Originally Posted by
Steve Thompson
Thought I should join in on these forums and introduce myself after many weeks of digging around this site!
I would like to think that I have ‘DENSE bones’, but really I am an 218lb, 5ft 2in, 48 year old Clydesdale needing a lot of work.......that’s what my Athena wife just told me, while we sit on the couch!
Sorry, but she does not feel like me, in sharing her thoughts on this forum and read the above line.
Like most, I rode a bike when at school and then stopped …….( did dig out my old bike and rode the London to Brighton charity ride in my early twenties, just over 50 miles) , really enjoyed that day and now wonder why I stopped riding.
So now I know it is time for me to get back into shape after adding approx. 65lbs of good American eating and portion size, since coming to the USA back in 1989.
Jumped in and bought myself a Giant OCR1 ( on sale) and also a Kurt Kinetic fluid trainer, couple pair of padded shorts and cycling shoes.
I have ridden this combo for only 30 minutes at a time and heart rate around 140-155, looking to ride every other day and steadily build my fitness and time.
Snowing, cold and dark here in Michigan right now, so I am indoors for a while.
Want to ride a few charity rides, maybe a time trial next year and look foreword to meeting some good people thru cycling!
Well enough rambling for now, going to England for Christmas to see ‘my old mum’ in a couple of days and will be back in two weeks……all the best for your Christmas and talk in the new year.
Any comments welcome
Regards Steve
Steve you should try riding with a lower heart rate for longer periods to burn fat. Try to keep your heart rate around 125-135 or so. Get a good training book or a coach or physician with a sports medicine background and get your heart rate in the proper zone to burn fat. I made this same mistake for about a year and found I was burning carbs on 45 minute rides and finally decided to slow down the intensity and do it more often and for longer times. The "talk test" is a good measure........if you can carry on a conversation while riding without stopping to take a deep breath every other word or two then you are riding in the right zone. Its kind of like a good paced walk rather than a sprint or a jog.
Weight lifting will also help you lose weight faster since growing muscle burns fat while you are at a rest, even when sleeping. good luck I'm doing the same thing trying to get back to a lean mean love machine!
