Originally Posted by
torque cyclist
despite all that, my heart rate and blood pressure is all normal.
Cyclists often worry that their heart rate and blood pressure is too low. As in, 100/60 and 45 bpm resting heart rate.
I'm close to your height, I weigh 150 and I consider myself somewhat overweight to be a good cyclist. My ideal cycling weight is 135. It's not that big of a deal on flats, but I am perceptibly too slow on hills compared to other serious locals.
As far as I know, if I were to give up cycling and take up bodybuilding, I can get to 165-170 without steroids by improving my muscle mass and keeping my body fat percentage as low as possible. Anything beyond that means excess fat or steroids.