Originally Posted by
roadandmountain
I don't know, it sounds like you are asking a lot from your body right away. Getting on a bike and starting with 2 hour rides sounds more like torture than fun.
The key is to make some lifestyle changes gradually, so that you can sustain them. That means small things like:
-taking the stairs instead of the elevator to go up 2 stories.
-parking at the far end of the lot when you go out shopping.
-starting with short walks and working your way up to longer walks
-starting with short rides and working your way up to longer rides.
No offense, but you sound a little bit obsessive. Give your body time to recover between workouts. Lift 3X a week: 1X for chest/arms, 1X for back/shoulders, 1X for legs, with a day of rest in between.
Well perhaps I am a bit obsessive, but that's not always a bad thing in my opinion, Two hours on a bike would be torture for a newbie, but I've been riding bikes for 10+ years as an adult, so 2 hours is not so much.