vivalasvegans Posted August 19, 2010 Author Share Posted August 19, 2010 the specific kinds of training depend on what discipline or skills you're training for (sprinting, hills, endurance, even aero pos) but generally, leg press and ham curls, calf press, squats. i personally don't find that abduction/dduction training that useful. lunges are good. deadlifts are good for aero, according to doyle and schmidt. i think that's kind of true, but the motion isn't right. training core/stabilization really gives an advantage, i think it's been pretty key for me. as far as upper body, lats, tris, bis, and delts. traps if you have a heavy helmet or you need to keep your head in aero pos . maybe not so much pecs. hmm maybe i should sort this all out and arrange it more logically. wednesday25 miles, had to cut it short cuz i got stuck behind a freight train.didnt eat much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Do you lift heavy with legs? Do you find it affects your riding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 yay viva! glad things are going so well! and nice with the real food too! @ lobster - I do lots of lunges, squats, deads, box jumps, broad jumps, step ups for building my bike legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 yeah except i ate a larabar and three lunabars yesterday. i think you could call me a barfly. there are 2 main philosophies as far as i've seen for coaching bike racing. one is mainly to stay away from weights, they make for heavy slow legs and the best way to train for a bike is on the bike, pushing as much power as you can for example as slow as 60 rpm. the other is to augment by training legs with weights for the specific thing you want to train... personally i think the most effective depends on the individual and the thing that's being trained on that individual. that said, i do definitely believe that core strength and stabilization training is really important for everyone, and that at least some upper body training is important for injury prevention from bad form or crashing. thursday:4 mile run (<9)1 hour coached food:some popcorn2 scoop protein, peach, apricot400 cals of some veggie burger stuff, tahinilarabarbroccoli, 400 cals tofu3 lunabarsapricot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I love that you had popcorn for breakfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 ha yeah, it's a whole grain, right? friday:27 mile ride, form came together for a few more momentssaturday:officially a rest day but took a m.t. spinsunday:4 mile runmonday:26 mile rideinteresting... i could sometimes control my speed by locking in my form or not. reminder to self:tequila is still not a food group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 reminder to self:tequila is still not a food group. If you include lime at least you are getting vitamin C... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 yup, and the salt in your hand is for electrolytes. really quite a healthy source of carbs. tuesday:38 mile ride. felt strong, was able to push some intervals towards the end. nice pace. ate like a guiness world book of records amount of calories, including 3 voodoo donuts before the ride. i definitely wouldn't say it gave me more energy or power. it did make me really thirsty. it wasn't too bad but i like my approach of eating healthier and less food (or no food) before hard work much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 i wanted to get married at voodoo's...apparently they do ceremonies there. somehow the husband wasn't on board with that idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I def fall under the weight training school of coaching. Especially as a woman, Im just not going to get big slow legs from it. Ok I have no idea what this voodoo stuff you speak of is?? help me out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 http://voodoodoughnut.com/ Vegan doughnuts in Portland! I've never been, but I long to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 we will get there someday and we will eat vegan donuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 I wish there was an ironman portland! we gotta decide on our race for next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katz Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 http://voodoodoughnut.com/ Vegan doughnuts in Portland! I've never been, but I long to go. Just looking at the pics on that website makes my teeth hurt! I could never eat anything as sweet as those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 someone sweet brought me a dozen for my birthday... i couldn't NOT eat one but it was healthy, it had vitamin fortified vegan coco puffs on top and it was DAMN good. my friend ate an Old Dirty Bastard. back in town...ran for cardio while i was away, tried to train legs a bit, it was weird being off the bike for a week. but i love that feeling i get after i'm away from the bike for a bit and i first swing my leg over the saddle and take off and i can feel my whole body screaming with joy, my quads just clicking and digging in hard right away. tuesday: trainer ride, couldn't quite light it up till the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 i love that feeling too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 yeah sister. thursday:33.56 mile ridemade my first serious climb since i got hurt. it was ok, i've lost a lot of strength and speed, but i made it to the top. my form was crap. on the upside, it was a fucking blast. i did finish it strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 whoo hoo! your made it and everything else will come back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted September 4, 2010 Author Share Posted September 4, 2010 i suppose, it will be a long road though. friday:40/45 miles, hard to tell with all the detours. my map was wrong, i needed to stop at 7/11 so i ate a cliff bar, it was pretty good but it soaked up a lot of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 u can do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John V Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Glad to see you doing what you love and loving what you do. (Not so shure about the donuts and tequilla) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivalasvegans Posted September 6, 2010 Author Share Posted September 6, 2010 yes. there is really not too much i love more than riding a bike. saturday:~25 mile ride, the hillsunday:~36 mile ride, prob more like 40monday:4 mile run, not paced i'm eating more real food these days, been off the luna bars for a few days and it feels good but i will probably be back to them to some extent this week until i can figure out a better system which might include bringing a blender to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryStella Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 real food sounds fantastic! good luck working that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobsteriffic Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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