Fitness drop already?
A month ago I got a puncture on the Tricross, because I had a lot on at the time I didn’t – and still haven’t – fixed it. I switch to the Bolinas Ridge, partly because it was rideable and partly because I can get more lights on it now the days are short. A [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Raising Saddles
Every so often I decide that I could push the saddle a bit higher up on one bike or another. Hopefully this reduces the angle that my knees bend to, taking some of the force of them (I have a slightly dodgy right knee), whilst also making me flatten my body a little more to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )How Much Fitter Am I?
I was never ‘unfit’, just average. I was overweight, but saying “muscle is heavier than fat” and “BMI is a rule of thumb” and other similar excuses. Then, because of riding a bike (before I started cycling, if you know what I mean), I got a bit fitter and lost some weight. Then I got [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Catch up (again)
I’ve let more than a week go by again. Saturday last it looked like rain in the afternoon, so I extended the return journey from the papershop in the morning. This seems a good way to get a ride in and I’ll try and do it more often. I managed to come home from Milton [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Bad knee week
I’ve had a slightly dodgy right knee for a couple of years now. It doesn’t give me day to day problems, but if I try to put too much force on the pedals I can ‘twinge’ it (the best description I have come up with) and then for the next few days it takes less [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Less tests than expected
I seem to have been distracted and not blogged for a bit. I did the Fenland Fitness study thing last week. They didn’t give me a VO2 max test, which was disappointing. I asked and they said they didn’t have enough equipment to get through the number of volunteers they’ve had so they’re skipping it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fenland Fitness Tomorrow
I’m off to the hospital tomorrow to take part in the Fenland Fitness Study that I may have mentioned earlier. I’ll get to know my body fat percentage by DEXA and ultrasound, do something on a treadmill with a mask on (so probably find my VO2 max), and get to wear some sort of tracking [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Body composition DXA scan, Ultrasound, VO2 max, free? I must reply!
I’ve had a letter from the Institute of Metabolic Science at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, which isn’t too far from here. The MRC Epidemiology Unit is doing a study of lifestyle and health and wants people of my age group (I’m at the younger end) living nearby to take part. For the small cost of a bit [...]
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