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Been on holiday over the weekend so no chance for cycling. However I did have my first go on an exercise bike. It did random difficulty every 10 seconds. I found it hard work at first as effectively there's no down hill constant pedalling, when cycling on the road there's always bits of freewheeling. First 10 minutes were hard but was ok after 20 minutes but was glad when the half hour was up, quite a workout.
I have to adjust my strategy for bike camping after this weekend. Rain started at five in the morning just as my aching neck woke me up for the nth time. I was able to get everything packed and dry other than the tent's rain-fly, but my plan of wearing fast drying rather than water repellent clothes doesn't work so well when it rains the entire morning. Forty miles later I got home, wiped off the bike, spent nearly an hour in the shower (with warm water) and slept for most of the afternoon.
Before my next trip I need a big waterproof bag to replace the garbage bags I normally carry, some proper rain gear and a larger pillow. The little alcohol stove is great for tea and anything else that needs boiling, and the tent I rented is far better and more practical than anything I used fifteen years ago.
Plus, this morning on my way to work the bike felt positively athletic without the extra thirty or so pounds of weight. Having a 20 mph tail wind didn't hurt, either.
That's what I suspected. I guess I've screwed myself a few times on calorie counts, not that it really concerns me. I would think that a fitness app should be able to shift on the fly though... makes life a lot easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
When ever I'm bothered bout calorie consumption I strap on the bluetooth heart rate band. With Sportstracker measuring me, I've done stuff like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11791273/hr.jpg
The engineer in me like datapoints. ;)
I may eventually look into one of the monitors. In my case I have difficulty getting my heart rate up, which may lead to having to adjust diet more to lose weight usually. I did a heart test and maxed out the treadmill, they had to inject me to get my heart rate up high enough to take the test.
It's next to impossible to really track all activity, which would be the best way to figure out what levels maintain weight, allow you to gain, lose, etc.
Not done anything this week as I fell over tennising on Sunday morning and badly grazed my arm and leg :s Hopefully will be healed for the weekend as it's looking dry and slightly warmer :bounce:
I never would have thought I'd get a worse injury from tennis than mountain biking :s
Injured playing tennis?Quote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
Whatever you say Juan Pablo.... errr... ok J4MIE! :D
In all seriousness, it can happen to any of us. I tend to get messed up doing safe stuff, and go through the stupid unsafe stuff without a mark on me.
I remember that :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
Started feeling ill last Thursday and I still feel ill now. Went out for a ride on Tuesday but had to cut it short as I was feeling horrid. I just hope I'm better for the weekend as the weather is nice and I want to go for a long ride!
I've been a bit lazy the last couple of days. I put in about 60 miles over the weekend, but then lost motivation to even take a short ride on Monday or today. Hopefully get back on the bike and get some miles in before the end of the week.