Mountain Biking - New here + a seat question

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nzer
10-12-03, 10:13 PM
Hi,

Well basically I'm getting back into MTBing. I broke my shoulder last year on the most stupid jump and have got fat/unfit :( over the months.

SO , I have my bike on a windtrainer set up here and i'm just trying to build up a basic fitness and burn off some fat before. Summer is just about here so i'll be able to hit the roads and eventually the tracks again.

Question is: ... My uhh genitalia area is getting damn numb after about 1 hour on the bike. Now i never used to get this. I'm not sure if its cause the bike is on an angle and i should put something under the front wheel or if its because i'm just damn heavy now. I'm also saddle sore again which is something I ain't felt in years.. anyway to make it go away.. please! hah

Cheers for any help.

Kev
10-12-03, 10:25 PM
Both the saddle sore nad numb genitalia could be to the angle being from being in a trainer. Atleast that is first thing to fix, you can pickup a wheel raiser thing at most LBS or just use a phone book :) When you are at such angle, the pressure on different body parts is not like it is if you are level on the bike. Also not being able to ride for a few months you will be sore at first no way around it.
nzer
10-12-03, 10:48 PM
cheers for the reply.

I'll pop a book under there tommorow and we'll see how it goes then.

Any advise on how I should be training?

I'm basically doing 10 mins of warm up.. strech, press ups some situps and then 40 mins medium workout.

BAC5.2
10-13-03, 01:40 AM
Get rid of saddle sore? Stand up more ;). Crank out of the saddle a few minutes every 10.
a2psyklnut
10-13-03, 06:55 AM
If interested, Lance Armstrong and his Coach/Trainer Chris Carmichael wrote a book called Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride. Although ROADIE based, it's a great workout to get back into cycling. The program is based around a heart rate monitor training program, and the rides are actually easy to do. I find myself having to slow down to stay in my proper HR zone. The hardest part is riding 6 days a week. For example, today's ride is only 30 mins., tomarrow's is 45 min, the next day is one hour, then back to 45 mins, then a rest day.

It's worth taking a look at and an easy program to follow without getting "burned out".

L8R
nzer
10-13-03, 02:30 PM
I'll have a look for that book sounds quite good. No prob with the 6 days a week thing.

Thanks for all the help everyone.