The workout thread

[MainerMikeBrown]

I haven't taken part in any sports in years, to be honest.

I used to play baseball back in high school during the 1990's. I was terrible at it.

I don't have any talent for football and basketball either.

And my tennis and bowling skills are nothing special at best.

lol

[Klaus]

That looks pretty sweet, @Aqua-Letifer .

I bought a power meter today.

Massive amount of useless graphs about mediocre cycling upcoming!

[mark]

@Klaus which power meter? Link?

[Klaus]

@mark : 4iiii Precision Power Meter.
https://shop.4iiii.com/collections/power-meters/products/precision-factory-install

There was an offer to grab one for 250 Euro. I couldn't resist anymore.

It's a 105 crank. I have an Ultegra groupset, but the Ultegra one would have been 100 Euros more and the only difference is 3 grams of weight or something.

Can't wait to try it. I love data.

[mark]

3 grams? We used to kill to save that much much weight. lol

[Klaus]

@mark I don't care all that much about weight or "aero". I care about primarily about fitness gains and only secondarily about speed gains paid with money

[Klaus]

First test. My FTP seems to be in the "sucks" to "looser" range. I'll have to test more thoroughly. And then on to structured training rides.

[Aqua Letifer]

Nice, Klaus! Do you always ride the same route, or do you tend to tool around?

I'm learning more about jump-rope shit. Different routines work different muscles, which only interests me insofar as I can cycle through them without stopping. I can already go about six times longer than I could a month ago, but it's my legs holding me back now. Learning how to fix that.

[Klaus]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The workout thread:

Do you always ride the same route, or do you tend to tool around?

I have a kind of "default" route that takes about 75min. The nice thing about driving the same route often is that you have a benchmark to compare with. (That said, with a powermeter it should be easier to compare efforts across different routes).

But when I have more time, I often pick new and longer routes. I often pick routes from Komoot. If it weren't for Corona, I'd also ride with a couple of other guys every few weeks.

[Klaus]

Another short test ride from this evening. My goal was to keep an average above 230W.

It's really rather different to train with a power meter.

It's like having a slave driver who permanently whips you whenever you taper off with your power. I like it.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

Sounds pretty cool. I still haven't made any progress on my jump-rope, sadly. Maybe I'm just too clumsy.

@Klaus Nonsense, my friend! You can be an oafish, goofy white guy and still make it work for you. Observe:

Link to video

[Klaus]

I don't quite understand how you manage to do it with such tiny jumps. Unless I jump at least a foot high or something I'm going to trip.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Klaus said in The workout thread:

I don't quite understand how you manage to do it with such tiny jumps. Unless I jump at least a foot high or something I'm going to trip.

Nah, just practice. And the above is total crap, I have shin splints right now so "form" is right out the window.

[Rich]

So this has been sort of a new addition to the running hobby. I'm using site called 'CityStrides' to keep track of all the roads I've run in my (and surrounding) towns. You can connect it to Strava, MapMyWutever, etc, and it creates a 'life map' for you.

It's interesting how many roads you find in your own town that you've never been on. Ultimately, over the next few weeks/months, I plan to have run every road in my town.

[Klaus]

That's pretty cool, Rich!

[Rich]

The 'Heat map' feature on Strava premium can accomplish pretty much the same thing. It's just that for certain roads you've 'only' done once, the map is a little less clear.

(the thick line through here is where the local rail trail pass through--you can see I used to be there quite a bit)

I bet speed-cyclist Klaus could fly through his town pretty quickly---then on to the next!

(I do wish the site was a little less glitchy, but for what I pay---$0, I won't complain very loudly)

[Aqua Letifer]

My back went out a week ago. No exercise. Not much sleep.

[George K]

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[George K]

I got my town covered:

[Rich]

@George-K

Well, then on to the next town!

I'll give props to anyone who can pull of the map art successfully. It's so easy to get turned around at one single spot, and screw up the design. I managed to miss a couple small sections of a neighborhood the other night, and had to go back again today and grab them. This time I actually wrote down the route and brought it with me..

@Aqua-Letifer Back pain sucks--I hope it improves soon.