| Re: Leg muscle/heart rate question?
Jeff Starr wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:57:48 GMT, "chris c" <cchris@frontiernet.net>
> wrote:
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>>I am 35 going on 20. Weigh 169 (weighed 210 last summer!). Lost it quick
>>with cycling and a low fat diet. I eat great now also (try to stick to the
>>fruit and veg thing). I am in good shape. I have only some fat that I am
>>trying to get rid of on the stomach (love handles). I know cycling wont do
>>this. I do crunches.
>>
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> Hi, crunches won't do it either. Well they will help, and if the fat
> goes away, then you will have muscle to show.Spot reduction doesn't
> work. From what I have read, it seems that we all have areas that the
> fat seems to go to first and comes off of last. A couple of years ago,
> I lost about 40 lbs and I am still struggling to get rid of about
> another 5-10 in the midsection, including the love handles. In the
> last two years I have biked over 5200 miles, I eat healthy [most of
> the time], and work out when not riding. But that last bit of blubber
> is still there. The muscle definition in your legs will come with time
> and lots of riding. I wouldn't worry about pushing harder gears, I
> would just ride.
> You give us your weight, but not height. If over 6ft, then 169 is
> good, but if you are 5'6", well then you have some work to do.
You need to actually work your midsection by doing toe touches and
windmills if you can't do a straight toe touch. Moving the middle of the
body through whatever range of motion you can achieve seems (to me) to
help my loosening things up a bit in the area of concern.
>
> I just turned 50 and I feel better than I did throgh most of my 40s.
> Like you I abused myself with alcohol, drugs, and bad eating. I smoked
> everything but tobacco, for 25 years. Six and a half years ago, I quit
> everything and then started smoking cigars. Well lat year I cut that
> back to about 10 cigars, for the whole year, and I don't get winded
> anymore.
> I use a heart rate monitor and my max has been in the low 170s.
Only low 170s? I am 56 and hit mid to high 180s cut it comes down real fast.
As I
> understand it, one sign of a healthy heart, is how fast it slows down,
> after exertion. If your drops at least 25 beats in three minutes, that
> is good.
Definitely a good sign.
If not, you may have some problems. Depending on how high it
> is, at the start of the three minutes, mine drops 25-40 beats
> regularly.
Keep a watch at the side of your bed and take you pulse before you get
up and you should get a good resting pulse rate. For those of us older
types I keep a blood pressure monitor handy just to track my changes
during the day. A little high before I go out and ride ans sometimes a
bunch low after riding hard, like down to 90/50, as in don't try jumping
up from a comfortable chair.
>
> I agree with the others that you should get a physical, at 35, it's a
> good idea, anyway.
Definitely, help the doctor pay for that Mercedes.
One other thing I do is keep a digital 4 digit thermometer handy and I
have found out that I have a little bit of a weird metabolism. When I
wake up my temp is normally around 95.2, even with an electric blanket.
Once up and about my normal is 97.6, one full degree lower than
'normal'. If I hit 98.6 I am borderline getting sweaty or running a
temperature (for me). Any body else have quirks to their metabolism, or
did I just get the off the wall set? I did hear that a lower body
temperature equals longer life since you are not burning at such a high
rate but that may be just bull.
>
>
> Life is Good!
> Jeff
OK, I'm going now.
Bill Baka
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