Comments on: Slowing Down http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/ 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: Lowrydr http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29616 Lowrydr Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:21:59 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29616 Fatty, Climb like a Mountain Goat, Fly like an Eagle!! You'll break that 9 for sure. Still sending Karma for Susan too! Fatty,
Climb like a Mountain Goat,
Fly like an Eagle!!
You’ll break that 9 for sure.
Still sending Karma for Susan too!

]]> By: fatty http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29615 fatty Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:18:57 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29615 buckythedonkey - no, it's for sure not time to ban rocbike.com. he seems to be a good guy and he's got a good blog. that's just a trackback showing he's linking to me, which is very cool of him to do. also, he's not even the one doing that -- that's my blogging software automatically putting that in there, showing that rocbike is giving me some love. i actually read rocbike just about every day. it was through him in fact that i found a really awesome cycling cap (http://www.rocbike.com/2007/08/07/product-review-walz-cycling-cap/), which might be the next company i approach for my ads for schwag program. buckythedonkey – no, it’s for sure not time to ban rocbike.com. he seems to be a good guy and he’s got a good blog. that’s just a trackback showing he’s linking to me, which is very cool of him to do. also, he’s not even the one doing that — that’s my blogging software automatically putting that in there, showing that rocbike is giving me some love. i actually read rocbike just about every day. it was through him in fact that i found a really awesome cycling cap (http://www.rocbike.com/2007/08/07/product-review-walz-cycling-cap/), which might be the next company i approach for my ads for schwag program.

]]> By: buckythedonkey http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29584 buckythedonkey Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:29:44 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29584 bradk - you have surely missed the point. Fatty defined tapering as "riding less while drinking more" so go pour yourself another pint my friend! bradk – you have surely missed the point. Fatty defined tapering as “riding less while drinking more” so go pour yourself another pint my friend!

]]> By: buckythedonkey http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29583 buckythedonkey Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:26:38 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29583 Time to bar RocBike.com? Time to bar RocBike.com?

]]> By: Bob http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29574 Bob Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:30:16 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29574 Back when I was a competitive swimmer, we tapered by swimming harder but resting for longer periods between intervals. I'd think the same thing would work in cycling. I'm doing nothing but short bursts this week. Back when I was a competitive swimmer, we tapered by swimming harder but resting for longer periods between intervals. I’d think the same thing would work in cycling. I’m doing nothing but short bursts this week.

]]> By: miles archer http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29535 miles archer Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:34:19 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29535 Just don't go out to fast. Just don’t go out to fast.

]]> By: RocBike.com » Links Of The Day: 7 August 2007 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29532 RocBike.com » Links Of The Day: 7 August 2007 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:21:57 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29532 [...] Slowing Down [...] [...] Slowing Down [...]

]]> By: Born4Lycra http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29527 Born4Lycra Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:06:07 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29527 TapEr not TapIr. Now it's making more sense. It would be very hard to Taper based on my training program. I've been preparing for leadville for the last 12 months and when FC and Sue get back I will know just how well we went. TapEr not TapIr. Now it’s making more sense.
It would be very hard to Taper based on my training program. I’ve been preparing for leadville for the last 12 months and when FC and Sue get back I will know just how well we went.

]]> By: Al Maviva http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29515 Al Maviva Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:19:09 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29515 Rest (whether tapering or at regular intervals) is the key part of your workout if you're trying to get faster and stronger. I'm still fat (though less fat). Yet I am turning into a fast fat guy by riding a lot less than before, but storming like a crazed Viking when I do ride hard. I do three very hard 90 minute rides per week - one with 2-6 minutes total of bleeding gums all-out sprint efforts (84+ minutes of rest), one ride with maybe 40 or 60 minutes of tempo or subthreshold intervals (50 / 30 minutes rest), and either a race or a club ride that is basically a race, at threshold, for 60 minutes. We're talking less than two hours hard work per week, an hour or two of moderate work, then basically resting on or off the bike the remainder of the time. It's working nice, thanks, if the B7 TT was anything to go by. Proper rest is what lets you go much harder when you are doing intensity work; this in turn builds your strength and lets you go faster all the time - there is a trickle down effect on your zone 2 cruising when you use the sprints and short intervals to build leg strength. So you get faster, by going a lot slower, most of the time. So, for a change, I can't mock Fatty here. If he's able to crush his inner hammerhead and rest for a week to taper properly, he has my respect. It's hard to internalize how important rest is. I have to go now - my slow rest day ride is calling me. Rest (whether tapering or at regular intervals) is the key part of your workout if you’re trying to get faster and stronger. I’m still fat (though less fat). Yet I am turning into a fast fat guy by riding a lot less than before, but storming like a crazed Viking when I do ride hard. I do three very hard 90 minute rides per week – one with 2-6 minutes total of bleeding gums all-out sprint efforts (84+ minutes of rest), one ride with maybe 40 or 60 minutes of tempo or subthreshold intervals (50 / 30 minutes rest), and either a race or a club ride that is basically a race, at threshold, for 60 minutes. We’re talking less than two hours hard work per week, an hour or two of moderate work, then basically resting on or off the bike the remainder of the time. It’s working nice, thanks, if the B7 TT was anything to go by. Proper rest is what lets you go much harder when you are doing intensity work; this in turn builds your strength and lets you go faster all the time – there is a trickle down effect on your zone 2 cruising when you use the sprints and short intervals to build leg strength. So you get faster, by going a lot slower, most of the time.

So, for a change, I can’t mock Fatty here. If he’s able to crush his inner hammerhead and rest for a week to taper properly, he has my respect. It’s hard to internalize how important rest is.

I have to go now – my slow rest day ride is calling me.

]]> By: MAJ Mike http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/comment-page-1/#comment-29514 MAJ Mike Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:00:04 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2007/08/07/slowing-down/#comment-29514 "I’ll be a slobbering, drooling, hyperactive freak by Saturday morning." Isn't that a requirement for such a race? “I’ll be a slobbering, drooling, hyperactive freak by Saturday morning.”

Isn’t that a requirement for such a race?

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