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| Fitness | Join in the fun; The Calorie-Count Cycling Club... | Oct 18 2007 14:49 (UTC) |
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Awesome job Dan, well done.. That is a long time on a bike, but congrats on your achievement.. To answer gmule's question, if you take the conservative figure of 800 calories an hour then Dan burnt 464,000 calories.. Or in a denomination we all understand: 828 Big Macs. |
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| Fitness | Join in the fun; The Calorie-Count Cycling Club... | Oct 11 2007 02:28 (UTC) |
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mlbtracy, probably the best way to lose weight on a bike is by doing long endurance rides, you can burn sufficient calories during those rides to drop weight fairly quickly.. 5 pounds a day?? WOW, i can't even imagine how one would do that. He must have been riding for half the day. With climbing and getting out of the saddle a good way for you to practice that would be on a flat run, put both pedals level and stand up, once you're comfortable with that, start to move forward over the handlebars a bit until your shoulders are in line with the axle of the front tyre. Once you're really comfortable with standing up and the pedels are level, try pedalling and standing. No need to push it all during one session, just a little evertime you ride, pretty soon you'll have that bike dancing under you whilst you power up those hills. Another tip for hills is to try to keep the cadence up, spin those legs, i know it hurts, but, it's what we do it for no?? Seriously though, once you get comfortable pedalling out of the saddle it will be easier. For big hills i generally mix it up so i'll do 20 pedal strokes standing then 20 sitting and watch my breathing. |
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| Fitness | Join in the fun; The Calorie-Count Cycling Club... | Oct 10 2007 03:58 (UTC) |
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Hi Dan Hitting the trails is a heap of fun and benefits the road riding skills immensely, you tend to be a little more 'relaxed' when the road bike gets a little unstable, broken bones and broken bikes is definately the norm with mountain biking. Those miles are amazing, 10,000 miles.. WOW. Velodromes are FUN, you have to check one out, you're practically riding vertical around the corners, you can feel the G forces pushing you into the seat. The great thing about them is that you can focus on your pedal stroke and just go as hard as you can till you're spent. I am posting my riding on my journal, i'll try to post every ride up there so you guys in the northern hemisphere can stay motivated through winter.. :P I have a few charity events coming up, the first is a 50km ride through Sydney for MS. You get to ride over the harbour bridge, and through the city, it's a great day, i'll probably dress up for it, here's a link if you want to check it out: Early November I have another ride for MS, it's a 90km ride from Sydney to wollongong, here's the link: It's for a very worthy cause and you can sponser me here: Thanks again for the welcome. |
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| Weight Loss | Activity Level and logging exercise? Confused... | Oct 09 2007 03:52 (UTC) |
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| I set it to sedentary and log all my activities, that way I allow for my rest days when I truly am sedentary.. | |||
| Fitness | Join in the fun; The Calorie-Count Cycling Club... | Oct 09 2007 01:11 (UTC) |
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Hey all.. Very cool group, count me in.. I'm Max from Sydney, Australia. I'm back on the bike after a very long hiatus... Too long.. Back to pounding out the k's and racing, i'm building for next year and only have a few long charity rides and a couple of 'friendly' races to gauge progress this year. My work and family commitments mean that most of my riding is done at nights, the christmas tree riding the streets of Sydney late at nights is me, no matter how many lights i strap on i still seem to get ridden off regularly. I have a velodrome 10k's from my place which i ride to once a week to practice my sprints. I have a Trek 5200 carbon beast for the road, very light but extremely stiff, purchased it specifically as the training bike to hone the legs back into race form. Salivating over the 08 Nago's, anyone happy to donate an Extreme Power to my cause?? I will happily tattoo your business name on my back and ride naked. I have a Norco Fluid 3 full suspension mountain bike that i love riding around the national parks with my friends early sunday mornings.
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| Weight Loss | what will YOU eat tomorrow?? | Oct 08 2007 10:37 (UTC) |
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Breakfast: Lunch: Early Dinner: 2 hours at the velodrome Midnight snack: |
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| Weight Loss | Loosing my Breasts | Oct 05 2007 20:33 (UTC) |
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YAY for small perky boobs.. YAY for big boobs.. YAY for boobs.. |
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| Fitness | How Riding a Bike is Like Getting a Tattoo | Oct 05 2007 08:39 (UTC) |
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Riding a bike is the single most addictive yet painful thing i have ever done, including tatts.. If you're lucky enough to have a velodrome nearby then you can experience pain at a level you will never experience again.. You'll also experience calorie burn like you've never experienced in your life. I try to get out there twice a week, you can burn between 2000 - 3000 calories a night. Then go home and eat the cupboards bare..  |
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| Motivation | What song is your movitvator? | Oct 04 2007 09:05 (UTC) |
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For cycling I tend to have most songs around the 80 - 100 bpm range, there's a dozen or so songs with 130+ bpm. I select shuffle so I don't know when the faster songs are coming and pedal to the beat, Currently listening to Airbourne, Foo Fighters, The Butterfly Effect and anything else with a bit of bite. |
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