd: 7-8 pm
Eastern Hills BAC with MaryAnne - BAC Wellness Director
Topic: Motivation and Benefits of Regular Exercise
4687 Transit Road, Williamsville, NY 14221 (716-631-3800)
Corporate "Power to Move" Wellness Seminar
This workshop will change the way you look at exercise! This private seminar is offered to Ride corporate teams looking for ways to motivate your team. Break through barriers that have kept you from living an active fit lifestyle, learn to be effective with exercise and move to a new level of activity that will make a difference in your energy, appearance, health and happiness. Learn the keys to safety, ongoing motivation and the benefits for the whole person- mind, body and spirit. Discover your best weekly formula for fitness! Old excuses of boredom or lack of time will be replaced with a healthy priority and urgency to get to what matters most: an investment in self with great rewards! Book your one-hour seminar by calling MaryAnne at (716) 332-9632
Private Corporate Team Spin Event
Ride with your co-workers in a fun spin training event exclusively for your corporate team! Our spin instructors will lead your corporate team through a fun off-season training session to help them develop the endurance they need, not only to prepare for the ride, but to be their best year-round. A minimum of 25 participants is encouraged - sixty-five bikes are available and participants love the fun of this virtual ride in front of a big screen! Contact Ellen Coleman, Regional Aerobic Director at (716) 833-5226 to plan for a Corporate Team spin event at the BAC.
Fit For Duty Program
Ride Day Wellness Area
On Ride Day, please join us in our Wellness Area sponsored by Praxair, Inc., for a variety of experiences. The BAC will offer spinning demonstrations and stretching exercises for all riders before and after your journey. Check out the many displays and vendors to assist your personal health and wellness mission, and hear from various Roswell park experts who will answer all of your cancer related questions.
- Buffalo Athletic Club: providing stretching techniques before and after ride and other Wellness-related demos including body fat analysis.
- RPCI Cancer Resource Center: Ask the experts…doctors and nurses wearing “Roswell – Ask?" t-shirts are here to greet you and answer your questions.
- Smoking Cessation Program: Learn how to quit and how smoking affects your health.
- Department of Dermatology: Learn about the effect of the sun on your skin and how to protect yourself while bike riding.
- DBBR: - RPCI Data Bank and BioRepository: Receive information on this program and how you can help Roswell Park researchers even if you have no history of cancer.
- Blood Donor Center: Information will be available on how to become a blood or platelet donor for Roswell Park.
- Carly's Club: Learn how you can help kids with pediatric cancer and take part in some interactive games, learn about events or purchase Carly's Club merchandise.
- Team Cure Challenge: Learn how to take your training a step further and challenge yourself in events locally and nationally for Roswell Park. Trained professionals offer training advice.
Related Links
Monthly Training and Wellness Articles
Join a Cycling Club or Organization
More and more people are creating and joining cycling clubs around the country as a great way to train for the Ride. If your cycling club is interested in offering practice rides to our participants and recruiting more members from the Ride, please contact a Ride Coordinator at 716-843-7433.
Cancer-Related Health and Wellness
- RPCI Multimedia Information – View the latest news and videos on cancer research and treatment advances at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
- Donor Impact – Learn how your donations are helping Roswell Park researchers continue seeking cancer cures.
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Bike Shop Partners
Tune-Ups — Apparel — Coupons
Equipment — Bike Rentals
Demonstrations
Each year our Bike Shop Partners offer their generous support to provide free bike inspections and offer advice to our riders. They also promote the Ride at their locations and offer safety support the day of The Ride.
On Ride Day, select bike shops will be available to offer last minute tune-ups and will be selling merchandise you may need to Ride safely.
Visit their websites to learn about group rides, bike demos or clinics with their professional cycling team to gear up and start training.
Bike Rental Information - Contact Bert's Bikes!
Download the Free Bike Inspection coupon!
Download All Bike Shop Coupons Sheet
Learn about our Bike Shop Partners by clicking on the logos below
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