Are you fit ?

[Cycling Naturalist]

How do you define fitness? I tried some BBC online fitness test but failed because my heart rate didn't increase during some stepping test.

 

[got-to-get-fit]

i should add ....im more cycle fit than anything else....if that makes sense?

i cant run as hard as i can cycle, in fact i cant do much as well as i can cycle

 

[piedwagtail91]

i voted yes, but i feel like i've lied i've just got back from a 100 mile ride in the wind and rain on fixed and feel more like death warmed up than fit
but it doesn't half feel good to sit down on something soft and be warm and cosy

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

i voted yes, but i feel like i've lied i've just got back from a 100 mile ride in the wind and rain on fixed and feel more like death warmed up than fit
but it doesn't half feel good to sit down on something soft and be warm and cosy

You are right to feel guilty. A truly fit person would have averaged 25 mph and towed a caravan.

I cycled round Lake Vyrnwy this morning and gave up when it started to rain.

 

[vernon]

1. Yes

2. No

Define fit......

 

[piedwagtail91]

I cycled round Lake Vyrnwy this morning and gave up when it started to rain. [/QUOTE]


ha
i cycled round that lake with a clubmate a couple of years ago. very nice place when the sun shines

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

I cycled round Lake Vyrnwy this morning and gave up when it started to rain.

ha
i cycled round that lake with a clubmate a couple of years ago. very nice place when the sun shines[/QUOTE]

I thought I'd pick up some tarts' miles by going round and round it, because the last time I was there, I did a circuit from Llangollen which involved the Hirnant pass which nearly killed me. Little did I reckon how wimpy I'd be when I'd got the easy option of getting back into the car.

 

[walker]

I'd say I am fairly fit, alot fitter in the saddle than I was a few years ago, Hill's used to be a real killer, now I can take them in my stride.

 

[papercorn2000]

Not as fit as last year. I've been going like a donkey all season. The only upside is that my sprinting has improved (due, I believe, to having changed my weight-training) so I actually figured in a few bunch gallops.
Still, much fitter than most 20-year-olds.

 

[buggi]

Relatively fit, i would say. Relative to what tho....

Vicky Pendleton? No.
The girls at work? Yes definitely. [Quote "i couldn't be arsed to cycle 17 miles to work"... me thinks... that's why you're 22 and already look like a fat 40 year old mum. Yep, I'm a bitch but i didn't say it out loud!]

Also, i would say i am more aerobically fit that anaerobically fit (spelling?) in that i have a good cardio system but i could do with a bit more muscle strength if that makes sense. i'm very tall and find it hard to build up muscle. i would like stronger legs but i suppose i would have to go weight training for that and the gym is just so booooring.

 

[papercorn2000]

I started going to Body-pump classes, I was getting bored of weights and someone suggested that it was ideal for endurance-type athletes. I go once or twice a week and really enjoy it (I'd never used any classes at the gym before).

 

[buggi]

funnily enough i used to do body pump. you don't realise how good it is until you stop. i might go again now you mention it. wish they did a home dvd.

 

[Noodley]

I have spent this year riding audax events of upto 600k. I have stopped going to the gym, stopped running and stopped focused turbo training. I have also eaten an awful lot more than I did last year, mostly as I find myself craving rubbish for the few days after an audax.

I have lost a lot of fitness and speed compared to last year but have gained a lot of stamina. Perhaps next year I shall combine the two

As for being fit - no.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Relatively fit, i would say. Relative to what tho....

If you want to send me a few pictures, then I'll let you have my expert opinion.

 

[buggi]

LOL it didn't take long did it