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As an aside, as a younger person, say up to 60, I stood frequently on steep climbs. Now, I rarely stand, like never. I'm blaming it on weak arms and loss of muscle mass. Otherwise, I have no idea.
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One thing I did not like about my recent tour was how early it got dark. I had never been out on the road for an extended period of time that late in September. On relatively late finish days I had to hurry to avoid cooking in the dark, which did happen a couple of times. Out in the NW during the second half of June is much nicer. If you are pitching your tent and cooking in the dark something probably went wrong.
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At least he doesn't do nested quotes. Please don't go there Velo Vol !
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I can certainly understand that - I felt fine once I got in to the rhythm, but definitely felt it in arms/upper body towards the end of the day.
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While mousing over your Strava profile, there are some double digit climbs which would probably mean middle teens on a couple at some points. Tough ride.
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Day three of the plank challenge. 30 seconds.
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I rode with him in Boston about 10 years ago when we made a side trip up there. I don't know if he is still active on BF or not.
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Ha - time-honored climbing advice!
I have noticed a bit of upper body muscle mass loss in the last handful of years. The last couple of years, I've been considering some weight work over the winter... I think that I'm actually going to do it this winter.
Maybe.
I have noticed a bit of upper body muscle mass loss in the last handful of years. The last couple of years, I've been considering some weight work over the winter... I think that I'm actually going to do it this winter.
Maybe.
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I know - it's counter intuitive. I think strength training has done a ton to help my cycling (though there are plenty of people who poo poo it). I do upper body+core 1x weekly with a personal trainer, lower body+core 1x weekly with the same, push-ups / pull ups 2x and core work 3x a week on top of running / cycling - I'm faster and stronger than when I was 10 lbs lighter.
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I know - it's counter intuitive. I think strength training has done a ton to help my cycling (though there are plenty of people who poo poo it). I do upper body+core 1x weekly with a personal trainer, lower body+core 1x weekly with the same, push-ups / pull ups 2x and core work 3x a week on top of running / cycling - I'm faster and stronger than when I was 10 lbs lighter.
I think that a lot (vast majority?) of people that worry about putting on too much mass via weights just haven't lifted before - it's not something that you "oops" your way in to, unless maybe you're crazy genetically gifted. I think that I could increase upper body strength without adding more than a 3-5 pounds of muscle and still get to a target weight of 170 next spring.
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I used all available gear combinations on yesterday's ride.
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Hmm. He was a fairly frequent contributor. I hope he is ok.
edit: Last Activity: 09-23-21 11:02 AM, so he is/was presumably active within the past 2 weeks.
edit: Last Activity: 09-23-21 11:02 AM, so he is/was presumably active within the past 2 weeks.
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So there is a cycling guy I ride with occasonally and he was on the Savage Century. A few of us were talking gearing, so I asked him what his bailout gear was.
His answer: "I don't know."
I asked what his small chainring up front was. Again, he had no idea.
Is that normal?!?
His answer: "I don't know."
I asked what his small chainring up front was. Again, he had no idea.
Is that normal?!?
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I know - it's counter intuitive. I think strength training has done a ton to help my cycling (though there are plenty of people who poo poo it). I do upper body+core 1x weekly with a personal trainer, lower body+core 1x weekly with the same, push-ups / pull ups 2x and core work 3x a week on top of running / cycling - I'm faster and stronger than when I was 10 lbs lighter.
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The oldest guy in the club had an 11-23t yesterday, even worse than my 12-25t. I was ahead of him on the climbs, so I don't know if he was able to sit much or if he, too, stood most of the time, but I was impressed. I mean, he looked rough at the regroups, but he battled and ground up 'em.
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Starting about a year and a half ago, I made an effort to work on climbing out of the saddle more. I used to run out of gas after about 10 pedal strokes, so I focused on going for longer, and between that and losing 30#, it has helped a lot.
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The co-organizer of Saturday's monthly C&V ride, SwimmerMike, was riding with a straight block, 14-19, and of course, the usual 52/42 front. At one point we were heading into a steep pitch and he said, "And I'm already in my bailout gear!" But, you know, when your bailout gear is 42x19, you spend a LOT more time in it.
I will say that, although I had the 25, I don't think that I used the 34/25 much, if at all. As previously stated, I needed to stand and, once standing, 34/25 was annoyingly low, so I'd go to the 23 or 21.