stamina
08-22-05, 03:26 PM
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stamina
do any of you guys do anything to boost stamina? i am a sprinter and i have never gone into cross-country(i probly should have) i also lift so i would say i am pretty built. the one thing i am lacking is stamina. i can ride for a while but not as much as i want to and if i ride really hard i am fatigued that night. i am starting running with one of my freinds. it is a slow and gruling process.
08-22-05, 07:41 PM
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stamina comes from pushing your self. I can lift heavy stuff at work and work circles around my co workers( interior door maker) for 8+ hours but then get my a$$ handed to me by most folks on my bike. I can now hand it back ,but it took a while to get there. there are supplements to help too but Ive never tried them. lifting heavy weights does not build bike riding stamina. light weights with tons of slow reps helps but riding is best
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I would say that riding your bike for longer periods of time would be the best course of action.
As far as being fatigued after a long hard ride, well, there is not too much you can do about that. Just make sure you have a nice solid meal afterwards. If you are a weight lifter I am sure you know about nutrition, etc.
Also, try and fight the tendency to go out too hard and save some energy and legs for the end of long rides. Everybody is different, but this works for me. On long rides, try and 'spin' more in the beginning to save your legs. Avoid being a hero in the first hour and make sure and push yourself toward the end.
As far as being fatigued after a long hard ride, well, there is not too much you can do about that. Just make sure you have a nice solid meal afterwards. If you are a weight lifter I am sure you know about nutrition, etc.
Also, try and fight the tendency to go out too hard and save some energy and legs for the end of long rides. Everybody is different, but this works for me. On long rides, try and 'spin' more in the beginning to save your legs. Avoid being a hero in the first hour and make sure and push yourself toward the end.
08-23-05, 12:11 PM
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I agree with unsuspended.
Some weekends I skip the trails and ride the road on my commuter bike. When I first started commuting, I would turn my five mile ride home into a 15 mile ride. All that stop and go would kill my legs at first. After a few years now, I have noticed a big difference on the trails.
Some weekends I skip the trails and ride the road on my commuter bike. When I first started commuting, I would turn my five mile ride home into a 15 mile ride. All that stop and go would kill my legs at first. After a few years now, I have noticed a big difference on the trails.
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Originally Posted by unsuspended
I would say that riding your bike for longer periods of time would be the best course of action.
As far as being fatigued after a long hard ride, well, there is not too much you can do about that. Just make sure you have a nice solid meal afterwards. If you are a weight lifter I am sure you know about nutrition, etc.
Also, try and fight the tendency to go out too hard and save some energy and legs for the end of long rides. Everybody is different, but this works for me. On long rides, try and 'spin' more in the beginning to save your legs. Avoid being a hero in the first hour and make sure and push yourself toward the end.
As far as being fatigued after a long hard ride, well, there is not too much you can do about that. Just make sure you have a nice solid meal afterwards. If you are a weight lifter I am sure you know about nutrition, etc.
Also, try and fight the tendency to go out too hard and save some energy and legs for the end of long rides. Everybody is different, but this works for me. On long rides, try and 'spin' more in the beginning to save your legs. Avoid being a hero in the first hour and make sure and push yourself toward the end.
Riding your bike longer works--Like about 15 years. I do the longer type of rides, mostly offroad, but if you look at the age of the riders on these longer events, they are not the 20year olds. 100 miler I did earlier this year and the front runners were in their late 30's to 40's.
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Thanks for the recognition Guy's... (I'm 43) I love being able to roast 95% of the rider's I encounter on the trails where I live. No I don't brag.... Just the Facts.
