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As of this morning 5'10 - 63.7kg
Good work fella.
Went out for a good ride this morning. I definitely need to do more hills, as much as I hate them! I'm hoping to do a 100 mile sportive at the end of September which has double the elevation climbed than the route this morning...
https://www.strava.com/activities/168278641
https://www.strava.com/activities/168278641
Wouldn't fancy climbing some of these hills with 84kgs!
No pain no gain! Fortunately is mostly muscle. I'm about 13% bodyfat and slowly lowering it. I will say though that since I've tried the high cadence technique on the hills, my climbing speeds have definitely improved.
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It's a 2.5kg increase in two weeks. I'd love to get below 65kg.
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5'11'' and 71-72 kg. Was about 75-76 kg about a two months ago.
Went out for about 55 km today, up and down some local bumps. ~700 m elevation so is fairly respectable. First time scouting the routes so I have no doubt that I will be faster next time I do them!
http://app.strava.com/activities/168406955
Went out for about 55 km today, up and down some local bumps. ~700 m elevation so is fairly respectable. First time scouting the routes so I have no doubt that I will be faster next time I do them!
http://app.strava.com/activities/168406955
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Some of you may remember that the other week I came off and posted a link to my graze, well this morning, on the way back from the club run, decided I'd like to kiss the ground again, managed to cut my hands up, land on my shoulder which is now bruised and grazed, as well as cut up the exact same hole I had from the other week.
Wanted to get the Gran Fondo finished for the month as today was my only chance really, so rode another 13km after the accident to get enough miles in.
Strong club ride today, had a couple of days off, so felt really strong, a fairly flat route, and had done about 25 miles before starting, but was at the front on most climbs, and certainly up in the red for large chunks of the ride, enjoyed it apart from the falling off bit.
http://www.strava.com/activities/168376339
Yes, held on much stronger than that, really requires some effortto get it moving.
Wanted to get the Gran Fondo finished for the month as today was my only chance really, so rode another 13km after the accident to get enough miles in.
Strong club ride today, had a couple of days off, so felt really strong, a fairly flat route, and had done about 25 miles before starting, but was at the front on most climbs, and certainly up in the red for large chunks of the ride, enjoyed it apart from the falling off bit.
http://www.strava.com/activities/168376339
Yes, held on much stronger than that, really requires some effortto get it moving.
5'9 here and 76kg.. I guess it does make climbing harder but I wonder by how much
Science in action. Kind of
interesting.. so I'd need less power to go the same speed if say I was 10kg lighter..
it's cheaper to lose body weight than to buy a new bike to save a kilo-ish.. I can tell a massive difference between my old(10.5kg bike) and my new 8.5kg bike though!
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Ive put on a kilo since moving to France.
Le pain, le vin, le fromage, le saucisson et le cassoulet; I just can't resist the food and drink over there. The 80 bottles of wine I've brought back from this trip are a testament to that.
interesting.. so I'd need less power to go the same speed if say I was 10kg lighter..
it's cheaper to lose body weight than to buy a new bike to save a kilo-ish.. I can tell a massive difference between my old(10.5kg bike) and my new 8.5kg bike though!
Or in layman's terms, you will go up the hill faster if you have a good dump before you start
interesting.. so I'd need less power to go the same speed if say I was 10kg lighter..
it's cheaper to lose body weight than to buy a new bike to save a kilo-ish.. I can tell a massive difference between my old(10.5kg bike) and my new 8.5kg bike though!
bbc has a good article on why climbers are skinny
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28363129
"As soon as the gradient starts to increase, about 5% or more, then mavity becomes the greatest force acting, so muscle becomes a hindrance," says Kirkland. Muscle is heavy and although you may be able to produce more absolute power with a bigger muscle the resistance force of mavity outweighs this.
"We would be looking at a balance between power and weight and we call this the power-to-weight ratio. A typical climber on a major climb would be producing round about six watts per kilo of body mass," says Kirkland. "As that body mass increases you see that they're not able to sustain such a high power-to-weight ratio."
When he looked at last year's results for one of the race's most famous climbs, the Alpe D'Huez, he found that a difference of three kilos could make a difference of up to two-and-a-half minutes over the 14km of the ascent.
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