^ That all sounds good. My wife says concentrate on the core work. My wife has a book Rider's Fitness Program which has a lot of balance work in it. She used that for a while, but found more benefit from the usual weights work. Worth getting it, though. She thinks halfpass is more 3rd level.

Just don't put it on your plate. We serve ourselves in the kitchen when it's just us.

There's a theory that building muscle in the gym will help you lose weight, the theory being that when you have more muscle mass it burns more calories whenever you simply move around. I think it has merit.

My wife rides at Cedar Meadows Farm. We ride our tandem a lot.