3600/year (10% difference-you sayin' you ride harder than I do? LOL) and some but very few junk miles. I do, however, make it a point to ride a short distance no-hands, and glide an occasional downhill as far as I can, like I did in, say 5th grade. I'm too old to pretend I'm Lance but still like to be Eddy sometimes.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 1:08 PM, PATRICK MOORE <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm surprised that 300 miles/month leaves you fatigued. Back when I was > closing in on 4K a year (commuting across town) I often felt fatigued, but > that was simply because I made every ride into a minor time trial. I've > since slowed down and don't feel as tired (not that I'm doing as much > riding, either). > Balance: I do pushups (>< 20-25 at a time) and have just started doing > situps and pullups again; pushups (military style) are easy but damn, it's > hard to get the belly and pullup muscles going again! And "exercise" is just > so damn' boring -- much more fun to do something useful like cutting wood > building cinderblock walls, if one had the opportunity. Odd society: we sit > on our arses 22/7 and then have to figure out ways to stay in shape. > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:43 AM, robert zeidler <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> That's the thing about riding. I've been doing about 300 miles per >> month, and damn! I'm tired!!! And it's not even that heavy a training >> load (not that I'm training per se) It only feels good when you stop >> for a while. I like weight training in the off season but only to >> maintain some semblance of real-world usefulness, like being able to >> move and lift something heavy (or push a heavy motorcycle around the >> garage). >> >> He's right....balance. >> >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:27 AM, muckum <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Balance Richard. It's about balance. >> > >> > On Nov 24, 7:51 pm, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Greetings. I used to ride bikes but stopped totally a few months back >> >> to exclusively devote my spare time to becoming immensely strong; squat >> >> deadlift bench and overhead. I think aerobic exercise was wearing me >> >> down. I >> >> am eating a lot and getting strong. >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
