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Climbing is hard
Jeez,
I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). Is this detrimental to my climbing ability? What do you think? Surley the muscle on the upper body must help to some extent. Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! What am I doing wrong? I can sprint as well as almost anyone yet I keep being dropped on hills. My rest pulse is 39 and my max is 187 and I am 38 years old. I can easily hit my HR max on long hills that are not that steep and I am getting dropped. This is quite embarrasing for me and I need to sort the problem out. I feel I need to lose some weight. I reckon with tis problem sorted I could be a really fast rider. Any opinions guys or help? Thanks. Bob |
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Bob the Builder wrote:
Any opinions guys or help? Thanks. At 16.5 stone you'll never be a great climber no matter how strong you are. It's physics, innit. How you'd lose weight I don't know, as you say you're already fit. Is it possible to somehow lose muscle mass? |
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On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:15:07 -0000, "Bob the Builder"
wrote: I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). Is this detrimental to my climbing ability? What do you think? Surley the muscle on the upper body must help to some extent. Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! They weigh several stones less than you. Me too in fact, I'm a similar build to you. Actually, wondering about your performance as compared to that of armstrong and ullrich is only going to lead to confusion and disappointment all round, best not think about them. Weight is a critical factor when it comes to climbing, heaving the extra mass upwards adds a great deal of work to the equation, and the extra bulk in the upper body doesn't really help very much in that situation. Being small and lean gives a great headstart when you have a mountain to get up. Sprinting as you have noticed is a very different kettle of fish. What am I doing wrong? I can sprint as well as almost anyone yet I keep being dropped on hills. My rest pulse is 39 and my max is 187 and I am 38 years old. I can easily hit my HR max on long hills that are not that steep and I am getting dropped. This is quite embarrasing for me and I need to sort the problem out. I feel I need to lose some weight. I reckon with tis problem sorted I could be a really fast rider. Losing weight will make you faster up hills for sure, and so will climbing more hills. Practice makes perfect. Incidently, you say you can "easily hit" your max heart rate on long hills, that suggests to me than that your max HR is higher than you believe. By definition reaching that max is a difficult and very painful thing to do, particularly on a bike I understand. -- Call me "Bob" "More oneness, less categories, Open hearts, no strategies" Email address is spam trapped, to reply directly remove the beverage. |
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"Bob the Builder" wrote in message
... What am I doing wrong? I can sprint as well as almost anyone yet I keep being dropped on hills. My rest pulse is 39 and my max is 187 and I am 38 years old. I can easily hit my HR max on long hills that are not that steep and I am getting dropped. This is quite embarrasing for me and I need to sort the problem out. I feel I need to lose some weight. I reckon with tis problem sorted I could be a really fast rider. Is it a problem? If you want to be a great climbing cyclist, then yes, you've probably got too much weight - probably several stone too much. However you could look at something else, eg track, where your strength will be more of an advantage (track riders have more upper body strength than climbers), and just accept you're not going to be totally wonderful up hills. Depends how much you want to sacrifice to your cycling. cheers, clive |
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Bob the Builder wrote:
Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! If you read his book Armstrong was not a very good climber but the medical treatment he underwent changed significantly his body shape and with it his ability. So unless you are planning something radical, you may just have to accept it. Tony |
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On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:15:07 -0000, Bob the Builder wrote:
Jeez, I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). Is this detrimental to my climbing ability? What do you think? Surley the muscle on the upper body must help to some extent. Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! What am I doing wrong? I can sprint as well as almost anyone yet I keep being dropped on hills. My rest pulse is 39 and my max is 187 and I am 38 years old. I can easily hit my HR max on long hills that are not that steep and I am getting dropped. This is quite embarrasing for me and I need to sort the problem out. I feel I need to lose some weight. I reckon with tis problem sorted I could be a really fast rider. Any opinions guys or help? Thanks. Bob Why do you think the upper body muscle will help? For reference, I think Lance is about 5ft 10 inches and weighs about 11st 4lbs when racing. This looks like a helpful link: http://www.insidetri.com/train/tips/...es/1639.0.html -- Michael MacClancy |
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Bob the Builder wrote:
Jeez, I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). Is this detrimental to my climbing ability? What do you think? Surley the muscle on the upper body must help to some extent. Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! What am I doing wrong? I can sprint as well as almost anyone yet I keep being dropped on hills. My rest pulse is 39 and my max is 187 and I am 38 years old. I can easily hit my HR max on long hills that are not that steep and I am getting dropped. This is quite embarrasing for me and I need to sort the problem out. I feel I need to lose some weight. I reckon with tis problem sorted I could be a really fast rider. Any opinions guys or help? Thanks. Bob I am 39, six feet two inches tall and weight 11 stones 3 pounds. Since I lost four stones I can climb much better and faster than I used to be able to and faster than some of the younger riders with whom I ride. My waist is about 32". Upper body muscle is not useful for climbing, its just weight to be carted around. Lose some weight and practice rding the hills. Running might be the problem, you need cycling muscles for cycling not running, I bet Lance Armstrong doesn't run very far when he's in training. |
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Bob the Builder wrote: Jeez, I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). Is this detrimental to my climbing ability? What do you think? Surley the muscle on the upper body must help to some extent. Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! What am I doing wrong? I can sprint as well as almost anyone yet I keep being dropped on hills. My rest pulse is 39 and my max is 187 and I am 38 years old. I can easily hit my HR max on long hills that are not that steep and I am getting dropped. This is quite embarrasing for me and I need to sort the problem out. I feel I need to lose some weight. I reckon with tis problem sorted I could be a really fast rider. Any opinions guys or help? Thanks. Bob I am 39, six feet two inches tall and weight 11 stones 3 pounds. Since I lost four stones I can climb much better and faster than I used to be able to and faster than some of the younger riders with whom I ride. My waist is about 32". Upper body muscle is not useful for climbing, its just weight to be carted around. Lose some weight and practice rding the hills. Running might be the problem, you need cycling muscles for cycling not running, I bet Lance Armstrong doesn't run very far when he's in training. |
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in message , Bob the Builder
') wrote: Jeez, I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). Is this detrimental to my climbing ability? What do you think? Surley the muscle on the upper body must help to some extent. Certainly Lance and Ullrich do not look wimps on the upper body and they can climg brill !! Lance has relatively little upper body development. Most of the really good hillclimbers I know are built like whippets. Upper body weight really does not help you on climbs. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Copyright (c) Simon Brooke; All rights reserved. Permission is granted to transfer this message via UUCP or NNTP and to store it for the purpose of archiving or further transfer. Permission is explicitly denied to use this message as part of a 'Web Forum', or to transfer it by HTTP. |
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in message .com,
MSeries ') wrote: Bob the Builder wrote: Jeez, I cannot belive how hard this climbing lark is!!! I consider myself quite fit - though quite heavy with it. I can do five mile runs in 36 minutes so I am no lard arse. I'd say I have the build of someone like the javelin thrower Steve Backley with a lot of upper body muscle and some flab (35 - 36 inch waist and sixteen and a half stone and six feet two). I am 39, six feet two inches tall and weight 11 stones 3 pounds. Git. Simon (49, six foot two, thirteen stone and trying hard to lose some). -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ .::;===r==\ / /___||___\____ //==\- ||- | /__\( MS Windows IS an operating environment. //____\__||___|_// \|: C++ IS an object oriented programming language. \__/ ~~~~~~~~~ \__/ Citroen 2cv6 IS a four door family saloon. |
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