Beefier legs make me walk slower!

[Globalti]

I've noticed this summer since I started road riding, standing up for those hills in road gears with my thighs getting beefier, that my legs feel heavier and move more slowly when I walk. I can understand now why my neighbour who is a big roadie walks so slowly like PC Plod.

Anybody else discovered this phenomenon?

 

[trustysteed]

sicne you've been cycling more, have you been eating more?

 

[montage]

Reduced flexability and all that.

 

[trustysteed]

I can understand now why my neighbour who is a big roadie walks so slowly like PC Plod.

it could also be that he's spent so much time on his bike, he's forgotten how to walk?

 

[Fab Foodie]

I think a more grinding style builds thights and butts but also tends to pull your body out of shape and that affects how you walk. Keep stretching. I found 'Body balance' classes help straighten me out a bit, introduced more flexibility and helped me to walk a bit more normally freely... but the legs still feel heavyish!

 

[02GF74]

compare an elephant and a gazelle walking.

you cannot argue against physics.

 

[montage]

just take up running

 

[Dan B]

just take up running

Or shoot yourself. It's quicker and almost certainly less painful

 

[MajorMantra]

Too much grinding - you need to spin like Lance.

Matthew

 

[Archie_tect]

compare an elephant and a gazelle walking.
you cannot argue against physics.

I know which I'd rather be.... don't get eaten if you're an elephant!

 

[numbnuts]

I think we need to see a video of you walking

 

[SilverSurfer]

I have exactly this problem. Thighs like tree-trunks and I do the slow walking. I do spin low gears as well but for some reason my legs bulk up really quickly (although I can't get big arms nearly so easily)

 

[Joe24]

Ive noticed i dont walk so fast now.
My legs have got bigger from riding fixed.
I can push a big gear for a good amount of time, but i can also spin fast downhill.
But, i do have to stretch my legs alot anyway. Hamstrings are what i always need to stretch. I can be walking along and just need to stretch them

 

[lukesdad]

it could also be that he's spent so much time on his bike, he's forgotten how to walk?

he should get some roller skates then.

 

[bonj2]

i know the feeling
i sometimes have to heave myself out of my desk wtih my arms in the morning when i've been cycling in. It's as mch as i can do to stumble over to the deskwhere the coffee is and stumble back