My trainer said the same thing last night....."Wait til you start seeing results....you will be happy." She said she is going to make me a "hot" woman. She said this in front of my 26 year old daughter who thinks I am going there so I do not get a heart attack and die. I don't think my daughter wants to think of her mother as "hot". I know I never thought of my mother in that way. But Moms in the 50's and early 60's wore aprons and stayed home alot. If I put an apron on, my kids would fall over in a dead faint. I will try all this muscle toning madness and see where it leads. Can't hurt I guess. Well maybe it can. ;-) Maybe the upper body strength will help. Maggie
I do 5 minutes three times a week with weights for upper body strength. I started just on the principle that building muscles is good for diabetes. When I started biking I decided it was good for balance in my shoulder muscles--if you use your muscles only one way you can have joint problems. I've increased the weight but five minutes is as much as I have the patience for.
I don't do boring exercise--that is why I ride a bike (and I don't like social exercise, so don't do gyms). Except now I've started swimming with a masters swim club--the idea of doing a sprint triathlon has inspired me to get into what I used to think was the most boring exercise of all: swimming in a pool. I find I'm not bored; I'm too busy struggling to remember all the things I'm supposed to do. It requires real coordination, which I'm not sure I can manage.
I've lost 55 lbs. in a little over a year and I do credit muscle-building exercise for my not being saggy.
Did she use my goal of riding 25 miles to convince me to use the weights
Yes. People who hang around gyms are obsessive in an unhealthy, narcissistic way (unlike us!), and should be avoided, especially if it's in their financial self-interest to keep you coming back.
"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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Mike Latondresse wrote: :: "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in :: news:[email hidden]: :: ::: You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills. ::: Upper body. :: :: Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my :: hands near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much :: as I can.
Do it agressively on a short hill 🙂 Or, acelerate away from a chasing bow-wow.
I do what you do on a long extended (for me) climb.
I started out with riding a bike for fun, ended up in a gym taking spin classes and now I am on weight training equipment working all the muscles in my body.
Don't let anyone turn a fun activity into work. Better to ride less and enjoy it then make a job out of it and have no fun.
I'm pretty sure you could do the 25 mile ride today, because when you're riding with a big group, you just keep riding. It's not going to be anywhere near as difficult as you think it is.
"Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Maggie said:
I started out with riding a bike for fun, ended up in a gym taking spin classes and now I am on weight training equipment working all the muscles in my body.
Don't let anyone turn a fun activity into work. Better to ride less and enjoy it then make a job out of it and have no fun.
I'm pretty sure you could do the 25 mile ride today, because when you're riding with a big group, you just keep riding. It's not going to be anywhere near as difficult as you think it is.
Rich
I agree. Maggie shouldn't have any problems with the 25 miles. In fact, she'll probably be ready for a century with all this exercise 🙂
I work with a lot of non-biking people and they can't believe someone can ride their bike for 40-50 miles and live to tell about it. Those miles go by quickly when you're talking with your friends and enjoying the scenery.
I started out with riding a bike for fun, ended up in a gym taking spin classes and now I am on weight training equipment
working
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all the muscles in my body.
Don't let anyone turn a fun activity into work. Better to ride less
and
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enjoy it then make a job out of it and have no fun.
I'm pretty sure you could do the 25 mile ride today, because when
you're
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riding with a big group, you just keep riding. It's not going to be anywhere near as difficult as you think it is.
Rich
I was back in the gym last night. And I actually DID have fun. I have a piece of paper that I carry around which tells me which machine to go to and how many reps to do so I see results. Some of the machines are so complicated. It takes a while to figure out how to get into them. I love that ab cruncher. I may be able to ride 25 miles but I can't prove it to myself right now. All it does is rain in Jersey. The weather has been horrible. Sounds like a hurricane this morning. I guess that is why the gym is packed every night. I watched a kickboxing class last night and I was amazed. I KNOW I am not ready for that one. The guy who teaches the class is young and very much in shape. He is relentless with his kicks and punches and the class is non stop. I imagine you must work out every muscle in your body when you take a kickboxing class. I am thinking about taking the pilates or yoga classes. Maybe the free weight class. All I know is, I owe this to a bicycle. What started out to be a fun thing to do seems to have changed my life in the area of exercise in general. I'm even eating heathier foods and I feel less stressed. Hopefully the weather will improve eventually and I can go outside and prove to myself how far I can ride. I can't ride in bad weather like some of you do. I do not have enough outdoor riding experience and I really don't want to break any bones. I am beginning to feel confident that when May arrives, I will be able to ride 25 miles. I am going back to Lake Tahoe in May and the slopes will still be open. I may even be in shape this time to actually ski. I am starting to believe that once you get in shape, nothing is off limits. I may just play volleyball this summer on the beach and not wish to die like I did last summer. That would be so Sweeeeeet! Through wanting to ride my bike again, I am bringing myself back to good health and stamina. I guess its never too late. Maggie.
I started out with riding a bike for fun, ended up in a gym taking spin classes and now I am on weight training equipment
working
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
all the muscles in my body.
Don't let anyone turn a fun activity into work. Better to ride less
and
Quoted message said:
enjoy it then make a job out of it and have no fun.
I'm pretty sure you could do the 25 mile ride today, because when
you're
Quoted message said:
riding with a big group, you just keep riding. It's not going to be anywhere near as difficult as you think it is.
Rich
I was back in the gym last night. And I actually DID have fun. I have a piece of paper that I carry around which tells me which machine to go to and how many reps to do so I see results. Some of the machines are so complicated. It takes a while to figure out how to get into them. I love that ab cruncher. I may be able to ride 25 miles but I can't prove it to myself right now. All it does is rain in Jersey. The weather has been horrible. Sounds like a hurricane this morning. I guess that is why the gym is packed every night. I watched a kickboxing class last night and I was amazed. I KNOW I am not ready for that one. The guy who teaches the class is young and very much in shape. He is relentless with his kicks and punches and the class is non stop. I imagine you must work out every muscle in your body when you take a kickboxing class. I am thinking about taking the pilates or yoga classes. Maybe the free weight class. All I know is, I owe this to a bicycle. What started out to be a fun thing to do seems to have changed my life in the area of exercise in general. I'm even eating heathier foods and I feel less stressed. Hopefully the weather will improve eventually and I can go outside and prove to myself how far I can ride. I can't ride in bad weather like some of you do. I do not have enough outdoor riding experience and I really don't want to break any bones. I am beginning to feel confident that when May arrives, I will be able to ride 25 miles. I am going back to Lake Tahoe in May and the slopes will still be open. I may even be in shape this time to actually ski. I am starting to believe that once you get in shape, nothing is off limits. I may just play volleyball this summer on the beach and not wish to die like I did last summer. That would be so Sweeeeeet! Through wanting to ride my bike again, I am bringing myself back to good health and stamina. I guess its never too late. Maggie.[/QUOTE] Maggie,
If you continue to train like you are the rest of the winter your 25 mile ride will be like a walk in the park.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:12:38 GMT, Mike Latondresse
mikelat@no_spam_shaw.ca said:
"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
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You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills. Upper body.
Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my hands near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much as I can.
Thanks for the tip - I've been doing this in the flats, trying to be light on the bike, and light on the handlebars, especially - more aerodynamic. Thought I'd try it on the hills and had a really great ride just now, hitting one of the steeper, longer hills I hadn't tried before in my neighborhood - went up it like a rocket, too. Cool! This is how I remember when riding as a kid in college. Thx for reminding me. ;-)
Mike Latondresse wrote: || "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in || news:[email hidden]: || ||| Mike Latondresse wrote: ||||| "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in ||||| news:[email hidden]: ||||| |||||| You need to pull against the handlebars as you climb hills. |||||| Upper body. ||||| ||||| Gee I don't pull on the bars climbing hills. I sit and put my ||||| hands near the stem and try and relax my upper body/arms as much ||||| as I can. ||| ||| Do it agressively on a short hill 🙂 Or, acelerate away from a ||| chasing bow-wow. ||| ||| I do what you do on a long extended (for me) climb. ||| || These are the kind of hills I mean || http://members.shaw.ca/mikelat/My%20Web%20Page/
Yes....I'd be going it exactly as you describe....and I'd still probably die 🙂
