Don't forget that cycling is good cv for your heart...
It is of no help to climbing at all. Weight loss maybe but i find i just eat loads more as it makes you so hungry.One connection with climbing performance, although a negative one, is it totally screws you flexibility. If you dont stretch a lot your fucked.
Breathing hard in heavy traffic cannot be good for you.
Fuck the ticker and fuck the environment. Actually, TBH, the latter probably remains my primary motivation. Breathing hard in heavy traffic cannot be good for you. I'd say there's a ticker-lungs trade off in there somewhere.
Quote from: gme on January 25, 2017, 05:21:00 pmIt is of no help to climbing at all. Weight loss maybe but i find i just eat loads more as it makes you so hungry.One connection with climbing performance, although a negative one, is it totally screws you flexibility. If you dont stretch a lot your fucked.Agree with all of the above, exactly my experience. I found the weight didn't go, it just moved to my legs. My flexibility suffered a lot too. Shame really as I hate running.
Quote from: Zods Beard on January 25, 2017, 06:02:22 pmQuote from: gme on January 25, 2017, 05:21:00 pmIt is of no help to climbing at all. Weight loss maybe but i find i just eat loads more as it makes you so hungry.One connection with climbing performance, although a negative one, is it totally screws you flexibility. If you dont stretch a lot your fucked.Agree with all of the above, exactly my experience. I found the weight didn't go, it just moved to my legs. My flexibility suffered a lot too. Shame really as I hate running.That's it. I'm done with this devil machine. I'm getting a hand-powered recumbent and attaching Lapis rollyballs to the cranks.
some kind of rowing machine contraption
Quote from: Dexter on January 31, 2017, 05:13:40 pmsome kind of rowing machine contraption A handcycle?
Not wanting to troll, butNo.I mean, if you want to get good at climbing, do more climbing-specific stuff. Simples