Originally Posted by Thylacine
Personally, i think they got their fitness from eating spaghetti and lugging 24lb Colnagos up the hills. God those things were heavy. Don't get me wrong, I really don't give a ***** about weight, but god those old Colnagos and Viners weighted a tonne. They had a pretty good 'Old School Euro trash' look about them back then, too.
....and you'd likely be right!....what was probably happening was that these guys were still doing 'hard' workouts followed by 'recovery' sessions cos that's how their bodies felt....there wasn't any real structure like we have today, but they may well have been getting similar results just by 'listening to their bodies'. Of course the fitness levels are all relative to those around you.....I'd guess that those old guys on a structured program of today would have been significantly better!....those heavy frames woulda created a great 'strength' work out!
hitchy