The Lifting Apologists.... - Page 16

in which case any training is better than no training.

ric

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Not for Mike it's not:
Sydney, Sat 25 Nov
Mostly sunny
18°C - 29°C

ARGHHHHHH! We just get rain. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1456

some local roads are flooded. :-(. Back to the trainer :-(

Anyone want any rain. will swap for dry weather!

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Well, yes if you can get it to the right areas - we are in the grip of the worst drought in over a century. All the rain falls here in the wrong places.

Mmmmhmmm. Like Wales. Come on Ric, send it down to our farms!

i wish i could. the rain is starting to depress me now.

ric

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Yes you are on the right track. In natural pedalling resistance comes from gravity effect of bodyweight and this is most effective when used vertically, which explains why out of the saddle riding with sit bones over the bottom bracket gives most pedal power. But when your sit bones return to the back of saddle seated position, the gravity resistance has to be diverted through a line from sit bones to knees and much of its effect is lost. If the saddle was removed when you are in this position, it is not a comfortable power application position. Only by biomechanically recreating the same powerful out of saddle effect when seated with an independent resistance source and very different power application line, both of which are parallel, as is the case with out of the saddle riding, will you find the perfect seated pedalling style and be able to make more effective use of weight or resistance training.

Actually I do, I go down to a velodrome once a week and practice sprinting, but this thread is about lifting weights, which I also do, but not because I'm a cyclist.

Just 60k this morning cleaned out both of my 750ml water bottles plus whatever I drank before I left. Summer is going to kill me, I rode in shorts all winter. Looks like I'll be refilling my bottles at Sutherland on Sunday.

Mikesbytes won't be sucking any Alex Simmons or Sideshow Bob wheels over summer....

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we had to stop our pre planned route 'cos of flooding so we just went uphill instead! racing tomorrow will be fun!

Move to Valley Forge, PA where we are planning the first indoor velodrome on the US East Coast! With Valley Forge park, great spring road races like US Pro Championships (Philly), Trexlertown outdoor velo, SE PA is becoming cycling central, rain or shine. Also great local recreational club scene. Now if I could just get someone to entertain my kids while I am on long rides, and cover me at work, I could take advantage of all this and get some more miles in.

Oh well, until then, I might as well just lift weights.