Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
21 miles on Saturday, finished under 4 hours. Did another 12 miles Sunday.
Selfie mode is a mind ****. Watch is on my left hand in that pic.
Good for you
I love cross country skiing too. I usually only have an hour to 'give' to skiing per day on weekends so it limits where I can ski. Lucky for me, there are groomed trails around a lake near my place that I go to. Elevation difference for a 7 km trail is about 80 meters.
Did the 15km Gatineau Loppet myself yesterday in 1h 26m (avg speed of 10.6 km/h and elevation difference of 200 meters). Did another 7 km this afternoon (around that lake). Forecasting above 0C and rain next week so cross country skiing will almost be over
but that means cycling season will start soon
Originally Posted by
Hondo Gravel
I squatted and deadlifted my way to a triple hernia operation
. I ride my bikes a lot and have decent legs nothing earth shattering but when I tried squats and deads again I was sore for a week and my hernia mesh hurt and felt like it was going to pop
At 50 if I hit lower body lifting I’m too sore to enjoy riding and I don’t want another hernia. I know weight lifting is great but I get enough strength work doing chore and my small ranch. If you are young no problem
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I'm 54 and lucky for me, have no hernia. I also don't dead lift. For upper legs, I do weighted squats, weighted lunges, free hand jump squats, sit squat and dumbbell one leg squats.
Edit: Forgot I turned 55 earlier this month...