AzTallRider

A guy I know is at the International Cyclefit Symposium in London, where he is giving a talk entitled Biomechanics, Biometrics and Drag – the cyclists balancing act. Another speaker, Cardiologist Nigel Stevens, compared VO2MAX to a penis measurement for endurance athletes.

Psimet2001 

Pain=pleasure....I can see the purpose in reference to cycling. Maybe she was serious....and then when everyone laughed she went, "uh.....yeah....I made a booboo...."

rkwaki

Well my VO2 Max is 378 so I can agree with the information he will be delivering (damn I hope its more is bigger )

Homebrew01

Sounds good to me.

Better than our get togethers. Last one was riding in 15f degrees and stopping for 3 flats.

kensuf

Banana. Peanut butter. 2 tbspn fresh ground flax seeds. 1.5 scoops vanilla whey isolate. 2 tbspn unsweetened dark cocoa powder. 1c unsweetened almond milk. 6 ice cubes. 1c water.

Yummy.

rkwaki

Where's mine?

Mine is about to be 2 scoop Optimum Nutrition Protein Powder mixed with water. Total carbs for the day so far 2, yesterday's totals? Carbs 206, Protein 237, Fat 58 for 2,273 calories - kinda lathargic today.

mollusk

The cat that we are now taking care of likes to kill things and then drag them under the house. The smell is not pleasant.

Dolamite02

For those wondering bout the x-ray, yes, the shot has my hand on its side, thumb out.

Turns out to be a bone chip, the surgeon didn't want to go in for now. So I'm in a cast for the next four weeks and will miss Alsatian. Hopefully they wont have to go in afterward, but if it continues to be an issue, I'll likely delay till the off season. In the meantime, I'll get to go up to Ft Worth to see my folks before they leave the country for the next many months. So at least there's that.

echappist

what do you use to grind the flax seeds? i'm just chomping them down now, but i wonder if i'm missing out on the nutrients...

Hida Yanra

Any way to get a recording / notes from that?

Hida Yanra

a side effect of being sick for the past while is that I had no coffee for about 2 weeks.

As I'm back to feeling well, I made up my stovetop-espresso this morning, and had a 1/2 coffee mug of it as usual.
OOOOOOOOyyyyyyy - my head actually feels like it is spinning as I sit here on the futon. (or maybe that is because I am typing up descriptions to sell a TT bike, track bike, & road bike, plus lots of other bits) *sigh*

kensuf

At least we're on the same track for protein. I use the ON pro gold isolates.

rkwaki

Tastes like crap when mixed with water. I love BSN Syntha 6. Yummy.
Oh yeah and I'm going to kick someone's a$$ when I find out who used my blender and didn't clean it properly.

kensuf

I use a Herbie Junior food processor. They don't make them any more, but any food processor should work. Flax seeds are funny, if you don't grind them up, you're doing nothing but pooping them out.

Homebrew01

I have a couple little electric coffee grinders. One for coffee, one for spices so the flavors don't mix.
Flax could go in the coffee grinder, or buy it already ground.

rkwaki

We buy it already ground. Perfect to put in shakes and helps greatly with recovery.

Fat Boy

Doper...

I've settled on my new breakfast which is freakin' good. I cool it the night before (because it takes a while) and then put it in a covered bowl in the fridge.

1/4 cup quinoa
1/4 cup steel cut oats
1 Tbs ground flax meal
1 sliced banana
a couple shakes of lite salt
a couple shakes of cinnamon
1/2 cup coconut milk
2 cups water

Cook covered over low heat for about 1/2 hour. Pour into overnight bowl. It will still be a little soupy. Stick in the fridge.

Next morning, nuke for 3 minutes. Take out, uncover, pour another splash of coconut milk over the top and add a spoon of stevia. Mix well (it will now be much thicker than last night) and nuke for 2 more minutes.

It's a really good breakfast that comes out to about 425 calories. It's more carby than what rk is eating, but it's working well for me. The oats and quinoa do give it enough protein to be worthwhile. The coconut milk adds fat, but the fat is a lot of medium chain fatty acids which act much more like carbs that a normal long chain fat. It also tastes great and reduces the amount of sweetener I want to use, although throwing in some brown sugar instead of the stevia would only be about 50 calories, so not that big of a deal.

Fat Boy

What I use.

big john

sorry... I mentioned the freshness of the chips to another BMI challenged guy here and now he is buying them, too.

Fat Boy

I can't do the big protein, even after a big ride. Any more than about 25 grams and I just fart like crazy. It's really over the top.

My standard post ride recovery drink is about 16g protein and 50g simple carbs. Add a single fig newton and it adds 20g carbs and 1g protein. That's pretty much all I need.

rkwaki

I dropped a protein bomb one day in the elevator and I believe it peeled the stainless steel off the doors. When the doors opened I ran like crazy to get out before I could be identified as the 'bomber'

As both my wife and I eat a ton of protein our home stinks all the time - my BMW smells like someone took a dump in it

And big john if i were your buddy I would give you a ball kick

Fat Boy

So is there a nutritional reason for the high protein or is it strictly for entertainment?

big john

He doesn't go up hills so he isn't concerned about being a little "fluffy".

kensuf

He's not fluffy, he's big boned.

mike868y

won some fluid electrolyte drink at a race this weekend. happy that I don't have to buy any as normally I put off purchasing stuff like that all season and just ride with water.

now I need to get some recovery mix. what do you guys like best? just regular whey protein or something more complete like recoverite? I'd like something i can just mix with water and drink. too lazy to make a smoothie with 10 different ingredients.