Cycling body vs. "real world" body
03-02-15, 08:34 PM
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[QUOTE=bruce19;17563720]Here's my rule....when cycling, if your body fat % is in double digits you are obese and should sell your bike and all your gear. 
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I'm 64 years old, 5' 11" and about 235lbs. Surely double digit body fat %. In the past 6 years I've done the Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) 4 times, RAGBRAI twice and the Erie Canal tour once. One of those years I did BRAG and RAGBRAI two weeks apart. I also lead a weekly club ride. I'll never have a cyclist's body but I am a cyclist.
You are entitled to your opinion but absolutely dispute your theory.
[/QUOTEI'm 64 years old, 5' 11" and about 235lbs. Surely double digit body fat %. In the past 6 years I've done the Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) 4 times, RAGBRAI twice and the Erie Canal tour once. One of those years I did BRAG and RAGBRAI two weeks apart. I also lead a weekly club ride. I'll never have a cyclist's body but I am a cyclist.
You are entitled to your opinion but absolutely dispute your theory.
03-02-15, 08:39 PM
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[QUOTE=MAK;17598354]
It was a joke. Sarcasm based on the cyclist's perception of the "ideal" body as opposed to the "normal" view of body type. You missed the smiley?
Here's my rule....when cycling, if your body fat % is in double digits you are obese and should sell your bike and all your gear. [/QUOTE
I'm 64 years old, 5' 11" and about 235lbs. Surely double digit body fat %. In the past 6 years I've done the Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) 4 times, RAGBRAI twice and the Erie Canal tour once. One of those years I did BRAG and RAGBRAI two weeks apart. I also lead a weekly club ride. I'll never have a cyclist's body but I am a cyclist.
You are entitled to your opinion but absolutely dispute your theory.
[/QUOTEI'm 64 years old, 5' 11" and about 235lbs. Surely double digit body fat %. In the past 6 years I've done the Bike Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) 4 times, RAGBRAI twice and the Erie Canal tour once. One of those years I did BRAG and RAGBRAI two weeks apart. I also lead a weekly club ride. I'll never have a cyclist's body but I am a cyclist.
You are entitled to your opinion but absolutely dispute your theory.
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