No longer will I bother wearing a shirt on my bike commute.
Also, despite my early-season lamentations of age, I set four personal time records in the last couple weeks on my commute. I'm still getting faster despite being in my mid 30s. Among Stava users overall in the places I bike, I'm in the top 300 of fastest bikers ever. I'm usually #1 or #2 on any given segment on any given day: my average bike commute is faster than most people trying to be fast.
The moral is if you bike almost every day, you'll be in crazy good shape by default.
170lb was my goal...so I need a new goal. Not sure if I have a weight objective, but I'm going to try to lose as much belly fat as possible.
Congrats dude, cardio helps lots with that. Also, if you can built some muscle, it will help with some fat burning. But remember, muscle is heavier than fat.
170lb was my goal...so I need a new goal. Not sure if I have a weight objective, but I'm going to try to lose as much belly fat as possible.
Congrats dude, cardio helps lots with that. Also, if you can built some muscle, it will help with some fat burning. But remember, muscle is heavier than fat.
That's right. Don't exercise and you too can weigh 150 like me.
I take umbrage with benching 1.5x your body weight. Off the top of my head I can think of 10 NFL athletes who couldn't do that and I know for damn skippy I couldn't.
170lb was my goal...so I need a new goal. Not sure if I have a weight objective, but I'm going to try to lose as much belly fat as possible.
Congrats. I too don't really have a weight goal so much as a "belly fat isn't healthy, I should probably lose this" goal. Also fitting into 32 waist pants again would be nice. I used to wear 30 in high school, but really needed a 29 (which was impossible to find.)
I'm talking general athleticism. You get to the point of being able to do a pullup/pushup by being generally active and athletic.
Among the oldest people in history, none of them were particularly athletic. They were just lucky with DNA. Also, a significant number of them attributed their longevity to their weird diets, none of which really had much in common with each other. None of them are probably worth copying, especially not cigar smoking guy.
You look around at the oldest people alive today, and you would expect to see nothing but people who were professional athletes and Olympians, but that's not the case. The people who are 90+ now aren't the people who have, or once had, buff arms.
Not to mention, quality of life is something to consider. You want to be cool old guy who can do stuff, or shitty sack of useless flesh and weak bones old guy who needs someone to help him dress of a morning? I mean, pick what you like, but I know what I'm picking. And when we're all in our dotage, if you need someone to fabricate you up a cool gundam looking walker, I'm your guy, guy. I'll even doll up the tennis balls on the legs for you.
Arm strength is not a necessary component of general health and fitness. The health of the bits inside your head and torso are what matters, not the meats on your appendages.
Well, at least as long as we can avoid a Fist of the North Star scenario. In which case, arm strength will matter more than anything.
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Also, despite my early-season lamentations of age, I set four personal time records in the last couple weeks on my commute. I'm still getting faster despite being in my mid 30s. Among Stava users overall in the places I bike, I'm in the top 300 of fastest bikers ever. I'm usually #1 or #2 on any given segment on any given day: my average bike commute is faster than most people trying to be fast.
The moral is if you bike almost every day, you'll be in crazy good shape by default.
170lb was my goal...so I need a new goal. Not sure if I have a weight objective, but I'm going to try to lose as much belly fat as possible.
Umbrage, says I.
You look around at the oldest people alive today, and you would expect to see nothing but people who were professional athletes and Olympians, but that's not the case. The people who are 90+ now aren't the people who have, or once had, buff arms.
Not to mention, quality of life is something to consider. You want to be cool old guy who can do stuff, or shitty sack of useless flesh and weak bones old guy who needs someone to help him dress of a morning? I mean, pick what you like, but I know what I'm picking. And when we're all in our dotage, if you need someone to fabricate you up a cool gundam looking walker, I'm your guy, guy. I'll even doll up the tennis balls on the legs for you.
Well, at least as long as we can avoid a Fist of the North Star scenario. In which case, arm strength will matter more than anything.