Training Status??? (IV)
#2601
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1hr mostly ez this morning, with 2x4' at a moderate VO2, nothin' crazy.
1hr MTB at lunch, mostly ez, with 1 hard climb.
Next two days off, then a big one (5+hrs) on Su.
1hr MTB at lunch, mostly ez, with 1 hard climb.
Next two days off, then a big one (5+hrs) on Su.
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so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste
#2602
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For me personally, my biggest limiter on longer rides has always been back pain. I'm finding that when I do regular core work, it helps quite a bit (unfortunately I'm not always good about remembering to do it). I'm not talking crunches (which IMHO are of very little use to athletes), but things like ab rollouts, planks, side-planks, ab vacuums, etc.
#2603
feeling a lot better today. going to head back to work. assuming i don't get a killer headache staring at spreadsheets all day I think i'm going to try riding again tomorrow. for the first time in a long time I'm actually nervous about cars :/
#2604
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The body is pretty good at adapting to sub-optimal mechanics, but that doesn't mean they're not still sub-optimal. Everything's connected; if one muscle/group is not doing it's job adequately, other muscles may have to work even harder to pick up the slack. For example, back muscles having to take the extra burden of stabilizing the hips and spine if the core muscles aren't engaged and contributing.
For me personally, my biggest limiter on longer rides has always been back pain. I'm finding that when I do regular core work, it helps quite a bit (unfortunately I'm not always good about remembering to do it). I'm not talking crunches (which IMHO are of very little use to athletes), but things like ab rollouts, planks, side-planks, ab vacuums, etc.
For me personally, my biggest limiter on longer rides has always been back pain. I'm finding that when I do regular core work, it helps quite a bit (unfortunately I'm not always good about remembering to do it). I'm not talking crunches (which IMHO are of very little use to athletes), but things like ab rollouts, planks, side-planks, ab vacuums, etc.
so you build all those big core muscles and then you ride all the time but if you don't work the extra big core muscles they atrophy from disuse?
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I am at work and plan to ride today and tomorrow before heading to PHX. Of course it's going to rain now!
#2606
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Six terrible 2's yesterday on way home(30 mile). It got cold fast and i din't put on my arm warmers.
#2607
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Hour of Power commute this morning while listening to a podcast about Frank Sinatra.
#2608
Ninny
Grab bag day, 1x20 Z4 and then some sprints. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole with the sprints, focusing on mechanical minutiae, and when I got home and looked at the file I was surprised to see I did 20 of them.
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Goddamn GC, you're making me realize that I need to start going some sprint work!!!!
First one here is 1/10
First one here is 1/10
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#2611
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Take it easy. Talk to your doctor. Don't get a second concussion (seriously).
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#2613
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#2614
i'm really feeling good today, i know very little about concussions, but I don't think it was a very severe one. the doc didn't give me a timeline on when to start riding again and statistically i've done thousands of rides perfectly safe. plus, i raced motocross for years so my brain is pretty scrambled as is.
#2615
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My girlfriend's roommate got a concussion (While riding his hybrid down the bike path) and he has been on disability for several months now. Glad to hear your healing up faster than him Mikey.
On a training note: I have been doing significantly less volume than I am used to. We will see if this helps me up the Z4 a tiny bit more this coming season. But it makes me sad to be doing less volume. I like volume
On a training note: I have been doing significantly less volume than I am used to. We will see if this helps me up the Z4 a tiny bit more this coming season. But it makes me sad to be doing less volume. I like volume
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My girlfriend's roommate got a concussion (While riding his hybrid down the bike path) and he has been on disability for several months now. Glad to hear your healing up faster than him Mikey.
On a training note: I have been doing significantly less volume than I am used to. We will see if this helps me up the Z4 a tiny bit more this coming season. But it makes me sad to be doing less volume. I like volume
On a training note: I have been doing significantly less volume than I am used to. We will see if this helps me up the Z4 a tiny bit more this coming season. But it makes me sad to be doing less volume. I like volume
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and I'm just ****ing with you. don't flip out.
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Ninny
Before that you had to pretend to be gay, sort of, without actually saying the word or anything related to it. Otherwise Mr. Roper would kick you out? Or something? And your blonde roommate (the "pretty one") would just completely change identity between seasons sometimes, like some kind of proto-David Lynch statement. It was a madcap, wacky time.