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Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 24 Feb 2022, 9:32am
by gbnz
NATURAL ANKLING wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 6:05pm
I like others (I am sure) are struggling to understand your huge muscle development through apparent overworking the legs
I am curious, but do not want or need over exaggerated bumps in my lower body
Well, it's fairly straightforward. Exceptionally fit and able people such as myself, undertaking exercise and consuming precise quantities of good quality protein sources, will develop muscle. While I've never raced, it'll be one of the reasons why I've never met anyone who can keep up with me, whether walking or cycling. Or I suppose when I took up swimming the other year, I was far faster during my hourly swim, than all the local "racers" (Nb. They thought I was some sort of ex swimmer - had to explain I hadn't been in a pool since I was 10-11).
Though size of the "bum" is relative. It's rather like I'm "overweight" now, though that's in the region of being 1300-1500 grams overweight (Nb. Thus, on the last hospital admission, it was noted that I was fit & wiry; despite being "overweight" by my standards). But then most people in Britain are fat
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 24 Feb 2022, 9:49am
by Cowsham
gbnz wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 9:32am
NATURAL ANKLING wrote: ↑23 Feb 2022, 6:05pm
I like others (I am sure) are struggling to understand your huge muscle development through apparent overworking the legs
I am curious, but do not want or need over exaggerated bumps in my lower body
Well, it's fairly straightforward. Exceptionally fit and able people such as myself, undertaking exercise and consuming precise quantities of good quality protein sources, will develop muscle. While I've never raced, it'll be one of the reasons why I've never met anyone who can keep up with me, whether walking or cycling. Or I suppose when I took up swimming the other year, I was far faster during my hourly swim, than all the local "racers" (Nb. They thought I was some sort of ex swimmer - had to explain I hadn't been in a pool since I was 10-11).
Though size of the "bum" is relative. It's rather like I'm "overweight" now, though that's in the region of being 1300-1500 grams overweight (Nb. Thus, on the last hospital admission, it was noted that I was fit & wiry; despite being "overweight" by my standards). But then most people in Britain are fat
Bumming yourself up there.
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 24 Feb 2022, 11:55am
by NATURAL ANKLING
Hi,
Slowtwitch wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 8:00am
A big bum is nothing to be scared of!
Joking Apart
If you are an athlete, power lifter, sprinter etc, track cycling sprinter you might develop a big *&$!.
But cycling walking and running are just going to tone up your legs, with exception of cycling, which will slightly over develop your
Three Visible Quads.
As for the media types, who constantly pay homage to squats etc, theirs is more self centered hype at their plastic preened elitist life style, personal trainer, then add their superior diet
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 24 Feb 2022, 5:12pm
by Gearoidmuar
Fitness is muscle specific. Cardiovascular fitness is actually in the muscles you train. Cycling and skating use the same muscles. Cycling and walking hard uphill use the same. I know this because I was once 14w off the bike after a crash and had to walk everywhere including up some steep hills. I was amazed when I went out with my cycling friends, that first cycle I handled a 50m cycle no problem except for rear end being a bit tender.
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 24 Feb 2022, 5:17pm
by Jdsk
Gearoidmuar wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 5:12pm
Fitness is muscle specific. Cardiovascular fitness is actually in the muscles you train.
And the heart and lungs.
Jonathan
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 24 Feb 2022, 9:09pm
by David2504
Jdsk wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 5:17pm
Gearoidmuar wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 5:12pm
Fitness is muscle specific. Cardiovascular fitness is actually in the muscles you train.
And the heart and lungs.
Jonathan
Is the heart not a muscle?
Also I thought aerobic fitness was linked not only to the amount of oxygen you can inhale but also how much of it you can use before exhaling and deliver to the working muscles in various parts of the body.
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 25 Feb 2022, 6:55am
by Slowtwitch
David2504 wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 9:09pm
Jdsk wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 5:17pm
Gearoidmuar wrote: ↑24 Feb 2022, 5:12pm
Fitness is muscle specific. Cardiovascular fitness is actually in the muscles you train.
And the heart and lungs.
Jonathan
Is the heart not a muscle?
Also I thought aerobic fitness was linked not only to the amount of oxygen you can inhale but also how much of it you can use before exhaling and deliver to the working muscles in various parts of the body.
Yes, this is measured in VO2 Max. It used to be a very clinical measurement requiring men in white coats, but you can get electronic gadgets to do the same now. It's basically
the measurement athletes and pros use to determine their condition after training.
And the heart is of course our most precious and high performing muscle, unlike the others without it we'd be dead. It pays dividends to look after it. Also the lungs are a muscle to be worked, and if you take good care and exercise both, then you might not avoid entirely the physical decay of life, but you can be better prepared for it and remain active when all your peers in activity terms have long since given up the ghost.
Re: Is is cycling fitness so different to running?
Posted: 25 Feb 2022, 11:02am
by NATURAL ANKLING
Hi,
So the lungs or muscles?
Other parts of the anatomy can also be called lungs