Re: Unsprung weight ?

Retro Bob said:

On 15 Sep 2004 13:15:00 GMT, [email hidden] (Qui si parla

Campagnolo ) said:

WAY
to much emphasis on the bicycle, way too little on fit, fitness, fat and
finesse.

Yeah, but you can _purchase_ the bike. Fitness is much harder to come
by.

I just bought 2 years at LA Fitness for $595 flat. $100/year
to renew thereafter. (The salesguy actually said people turn
this deal down. Nutbars is all I can think.)

In 2 years, I'll have ridden my bike about 600 times and
visited the gym about 150, turned 200 lbs of flab and flop
into 190 lbs of rock and roll, and will still be on the
same piece of hardware (which would cost many times $595
if I had it built for me today).

--Blair
"Cheap at twice the effort."

Blair P. Houghton said:

Retro Bob said:

Yeah, but you can _purchase_ the bike. Fitness is much harder to come
by.

I just bought 2 years at LA Fitness for $595 flat. $100/year
to renew thereafter. (The salesguy actually said people turn
this deal down. Nutbars is all I can think.)

Yeah, why go to the trouble of preparing fresh food when kibble is so
much easier?

Working out in a gym is a terrible substitute for, say, riding your
bike. It's exercise, but that's all it is. No transportation, no
change of scenery, no fresh air or sunshine, no exploration involved.
You can't stop to smell the flowers when the only smells around are
other jocks' sweaty funk and air "freshener".

Going to a gym reminds me of the "dating simulator" games that are
popular in Japan. It's missing out on the real thing, and paying for
the privilege!

Chalo Colina

Chalo said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

I just bought 2 years at LA Fitness for $595 flat. $100/year
to renew thereafter. (The salesguy actually said people turn
this deal down. Nutbars is all I can think.)

Yeah, why go to the trouble of preparing fresh food when kibble is so
much easier?

Working out in a gym is a terrible substitute for, say, riding your
bike. It's exercise, but that's all it is. No transportation, no
change of scenery, no fresh air or sunshine, no exploration involved.
You can't stop to smell the flowers when the only smells around are
other jocks' sweaty funk and air "freshener".

Going to a gym reminds me of the "dating simulator" games that are
popular in Japan. It's missing out on the real thing, and paying for
the privilege!

1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.
1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.
1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.
2. I have some upper body muscle and I want to keep it.
3. If I get hurt, whether due to riding or lifting or running
from jealous husbands, I can still go to LA Fitness to swim.
4. There's research showing that older men whose only real exercise
for several decades was cycling will have significantly higher
incidence of osteoporosis; the cure? Weight-bearing exercise.
Turns out, using your legs that much for that long eats bone
from your upper body the same way it eats muscle.
5. Legs need days off, too.
6. 3 days on the road, 1 day at the gym; 4 days on the road,
1 day at the gym; 2 days on the road, 1 day at the gym;
3 days on the road, 1 day at the gym; and so on...
1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.

--Blair
"And some of them are chicks."

P.S. Honestly, almost any woman looks good at the gym. I'm
old enough to know that the effort is the really sexy part.

Blair P. Houghton said:

1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.

--Blair
"And some of them are chicks."

P.S. Honestly, almost any woman looks good at the gym. I'm
old enough to know that the effort is the really sexy part.

Yes.

Ron

Blair P. Houghton <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Chalo said:

Working out in a gym is a terrible substitute for, say, riding your
bike. It's exercise, but that's all it is.

1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.
1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.
1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.

I'm beginning to perceive a pattern.

Quoted message said:

2. I have some upper body muscle and I want to keep it.
3. If I get hurt, whether due to riding or lifting or running
from jealous husbands, I can still go to LA Fitness to swim.
4. There's research showing that older men whose only real exercise
for several decades was cycling will have significantly higher
incidence of osteoporosis; the cure? Weight-bearing exercise.
Turns out, using your legs that much for that long eats bone
from your upper body the same way it eats muscle.
5. Legs need days off, too.
6. 3 days on the road, 1 day at the gym; 4 days on the road,
1 day at the gym; 2 days on the road, 1 day at the gym;
3 days on the road, 1 day at the gym; and so on...
1. Aerobics instructors in halter tops.

Okay, I can't say that you don't have reasons of your own to go to the
gym. My perceptual experience of them is of smelly guys in giant
belts pumping iron and leaving the benches all sweaty.

I have to say that aerobics-doing women just don't do it for me-- I
feel like they are just trying too hard. If that were not the case,
I'd probably have a different feeling about gyms.

Chalo Colina

Chalo said:

Okay, I can't say that you don't have reasons of your own to go to the
gym. My perceptual experience of them is of smelly guys in giant
belts pumping iron and leaving the benches all sweaty.

My gym is about 10% muscleheads, 10% off-duty aerobics
instructors, 10% actual ex-jocks, 10% people who should
just let their fat consume them because they won't be
back next week, and the rest people in various body
conditions who are actually improving themselves every
time they touch a machine.

Quoted message said:

I have to say that aerobics-doing women just don't do it for me-- I
feel like they are just trying too hard. If that were not the case,
I'd probably have a different feeling about gyms.

Aren't you the guy who describes himself as 6'8, 400 lbs?

Maybe you just need a gym where you fit into the machinery.

--Blair
"I see a business model."