On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:47:56 -0400, "psycholist" <[email hidden]>
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"Badger_South" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Well it's been 200 days of continuous riding since I re-
started biking after many years layoff, and in the last
two weeks I've felt definite changes.
Rather than feeling like I'm getting the propulsive
energy from my quads, often it feels like I'm getting it
from sacral area, and where the body hinges, in aero-
position. (weird, huh?) In fact this happened a couple
days
Quoted message said:a go to such a degree that I rode my course twice just to
continue to experience it. It's a good feeling and you
really don't get tired.
-B
I'm not sure what the sacral area is ... and I'm not sure I
want to know. But a racing friend of mine told me several
years ago that a good spin starts from the hip. He used the
analogy of one of those old locomotives where there was a
big driving wheel and the smaller wheels were turned by
rods connected to the bigger wheel. Well the big wheel is
the hip. Obviously, the rods are the femur and lower leg.
The smaller wheel is the crank. (duh)
Once I got my mind around it and experienced the feeling
like that was happening, it helped get me to a whole new
level in a big hurry. It especially helps when you're
really starting to hurt, like trying to keep up with a
faster pack or when climbing a big hill, to remind yourself
to spin from the hip. It puts things back together.
Bob C.
Yeah, that's it. When I said 'sacral' I picked that b/c
it's in the
middle/center/back of the hip. If you just say "hip", ppl
might think of the lateral hip. This is coming from
the center of the hip, but in the back. Spin from the
hip is exactly what I meant.
I've been consciously 'spinning from the hip' b/c my left
hip has an injury and it 'tweaks' and can feel week in the
left leg at each revolution. But if I work and stretch, I
can get it not to hurt, sometimes. (I think it's a touch of
sciatica or a nerve impingment).
So just like one tries to think 'left, left' to bring the
non-dominate leg up to the right or dominate leg and share
the effort equally, I think '(left) hip, (left) hip'.
Well, it's good to know that it's a bit more than
psychological. And, it is a cool way to use less energy, or
get more energy, etc.
-B
