Fat... and stuff other people have posted

Monique, over at velonews, has put up another eat right 'article' and yes I know. It isn't targeted at me. It's targeted at those with KFC and Ding Dong Ho Ho fetishes. Those who feel incomplete without a bit of processed white flower and high fructose corn syrup.

But even then. I read the first bit about sat fat and man I know plenty of people who went on a very successful diet where they ate not one gram of saturated fats or cholesterol with the sole intent and purpose to get the cholesterol number down.

What happened. Bueler? Bueler? Their cholesterol numbers skyrocketed. What? WHY? They didn't eat any but their numbers got worse? WTF?

Well. Ya see. We are just walking chunks of meat. Turns out, we MAKE it in our body. When we don't eat any the body can over produce it. It is possible that the dramatic switch from cholesterol to non at an older age may have triggered it. I guess it goes to say - moderation.

Oh and Omega-3 is pretty pointless to try and target if you are getting it from sources with high amounts of Omega-6. Someone with my background than me pointed that out- look it up.

I'm just ranting to quiet the demons in my own head.

Anyway - i mentioned other stuff.

Must watch: (code didn't work)
Thanks suds for posting it

I just stole his source code since I seem to be too retarded to find the originating link and do it the right way. Hope it works. If not just go to his blog and watch it.

And last bit. One of the Powertapheads mentioned efficiency at low pedal cadences and stuff. No names, no need to remember who and all that. Did yall read Josh's Top TT tips? "36 Ways to A Faster TT"

Good stuff there. Esp if ya gonna be hitting a local club TT.

I know this bit stuck in Solobreak's craw. Figured I'd beat him to the punch since he's too focused on A, B, C and D lately.

29) Optimum cadence for a time trial is generally 90 to 105, but you must practice this. Leg speed is the key to cycling and it is easy to train. If you can pedal smoothly at 120 rpm in training, you will be extremely efficient at 105 rpm in the race. To train this, do one interval a week building from 10 minutes to an hour with very little resistance at 115 to 130 rpm.

Did everyone see that?
Leg speed is the key to cycling and it is easy to train.

Hmmm. Leg speed is the key to cycling. Hmmm.

But my HR goes up. Sure it does. But lets use another example. Say a cyclist goes for a run for the first time in over 6 months. Heck drop it to a reasonable bit of time. What does their HR do? Then say this cyclist runs every other day for a couple weeks. Is the HR the same as it was the first time? Assuming distance and speed are similar the HR goes down.

Now for those 'tapheads and number crunchers - sure you are just as efficient at low cadences and can produce the same amount of watts as those struggling with a high HR in training with a high cadence. What happens come race day? Hmmm.

This is nothing new to anyone I suppose. But it seems people are far too content to be a 75-85 rpm pathlete in Road races and Crits. "I need a 56 tooth chainring or I will get dropped in a sprint." Anyone paying attention last year to some kid named Gavin's results will see how retarded that notion is. Here's a kid with Junior gear restrictions kicking the asses of "big gear" jocks.

I'm not saying that you need to leave the church of the big ring. But to maximize your leg speed USING THE BIG RING WHEN IT COUNTS - you need to learn how to pedal fast for a long time.

But remember I ain't know jack about training. Lots of good ideas. I read too much, probably read enough to actually know what I'm talking about in a theoretical sense, just lacking the empirical side. Or maybe not. Maybe I know what works by the fact I know what doesn't work. I know I'm not getting fast by not training. I do know i get slower when I don't take a rest day during the week. It seems 5 days in a row of pulling a loaded trailer for just under two hours a day is enough work to just make me tired all the time. Taking at least one day off seems to give the muscles time to recover and rebuilt. Kinda funny. I know if you want to win in a sprint you have to train for a sprint but you also have to train so you can be there in the end for the sprint. How? I dunno. I'm just having too much damn fun riding my bike. If I get faster along the way then, well that's cool.

Heddwch
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PS - remember I'm not a coach/doctor/nutritionist/whatever and as much as I seem to play online - bottom line: I am not one. I am just me. And you can be assured I'll change my mind about something or everything at some point.