Legal Cycling Suplements

Rick_Rude wrote:

Rick_Rude wrote:

My cadence is all over the place! Over summer I dropped it and it was great for PRs and stuff. 

Now I’ve kind of given up going out unless it’s good weather and I’m back Zwifting and I’ve noticed my cadence has gone back up again. Odd. Lower cadence felt better on the road and constant 85rpm+ feels better on the turbo. 

I produce a bit more power in the short term by using lower cadences, it keeps my heart rate down a tad. I use different methods for different types of events.

TT 75-85 rpm
Club meet-up runs 85+
Back to back rides 85+
Turbo/Zwift/TR 90+
tootling around 70 or less

I’ve read the articles about
I’ve read the articles about why you shouldn’t try and spin like the pros. I think their analysis was applying next to no pressure, basically developing Little power.

There are many benefits to using a higher cadence over grinding low cadence.
You develop a greater cardio capacity, learn a better technique in pedalling, reduces strain on joints an muscles, allows for quicker power pickup(competitive events), It aids full day back to back riding without blowing the legs.

The likes of ‘Trainer Road’ training emphasis is about using cadences generally 85-95 rpm for their workouts. A lot of their plans have pedal technique improvements. There are sessions about using lower cadences but with warnings not to do them if they cause pain.

‘Spin to Win’ is a valid technique to improve your cycling. If you add it to your arsenal of skills you will become a better all round cyclist.

Currently on my 16 week TR winter fitness program

Typical early training session average 90rpm, max 117rpm, also some low standing cadence segments

Sriracha wrote:

Sriracha wrote:

Time.

Ice baths 🙂

2030 is read to be forecast by NASA as our suns next sleep period.
A shadow is seen in her dance too yet if there is a race understanding time allowances such could be seen as a communication failure with a carbon based planet. Hence there might be a reconnaissance unit here establishing as best it can. Loads and loads of kings and queens down here.. The bees are lovely. Humans are probably like children and over enthusiastic regarding intelligence to allow a clean path behind them.
Avoiding plastics (or reducing) discarded into landfill bins also speeds up recovery times.. I won’t proof that. Trust is knowing reliability. Without trust I simply place the plastics into the recycling bins. Good enough.
Might get cold soon. Learning how to exercise might certainly help.
I’m just grumpy.. Been 6 days since I’ve ridden and weather is perfect.

Maybe hanging leaves from the shower head could assist opening up your throttle bodies. Clearing the sinuses. Internet would have write ups somewhere.

Tomato is another 1
Tomato is another 1
Containing a high content of same enzine found in strawberry,  a high consumption might have you running like a stallIon keeping the wind up.
Surprisingly particular enzine naturally targets leg fats yet surprisingly again if cooked using a fattening way such as shallow frying in oil;  the enzine becomes very much more potent and will harness leg fat stronger.
That might help loosen you up bro.
Humans are incredible machines..  Due to testing being judgement we often fail yet …

Tomatoes are a superfood

Just started on turmeric

Just started on turmeric extract (curcumin) powder as my shoulder is injured and inflammed and I can’t take ibruprofen. Only 5 days in so can’t really make any judgement yet but it does seems to have some medically reviewed benefits.

Was also reading about Salazar and his infusions of L-carnitine. Apparently it takes 3-6 months to work as a fat fuel burner when you exercise but works straight away if taken through an IV. Anybody take it in tablet form?

I was once interested in cardarine but then read its research was stopped as it caused cancer in mice so best not take that. I think it’s illegal anyway if you’re a pro.

What do you mean by legal .

What do you mean by legal . Are you a professional racer who’s going to be tested .

plenty of supplements that help you recover legal or not and they work great but ,,,,,,,,,,,

First. off I would get yourself checked out to see if you are carrying a injury, may not be in your legs but can have a knock on effect because of the way the body compensates for  injuries. 

If its  clear your not  injured then you may just not have good ability to recover from a hard session or perhaps you need to ease up a bit on your training and give your body a chance to recover , you cannot go full gas everyday and expect no issues . It’s not realistic. 

It’s that simple . 

if your a young guy then your body should really be able to recover unless  you have a issue somewhere which means getting a blood test , I would go to a private clinic to do this as the NHS are only going to give a general view on your results where a clinic will look for markers that are relevant to your problem and will spot a issue if you have one .  

Boatsie wrote:

Boatsie wrote:

I don’t want to lead astray neither. I just like cycling too. I had a tumbling round pass my ear many years ago. At that range the round wobble sounds like a helicopter blade turbulence hence protecting loved ones from lies is at least more than none of mans reason to have walked away accused of fearing the sound of a helicopter blade. Dad was lucky in a sense. He was a head armourer during Vietnam conflict and deloyed to front yet during time of flight, the conflict ended, hence they landed on Vietnam, had to remain in plane during refuelling and flew home. A lot of earthlings understand time via our relationship with our planets rotation. None or more understand coordination of prisms and densities thus allowing a broader view of our 4th dimension and in a sense; a spring while enjoying the entertainment of coordination using 3 dimensions. 80 quid is a lot to me. I’ve been riding 40 years. My understanding of using the lowest ratio isn’t to see how fast you can spin because that’ll probably do a different sort of damage. Damage if you over spin, damage if you force upon a misalignment. Basically low ratio so that there is near no force. Slow ride.. Spin.. Find your balance. Micro adjustments made by self will determine where comfort is. If you want muscle growth.. Repetitive motion on a slightly easier cog will benefit a lot less wear and speed might be slower but will become much faster sooner. Beans are really good. Brown rice is much better than white regarding nutrition and I believe potatoes even better nutrition. I love mung beans.. (Probably because it rhymes with dung and they look funny). I just like the exercise man, I’m broken in lots of physical places, even had my forehead broken. A lot of these other blokes here are much better cyclists than i(IMO) , I’m happy to have a tall cog to gently press on and a short cog to kick hard(if that makes sense). Hence growing slow feels great

Can I interest you in a 4-dimensional time cube? https://timecube.2enp.com/