Reply to: PM for Mudskipper

[BrilloPad]

You would be so impressed if you saw me, it wasn't very resistant (or fast) at all. Had it wheels I would have fallen sideways at one point.

Top work. So will you be doing L2B next year?

[d000hg]

What tracking doodahs do you use SY? I assume phone for GPS and route tracking - how are you measuring heart rate and whatever - a FitBit or something like that maybe?

[suityou01]

But it was something. I started 2 months ago about this level CJ.

[cojak]

You seem like a sensible sort so I assume you learned your lesson.

Never start off hard.

Its like L2B last year. You go slow. Take a few stops. Have a bit of a chat(in vetran's case with any lone female) Before you know it 5 hours have gone by. Bit of a climb up to Ditchling Beacon then its downhill into Brighton. Easy.

You would be so impressed if you saw me, it wasn't very resistant (or fast) at all. Had it wheels I would have fallen sideways at one point.

[suityou01]

Well done CJ!

[BrilloPad]

OK.

Inspired by you lot I've just got off of Mr C's exeRsise bike.

I didn't change his resistance setting and pedalled for 30 mins at a steady 60rpm.

I'm now feeling a bit sick, slightly faint and in need of a sweet cup of tea.

I'm may be gone a while...

You seem like a sensible sort so I assume you learned your lesson.

Never start off hard.

Its like L2B last year. You go slow. Take a few stops. Have a bit of a chat(in vetran's case with any lone female) Before you know it 5 hours have gone by. Bit of a climb up to Ditchling Beacon then its downhill into Brighton. Easy.

[DaveB]

@DB

I burned off all me glycogen and at one point must have been burning off bone.

I slept very soundly for 12 hours.

Good effort

Just ry not to kill yourself in the process!

[cojak]

OK.

Inspired by you lot I've just got off of Mr C's exeRsise bike.

I didn't change his resistance setting and pedalled for 30 mins at a steady 60rpm.

I'm now feeling a bit sick, slightly faint and in need of a sweet cup of tea.

I'm may be gone a while...

[suityou01]

@DB

I burned off all me glycogen and at one point must have been burning off bone.

I slept very soundly for 12 hours.

[mudskipper]

And don't go eating pies/chocolate straight afterwards....

Hang on - isn't that the point of exercising?

[BrilloPad]

And don't go eating pies/chocolate straight afterwards....

[DaveB]

Well done suity

I usually reckon about 500 calories an hour and doing about 13 miles.

This. If you are working moderately hard then 500 hour is a reasonable estimate. Ignore the Garmin etc calorie counters, they are all crap unless you fit their model. The only way to be really sure is to do a proper test in controlled environment, and thats only for the pro's.

As someone else posted above, until you are properly fit base your effort on how you feel. Feel good, push harder, feel a bit crappy, go a bit easier. Just try and do something most days. AHR/MHR and all the rest are heavily influence by your general health and fitness level. A better guide to progress is to ride a shorter timed route once a week and track your times / ave speed on that. You should see regular progress as long as you are doing something most days.

If you are following you HR don't go for the actual figures, work on percentages.

Best results for weight loss come when you are working at between 65-70% of MHR. In this range you are burning fat, not glycogen. It will feel like you are not really trying a lot of the time, but thats not important. You'll be able to go for longer, which means more fat burned, which means more weight loss.

Working above that rate means you start burning glycogen in the muscles rather than fat and while you will go faster you will run out of steam a lot sooner unless you are eating to replenish what you use, which defeats the object when you are working to lose weight.

[BrilloPad]

Well done suity

I usually reckon about 500 calories an hour and doing about 13 miles.

[EternalOptimist]

How does this help me poo?

thou jesteth

12 cans a night , I havn't done a solid poo in 2 decades.

peanuts excepted of course. and cashews

[minestrone]

I had a extra spicy chicken tikka achari the other week and went out for a run the next morning.

Just glad I took that handful of bog roll in me pocket