Comments on: Dizzy http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: alex http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504154 alex Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:56:13 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504154 u relli fat u relli fat

]]> By: BotchedExperiment http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504155 BotchedExperiment Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:39:58 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504155 BIg Mike, that was priceless.   I think there's going to be a really sweet Paragon for sale at a highly reduced price *right* after the end of Leadville.   Warning: Unsolicited advice follows. Keeping your momentum over technical stuff is super important with a rigid bike.   Botched     BIg Mike, that was priceless.
 
I think there’s going to be a really sweet Paragon for sale at a highly reduced price *right* after the end of Leadville.
 
Warning: Unsolicited advice follows. Keeping your momentum over technical stuff is super important with a rigid bike.
 
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]]> By: jim http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504156 jim Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:54:45 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504156 The last time I experience this dizzy effect was when I was in the best shape of my life.  So I think your theory may hold some water.  Sadly, it has been a long time since I have felt this light headed buzz.  I guess that tells me something.   www.poserrantings.blogspot.com The last time I experience this dizzy effect was when I was in the best shape of my life.  So I think your theory may hold some water.  Sadly, it has been a long time since I have felt this light headed buzz.  I guess that tells me something.
 
http://www.poserrantings.blogspot.com

]]> By: Unknown http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504157 Unknown Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:41:18 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504157 I'm not a real doctor, but I have picked up enough information on the World Wide Web to impersonate one in blog postings. The dizziness you describe is a good example of CFS (Counterintuitive Fitness Syndrome), the gist of which is that you become more and more physiologically unstable the healthier you become. ACFS - Acute Counterintuitive Fitness Syndrome - is usually only experienced by elite athletes. Symptoms are sudden death and difficulty urinating, the second symptom quickly following the first.   It's been well documented that athletes suffer from sinus bradycardia (a lowered heartrate when watching Brady Bunch reruns, accompanied by sneezing). Recent studies have shown that some arrhythmias are common among runners, while some - for example testicular arrhythmia from having given one or more nuts, usually the left, in exchange for a bike with a full carbon frame - are more often experienced by cyclists. All things considered, you sound just unfit enough to still be functional.   vitalengine http://psychelist.blogspot.com/ I’m not a real doctor, but I have picked up enough information on the World Wide Web to impersonate one in blog postings. The dizziness you describe is a good example of CFS (Counterintuitive Fitness Syndrome), the gist of which is that you become more and more physiologically unstable the healthier you become. ACFS – Acute Counterintuitive Fitness Syndrome – is usually only experienced by elite athletes. Symptoms are sudden death and difficulty urinating, the second symptom quickly following the first.
 
It’s been well documented that athletes suffer from sinus bradycardia (a lowered heartrate when watching Brady Bunch reruns, accompanied by sneezing). Recent studies have shown that some arrhythmias are common among runners, while some – for example testicular arrhythmia from having given one or more nuts, usually the left, in exchange for a bike with a full carbon frame – are more often experienced by cyclists. All things considered, you sound just unfit enough to still be functional.
 
vitalengine
http://psychelist.blogspot.com/

]]> By: sans auto http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504158 sans auto Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:10:03 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504158 Some guys use Gatorade, others use a salt lick... I guess my exercise physiology professor overlooked that. Some guys use Gatorade, others use a salt lick… I guess my exercise physiology professor overlooked that.

]]> By: Jon Paul http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504159 Jon Paul Sun, 06 Aug 2006 22:01:42 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504159 What weapon did you pick? Thanks for the review of the Clif Shot Bloks. They really helped. I did a personal best of 42 miles at the Naperville (IL) Rotary Club charity ride today. I'm still hoping for a century before the year ends. Best of luck on the Leadville 100! Thanks for all the inspiration. JP What weapon did you pick? Thanks for the review of the Clif Shot Bloks. They really helped. I did a personal best of 42 miles at the Naperville (IL) Rotary Club charity ride today. I’m still hoping for a century before the year ends.

Best of luck on the Leadville 100! Thanks for all the inspiration.

JP

]]> By: quickKarl http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504160 quickKarl Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:30:49 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504160 i have the same problem.  found out about it one night when i passed out after getting up to haed to the bath room. my wife was so upset she made me go to the doc the next day. after many checks and test, he saaid it was vaso vasgal syncope. he told me to get up slower and make sure i stay hydrated  when riding.   karl  i have the same problem.  found out about it one night when i passed out after getting up to haed to the bath room. my wife was so upset she made me go to the doc the next day.
after many checks and test, he saaid it was vaso vasgal syncope. he told me to get up slower and make sure i stay hydrated  when riding.
 
karl 

]]> By: Sue http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504161 Sue Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:12:52 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504161 Born4 -- Ah, nevermind. . .   sans auto -- Whereas you and I might carbo-load before a big event (or, indeed eat a carb-rich diet during the training/racing season) Fatty salt-loads. A few days ago, when I went over to his house to pick up the bike rack PVC pipe he was giving me, I noticed a 1/2 eaten 25lb mineral block (normally useds for cattle) in his garage. He told me he goes through 3-4 of those blocks a month and he usually keeps one on his desk, in case he gets the munchies at work.   Botched   P.S. Seriously, when Fatty races, you don't have to worry about hyponatremia (in fact one must wonder about hypernatremia) because he drinks (quiver) a can of Cambell's (wave of nausea) Chicken and Stars soup at every aid station (I need to go vomit). Each serving of that soup has the same sodium RDA as is recommended for the entire state of Rhode Island.   P.P.S. Did I mention that he drinks the soup cold? Right from the can? I mean for the love of God! Is there anything this man won't eat? Born4 — Ah, nevermind. . .
 
sans auto — Whereas you and I might carbo-load before a big event (or, indeed eat a carb-rich diet during the training/racing season) Fatty salt-loads. A few days ago, when I went over to his house to pick up the bike rack PVC pipe he was giving me, I noticed a 1/2 eaten 25lb mineral block (normally useds for cattle) in his garage. He told me he goes through 3-4 of those blocks a month and he usually keeps one on his desk, in case he gets the munchies at work.
 
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P.S. Seriously, when Fatty races, you don’t have to worry about hyponatremia (in fact one must wonder about hypernatremia) because he drinks (quiver) a can of Cambell’s (wave of nausea) Chicken and Stars soup at every aid station (I need to go vomit). Each serving of that soup has the same sodium RDA as is recommended for the entire state of Rhode Island.
 
P.P.S. Did I mention that he drinks the soup cold? Right from the can? I mean for the love of God! Is there anything this man won’t eat?

]]> By: Born4Lycra http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504162 Born4Lycra Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:07:21 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504162 Born4Lycra  Giggling childishly as I type. Not sure if BigMike has pointed this out previously but down here, down under a bonk is physical activity between two persons which often ends with a little light headidness some might call it dizziness and the commitment to undying love. So possibly before you stood up you were otherwise engaged. I subscribe to the Hypotension theory for what its worth. I'm also rather foolishly hanging on to the hope that Floydd is innocent but it is getting harder by the minute. Good luck to you and others on the Leadville next weekend. Born4Lycra 
Giggling childishly as I type. Not sure if BigMike has pointed this out previously but down here, down under a bonk is physical activity between two persons which often ends with a little light headidness some might call it dizziness and the commitment to undying love. So possibly before you stood up you were otherwise engaged.
I subscribe to the Hypotension theory for what its worth. I’m also rather foolishly hanging on to the hope that Floydd is innocent but it is getting harder by the minute.
Good luck to you and others on the Leadville next weekend.

]]> By: sans auto http://www.fatcyclist.com/2006/08/04/dizzy/comment-page-1/#comment-504163 sans auto Sun, 06 Aug 2006 05:32:15 +0000 http://fatcyclistspacesarchive.wordpress.com/2006/08/04/dizzy#comment-504163 It sounds like we should have a little lesson on hyponatriemia from an exercise physiologist.  This is when the electrolytes in your body become diluted with too much water.  Your body doesn't like this and it makes you dizzy and otherwise feel awful.  In my experience, it feels like a really bad bonk accompanied by a headache, dizzyness and blurry thoughts.  I have only been there a couple of times (I've learned from it and choose not to visit that place anymore), and it could be that my hyponatriemia was accompanied by a bonk.  Diluted electrolytes will make you dizzy, but the problem will be solved by replacing the sodium and potassium that you have lost in your sweat.  When the light headedness comes from standing up quickly, it is likely orthostatic hypotension which you can't really do anything about (except stand up slower).  If the problem is electrolytes, you need to find a way to replace them while you ride.  I noticed in an earlier post that Fatty said he was going to ride with water at Leadville, generally this is a bad idea for an 8 hour ride ( I have confidence in you Fatty).  If you lose sodium, potasium and water in your sweat and then replace it with plain water, you are just inviting problems.  You need to replace the electrolytes.  Gatorade, Powerade and most other sports drinks have what you need in them.  Besides that, the saltiness that makes them taste bad keeps you thirsty which helps you drink more.  Electrolytes are involved in sending messages through the nervous system, it's not a good thing to mess with. It sounds like we should have a little lesson on hyponatriemia from an exercise physiologist.  This is when the electrolytes in your body become diluted with too much water.  Your body doesn’t like this and it makes you dizzy and otherwise feel awful.  In my experience, it feels like a really bad bonk accompanied by a headache, dizzyness and blurry thoughts.  I have only been there a couple of times (I’ve learned from it and choose not to visit that place anymore), and it could be that my hyponatriemia was accompanied by a bonk.  Diluted electrolytes will make you dizzy, but the problem will be solved by replacing the sodium and potassium that you have lost in your sweat.  When the light headedness comes from standing up quickly, it is likely orthostatic hypotension which you can’t really do anything about (except stand up slower).  If the problem is electrolytes, you need to find a way to replace them while you ride.  I noticed in an earlier post that Fatty said he was going to ride with water at Leadville, generally this is a bad idea for an 8 hour ride ( I have confidence in you Fatty).  If you lose sodium, potasium and water in your sweat and then replace it with plain water, you are just inviting problems.  You need to replace the electrolytes.  Gatorade, Powerade and most other sports drinks have what you need in them.  Besides that, the saltiness that makes them taste bad keeps you thirsty which helps you drink more.  Electrolytes are involved in sending messages through the nervous system, it’s not a good thing to mess with.

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