Originally Posted by
LGHT
I already know less weight = better hill climbing, but I'm not about to try and loose 100 lbs just so I can climb a hill better.
It'll make you more relaxed, decrease snoring so you sleep better, cut your sleep needs so you have more time for other things like bicycling, drop your cholesterol, and extend your lifespan.
I rather work with what I got and improve on them instead of trying to be someone I'm not. I am actively trying to loose weight, but at my age I have to acknowledge I'll never weight what I did in high school lol.
Joel Friel is over 70 and still races at 154 pounds like he did at age 18.
If you weren't athletic in high school and didn't have a growth spurt afterwards you can weigh less than you did graduating.
Given some patience (not over a pound a week) you can do it without ever being hungry. You can even still drink beer and eat desert albeit not too much of either.
Ahhh thanks for the tips. I think working on the trainer may be better on an old guys knees anyway. For longer training sessions like an hour do you just repeat the 15 min cycle over or just ride at tempo after the 15 min. I only get to ride on the road 1-2 times a week so I'm on the trainer more and more as a result. I typically try and do at least an hour on the trainer now.
You repeat intervals until your power drops unacceptably where you can approximate that with your trainer's speed to power conversion curve.
While fun for group rides, tempo doesn't serve a useful training purpose unless you're trying to maximize your endurance given limited training time.