HI, there!
Just want to say HELLO to all and introduce myself. I am 45 years old male and I am recently got back to cycling after a long interval being without it. Immigration, settling down in the new country (that I love), switching completely my profession and other factors kept me from cycling due the cost and time factors. So, I start riding again this August ( should have started earlier this summer). I am 5'11 and was in August at about 221 pounds, blood pressure at 140 / 90 and resting heart rate at about 82-86. Not a pretty picture literally and figuratively speaking
I just love to bike! Finally, to see all surroundings up close and ride trough those smelly countryside places, feel your endurance getting better with every ride.
Now I am at 209 pounds ( still need to drop 15-20 ) blood pressure is back to what it was at my 20's and resting heart rate is about 68-75 now. Oh, yeah.... I quit smoking in March as well.
Riding season is almost over in Toronto, but I am planning to keep training on Kinetix trainer all winter to be ready and fit for the next season.
I am still a bit afraid of the hills (or what we call hills here anyways), but I am climbing them with better efficiency than before. Recently got Sigma ROX 9.0 to help me to control my fitness level.
Well, there is nothing amazing in my story But I just want to encourage all new comers or anyone thinking that it's TOO LATE. It's never too late. JUST DO IT!
And here is my bike:
Just want to say HELLO to all and introduce myself. I am 45 years old male and I am recently got back to cycling after a long interval being without it. Immigration, settling down in the new country (that I love), switching completely my profession and other factors kept me from cycling due the cost and time factors. So, I start riding again this August ( should have started earlier this summer). I am 5'11 and was in August at about 221 pounds, blood pressure at 140 / 90 and resting heart rate at about 82-86. Not a pretty picture literally and figuratively speaking
I just love to bike! Finally, to see all surroundings up close and ride trough those smelly
countryside places, feel your endurance getting better with every ride.Now I am at 209 pounds ( still need to drop 15-20 ) blood pressure is back to what it was at my 20's
and resting heart rate is about 68-75 now. Oh, yeah.... I quit smoking in March as well. Riding season is almost over in Toronto, but I am planning to keep training on Kinetix trainer all winter to be ready and fit for the next season.
I am still a bit afraid of the hills (or what we call hills here anyways), but I am climbing them with better efficiency than before. Recently got Sigma ROX 9.0 to help me to control my fitness level.
Well, there is nothing amazing in my story
But I just want to encourage all new comers or anyone thinking that it's TOO LATE. It's never too late. JUST DO IT! And here is my bike:
