I climb pretty well for a plus size cyclist. Except in a race where I get spit out the back as soon as the road goes vertical. I can race pretty well in flat crits, circuit races and time trial on flat roads. But I hate crits. So I'm trying to do my best to lose enough wieght to be decent in the road races that have lots of rolling terrrain and average climbs. I'll never make myself into Marco Pantani, but I can get to a point where I wont get dropped. My next road race is in Poolsville on the 23rd and its not too tough. The race in the photo was near Lancaster Pa last Saturday.

Since I have no will power to stop eating, I have to boost my fat burning milage to at least 200+ miles a week for about the next 2 months and still work in HIT too. I got in close to 600 miles in april and I missed alot of days early in the month. So far i've only missed 3 days training in the last 15. Based on my logs my trend is to lose about 5 lbs for every 500 miles ridden, so long as the 500 miles are in a short period of time and I average about 2500 calories a day. 

Well I measured my BFC using one of those impedance thingies (read Magic 8 Ball) and it said I'm at 20%.  I'd like to get into the mid teens.  I'm not so much looking for the aesthetics of it, but the performance of knowing that my body has the ability to charge, expend, and recharge very quickly.  Not to mention, the bodyweight exercises will be even easier.   

Quote from: Ducatista on May 09, 2009, 07:00:31 AMNot to mention, the bodyweight exercises will be even easier.   

Don't mention that to your trainer...I was doing horizontal pullups the other day and mentioned that they were getting easier...that's when my trainer set a 45lb plate on my stomach. Hehe.

Quote from: ZLTFUL on May 09, 2009, 11:02:55 AM
Don't mention that to your trainer...I was doing horizontal pullups the other day and mentioned that they were getting easier...that's when my trainer set a 45lb plate on my stomach. Hehe.

Oh, yeah.  Whenever my workout times drop below 10 minutes, my coach ups my weight.  It never gets easier.  I just find another gear.

Rocked 62 miles on the Felt today.  Unfortunately, Lookout Mountain was closed 3/4 of the way up for downhill skateboard racing.  However, I carried more speed up to that point today than last week.  I also really cruised for the last 18 miles of the ride at a pace I would not have been able to maintain earlier in the year.

Holy grip strength, Batman!  I haven't had this much difficulty typing since I was first learning how to type.  I did a workout today called Helen.  400m run, 21 kettlebell swings @ 16 kg, 12 pull ups for 3 rounds done in 14:49.  All I could do was lie on the floor and hope my hands would open again. 

How is everyone else doing?

Up and down, up and down.  I have been dealing with a rotator cuff injury for a while now, so my upper body is essentially turning to mush.  All run, bike, and squats.  Hooray for squats.  I assume your hands recovered enough to drive home?

Rode 85 miles on Saturday.  Was not sore at all on Sunday.

Hit the gym for a light workout both yesterday and today. 

Tomorrow is a horrible day from a scheduling standpoint.  Thursday is no better.

Probably get a decent ride in on Friday, unless a group ride is scheduled for Saturday.

Yesterday is my normal HIIT day...had to skip it because...
1. I was at work at 3:38am and left work at 3:40pm
2. Drove 6 hours round trip after work to buy a new (to me) car...
3. When I got home, I felt like dying and not much else...

So today is upper body at the gym so i am pushing for a 30 or so mile bike ride after work.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so the weight difference isn't surprising ~

JM

I've been doing BodyPump workouts a steady 3x per week.  On Monday, I hit 210lbs on my bathroom scale, down from 238 at my peak 14 months ago. I'm continuing to lose weight, albeit at a slower pace now.  I'm way stronger, too. 

That's still an average of ~2lbs/month, though.   It all adds up.   

Wednesday was upper body endurance day...my trainer decided to mix it upa bit...Super Sets. Got to say that I love plate lifts...but not when combined with push presses in Super Sets.
Cable push downs...combined with dumb bell kickbacks...
Loads of fun. But I did get my bicycle ride in after work so it was all good.
Skipped working out at all last night as my body was just exhausted after 3 days of coming in to work at 3:30-3:45 am.

Today is legs/lower body strength...my goal for leg press is 500lbs...today I will be starting at 390.
Of course, just because they know how much I love them, I am guessing at least 2 to 3 different types of squats to be added in there as well...

Haven't weighed or measured for 3 weeks now. But I have continued my good eating and regular workouts. I know it's all working because I went from doing 17 pullups over 4 sets on week 2 to doing 16 in my first set on Monday. Then following it up with sets of 15, 14, 15 respectively.

Holy mother of god am I spent.

First Super Set (4 sets of each)
Leg Press (made it to 425 before I felt my knees doing things they shouldn't)
into Calf Raises on the Leg Press machine

Second
Glute/Hammy Raises
into Woodcutters with 35lb dumbbell

Third
Squats on the smith machine
into Jump Squats with no weights

Fourth
Leg Extensions
into Jump squats with 5lbs on each ankle

My butt cramped after the glute/hammy raises but stretched it out and only missed a half set of the squats on the smith machine.

The thing that amazes me the most is that once I get back to the office, I feel fine (a little tired but good overall) and the next day while I feel some stiffness, it goes away relatively fast.

Wee! Did an 84 mile bicycle ride yesterday with some obscene amount of climbing.   

One step closer to the century.    

Quote from: Jammen on May 26, 2009, 02:05:30 PM
One step closer to the century.    

You sound like Nate.