Baseline fitness of active cyclists.
#1
Banned
Thread Starter
Baseline fitness of active cyclists.
1) How many consecutive pushups can you do (without pausing at top for rest)
2) How many consecutive air squats can you do (without pausing at top for rest)
3) How long is your average bike ride
2) How many consecutive air squats can you do (without pausing at top for rest)
3) How long is your average bike ride
- 24
- 56 (heavy breathing around 50)
- 5 mins.
Last edited by CheGiantForLife; 08-23-21 at 09:39 AM.
#2
Expired Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 11,431
Mentioned: 37 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3629 Post(s)
Liked 5,297 Times
in
2,690 Posts
I'm thinking #3 is the only one relevant to cycling. Maybe try Foo?
#3
I'm good to go!
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 14,703
Bikes: Tarmac Disc Comp Di2 - 2020
Mentioned: 50 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6063 Post(s)
Liked 4,694 Times
in
3,238 Posts
1) don't know
2) don't care
3) 2½ hours for the last month or two.
2) don't care
3) 2½ hours for the last month or two.
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Mich
Posts: 7,268
Bikes: RSO E-tire dropper fixie brifter
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 6 Post(s)
Liked 2,904 Times
in
1,879 Posts
1) YMMV
2) YMMV
3) LMMV
Depends on diet, current health, & season. If I dont get enough sleep, I wont be doing squat of anything pretty much.
2) YMMV
3) LMMV
Depends on diet, current health, & season. If I dont get enough sleep, I wont be doing squat of anything pretty much.
__________________
-Oh Hey!
-Oh Hey!
#5
I am potato.
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 3,057
Bikes: Only precision built, custom high performance elitist machines of the highest caliber. 🍆
Mentioned: 28 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1755 Post(s)
Liked 1,570 Times
in
906 Posts
Air squats & push-ups have nothing to do with base level of fitness. It has everything to do with air squats & push-ups.
Your base level of fitness is how prepared your body is for sustained longterm performance of a physical activity. Usually a moderatly paced endurance activity such as cycling or hiking over mountains.
It would seem you are confusing strength with fitness.
I'd like to see this so-called "strong man" do these air squats for a few hours equivalent to a century ride or a marathon run to see how he fares. Something tells me the results would be interesting.
Your base level of fitness is how prepared your body is for sustained longterm performance of a physical activity. Usually a moderatly paced endurance activity such as cycling or hiking over mountains.
It would seem you are confusing strength with fitness.
I'd like to see this so-called "strong man" do these air squats for a few hours equivalent to a century ride or a marathon run to see how he fares. Something tells me the results would be interesting.
Last edited by base2; 08-23-21 at 07:56 AM.
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2021
Posts: 4,083
Mentioned: 6 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2332 Post(s)
Liked 2,094 Times
in
1,311 Posts
Guy in the video looks jacked.
#7
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 8,741
Mentioned: 69 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3182 Post(s)
Liked 2,460 Times
in
1,489 Posts
Likes For seypat:
#8
Super-duper Genius
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Muskrat Springs, Utah
Posts: 1,713
Mentioned: 20 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 768 Post(s)
Liked 983 Times
in
508 Posts
I can do maybe 25 pushups with correct form (30-40 if I cheat a little).
I'm not sure what an air squat is. Since I have reasonable intelligence and vocabulary, I can piece it together pretty well, but I don't think I've ever done one.
I ride my bike about an hour, on average. Sometimes a bit more or less.
Also, it's been a while since I really checked my fitness base, but I have been saving up. If the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute bucks is the same as unicorns to leprechauns, then I'm sitting on something like 50,000 pink aardvarks.
I'm not sure what an air squat is. Since I have reasonable intelligence and vocabulary, I can piece it together pretty well, but I don't think I've ever done one.
I ride my bike about an hour, on average. Sometimes a bit more or less.
Also, it's been a while since I really checked my fitness base, but I have been saving up. If the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute bucks is the same as unicorns to leprechauns, then I'm sitting on something like 50,000 pink aardvarks.
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 520
Mentioned: 2 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 229 Post(s)
Liked 327 Times
in
179 Posts
1) Probably 40 if I had to. The Navy makes me do pushups but on the actual test I pause because I can.
2) Don't care because I hate squats.
3) 2 hours.
Neither 1 nor 2 are really relevant to a cyclist.
2) Don't care because I hate squats.
3) 2 hours.
Neither 1 nor 2 are really relevant to a cyclist.
#10
Banned
Thread Starter
#11
Banned
Thread Starter
Air squats & push-ups have nothing to do with base level of fitness. It has everything to do with air squats & push-ups.
Your base level of fitness is how prepared your body is for sustained longterm performance of a physical activity. Usually a moderatly paced endurance activity such as cycling or hiking over mountains.
It would seem you are confusing strength with fitness.
I'd like to see this so-called "strong man" do these air squats for a few hours equivalent to a century ride or a marathon run to see how he fares. Something tells me the results would be interesting.
Your base level of fitness is how prepared your body is for sustained longterm performance of a physical activity. Usually a moderatly paced endurance activity such as cycling or hiking over mountains.
It would seem you are confusing strength with fitness.
I'd like to see this so-called "strong man" do these air squats for a few hours equivalent to a century ride or a marathon run to see how he fares. Something tells me the results would be interesting.
Post the 2 numbers.
#13
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 5,272
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2387 Post(s)
Liked 2,834 Times
in
1,613 Posts
Likes For Trakhak:
#14
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 5,272
Mentioned: 14 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2387 Post(s)
Liked 2,834 Times
in
1,613 Posts
Eddy Merckx on the topic of strength training for racing cyclists:
"You don't need big muscles to steer a bicycle."
For the benefit of the OP: Eddy Merckx is a Belgian fellow who had a career as a racing cyclist. He raced both in "road" events, with a bicycle with "speed changers," as you might call them, and in "track" events, on a sort of single-speed bike that doesn't allow coasting.
"You don't need big muscles to steer a bicycle."
For the benefit of the OP: Eddy Merckx is a Belgian fellow who had a career as a racing cyclist. He raced both in "road" events, with a bicycle with "speed changers," as you might call them, and in "track" events, on a sort of single-speed bike that doesn't allow coasting.
Last edited by Trakhak; 08-23-21 at 09:56 AM.
Likes For Trakhak:
#15
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 8,020
Mentioned: 12 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4192 Post(s)
Liked 4,616 Times
in
2,852 Posts
1) Not many, maybe 5? When I used to do them regularly I could manage around 40-50 max. But I rarely do them now. Reminds me I should do a few more really!
2) No idea. I usually do normal squats in sets of 10, like 3 x 10 with a 30 sec pause between sets. Sometimes loaded with a small kettlebell. But I reckon I could do quite a lot if I tried.
3) I can ride 100 miles over mountainous terrain at tempo with a good few threshold efforts thrown in (I would bet good money that the guy in your video would not be a good endurance cyclist, simply because he's carrying far too much upper body bulk)
Fitness comes in all sorts of different flavours. Pro marathon runners are fit and so are pro heavyweight boxers and cross-fitters. But they all have very different strengths and weaknesses. Pro road racing cyclists have amazing aerobic fitness, endurance and powers of recovery. Totally off the charts at World Tour level.
2) No idea. I usually do normal squats in sets of 10, like 3 x 10 with a 30 sec pause between sets. Sometimes loaded with a small kettlebell. But I reckon I could do quite a lot if I tried.
3) I can ride 100 miles over mountainous terrain at tempo with a good few threshold efforts thrown in (I would bet good money that the guy in your video would not be a good endurance cyclist, simply because he's carrying far too much upper body bulk)
Fitness comes in all sorts of different flavours. Pro marathon runners are fit and so are pro heavyweight boxers and cross-fitters. But they all have very different strengths and weaknesses. Pro road racing cyclists have amazing aerobic fitness, endurance and powers of recovery. Totally off the charts at World Tour level.
#16
Newbie racer
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 3,406
Bikes: Propel, red is faster
Mentioned: 34 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1575 Post(s)
Liked 1,566 Times
in
973 Posts
YMMV for answers between true "roadies" and "trackies". Take a look at the recent 4km IP world record breaker, Lambie. Doesn't look very frail.
1. I did a little test just to see what I could do some months back of building up over a month. Just randomly dropping to do 10 or 20 random parts of the day. Then building up. After a month I think I remember doing 56 in one nonstop set.
2. Around same time, I did two weeks of cross training where I'd actually do some of those as part of a little circuit. I think I did about 70 once. Rest of set had just body weight lunges, one legged squat thingamabobs, calf raises, plank, etc.....
3. 2 hours lately, usually less.
If you need stuff like this for a survey, just tell folks what you're up to and what you need and people tend to participate pretty well. Then you don't have to worry about people asking or assuming why you posted a random question/video combo.
1. I did a little test just to see what I could do some months back of building up over a month. Just randomly dropping to do 10 or 20 random parts of the day. Then building up. After a month I think I remember doing 56 in one nonstop set.
2. Around same time, I did two weeks of cross training where I'd actually do some of those as part of a little circuit. I think I did about 70 once. Rest of set had just body weight lunges, one legged squat thingamabobs, calf raises, plank, etc.....
3. 2 hours lately, usually less.
If you need stuff like this for a survey, just tell folks what you're up to and what you need and people tend to participate pretty well. Then you don't have to worry about people asking or assuming why you posted a random question/video combo.
#17
Banned
Thread Starter
Why are people guessing at their number?
Why are people saying "no idea" ?
There is one obvious method to ascertain the answers with remarkable precision.
Did not realize it needed to be spelled out
Pretty please !
Why are people saying "no idea" ?
There is one obvious method to ascertain the answers with remarkable precision.
Did not realize it needed to be spelled out
Pretty please !
#18
Senior Member
If OP is averaging 5 minutes per ride, he's probably not even using a real bike = gym rat.
Likes For BlazingPedals:
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: northern Deep South
Posts: 8,826
Bikes: Fuji Touring, Novara Randonee
Mentioned: 36 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2568 Post(s)
Liked 1,889 Times
in
1,185 Posts
#20
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Phx, AZ
Posts: 2,105
Bikes: Trek Mtn Bike
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 280 Post(s)
Liked 2,590 Times
in
924 Posts
Maybe you'd have more luck in Training & Nutrition.
BTW: I always pause at the top. Perform the reps pretty slow too. I am doing some calisthenics nowadays. Say 15 min, 3 days/wk. No idea about max reps.
UR missing the all important pull ups. That's the one let's me escape the big dawgs! I can't do them nowadays. Just have to keep riding.
BTW: I always pause at the top. Perform the reps pretty slow too. I am doing some calisthenics nowadays. Say 15 min, 3 days/wk. No idea about max reps.
UR missing the all important pull ups. That's the one let's me escape the big dawgs! I can't do them nowadays. Just have to keep riding.
#21
Senior Member
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 8,741
Mentioned: 69 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3182 Post(s)
Liked 2,460 Times
in
1,489 Posts
Why is the dude in a gym without a shirt on? Talk about bad form! Also, why is he going so fast on the air squat? It's causing his form to break down and the knee to get out in front of his foot. Not good. Slow it down and concentrate on the form/technique. You also need to pause at the top of the pushup.
Last edited by seypat; 08-23-21 at 11:12 AM.
Likes For seypat:
#23
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 38,963
Mentioned: 210 Post(s)
Tagged: 1 Thread(s)
Quoted: 18269 Post(s)
Liked 15,185 Times
in
7,172 Posts
Likes For indyfabz:
#24
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 8,741
Mentioned: 69 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3182 Post(s)
Liked 2,460 Times
in
1,489 Posts
#25
Member
Push-ups - topped out at 80 a couple years ago. Could probably still get 60 without too much trouble
Squats - 60+, I guarantee I would break at the top for air or composure after that.
Cycling - Time constraints keep me to an average of 10-12 miles a day, with high intensity intervals thrown in. Which is nothing compared to some of you, but I’m only trying to better myself each week, not compete against everyone
Squats - 60+, I guarantee I would break at the top for air or composure after that.
Cycling - Time constraints keep me to an average of 10-12 miles a day, with high intensity intervals thrown in. Which is nothing compared to some of you, but I’m only trying to better myself each week, not compete against everyone