I'm Not Training; I'm Exercising
08-08-22, 04:08 PM
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I know what you mean. If you have a specific goal, then I understand working to numbers. If you need to lower cholesterol, lose weight, increase muscle mass, etc. If you weight is good and your cholesterol and other numbers are OK with your dr, then have fun. Why not?
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08-10-22, 12:16 PM
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I do consider many of my rides “training” to get faster, but they’re still fun!
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08-23-22, 07:58 PM
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I'm out there for the exercise/cardio as well and it lets me mentally unwind. I live in a very hill portion of Austin,TX where the hill country starts and there are some serious hills (for me) so I get interval training by default. More often than not I pick a ride that requires me to go tackle a good steep hill that really gets my heart going and then I'll ride around on smaller rolling hills the remainder of the time. I lost a lot of weight riding and eating better in 2011 and since it has all come back, riding and eating went backwards on me. Bought a new bike last month and I'm loving it. I use Cyclemeter and Strava and it is lots of fun trying to beat my last time on various segments or full rides.
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