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Title: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 08:59:00 AM
Today I rode my bicycle for 50 miles with an average speed of 18 miles per hour (80 km at 29 km/h avg. speed).

How many of you can do this?  :)
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Post by: Psychopath on June 09, 2013, 09:04:54 AM
How's your nutsack holding up?
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Post by: chaos on June 09, 2013, 09:06:35 AM
What kind of bike?
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Post by: Powerlift66 on June 09, 2013, 09:11:53 AM
I get tired driving my car 50 miles...
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 09:31:39 AM
What kind of bike?

just a cheap one. Suits me fine:


(http://www.productwiki.com/upload/images/2006_trek_1000.jpg)
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Post by: JasonH on June 09, 2013, 09:37:18 AM
I did a whole 20 minutes on the stepper this morning. That's my cardio for the year.
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Post by: Tapeworm on June 09, 2013, 09:39:22 AM
How's your nutsack holding up?

Sure, even though I'm in awful shape atm.  Except for this.  I don't get hardcore cyclists.  "You get used to it."  Fine, you do that.  I'll be over here on the rower without uncomfortable something jammed up my crotch.
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Post by: Borracho on June 09, 2013, 10:05:12 AM
Try jumping rope all out for 2 hours straight.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 10:07:43 AM
Sure, even though I'm in awful shape atm.  Except for this.  I don't get hardcore cyclists.  "You get used to it."  Fine, you do that.  I'll be over here on the rower without uncomfortable something jammed up my crotch.

my crotch is fine. I'm used to this kind of cycling.
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: XFACTOR on June 09, 2013, 10:14:06 AM
Definitely something I've been taking a lot more pride in lately. Weekends I run in the morning, bike ride in the afternoon, and train after. Running around 5-6k. Sprinting 1 min and walking 1. Biking I guess maybe 20 miles (weather permitting), then weight training an hour. Weight train and cardio is a permanent fixture in my 7 day routine. If there is any advice I would give to someone starting it is to focus just as much on cardio as bodybuilding. I feel like I'm 20
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Post by: Borracho on June 09, 2013, 10:27:59 AM
Definitely something I've been taking a lot more pride in lately. Weekends I run in the morning, bike ride in the afternoon, and train after. Running around 5-6k. Sprinting 1 min and walking 1. Biking I guess maybe 20 miles (weather permitting), then weight training an hour. Weight train and cardio is a permanent fixture in my 7 day routine. If there is any advice I would give to someone starting it is to focus just as much on cardio as bodybuilding. I feel like I'm 20

Wheres the gay butt sex?
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: viking1 on June 09, 2013, 10:33:56 AM
Today I rode my bicycle for 50 miles with an average speed of 18 miles per hour (80 km at 29 km/h avg. speed).

How many of you can do this?  :)
                         Thats a solid ride.    ;)                   Im a competitive cyclist of 20 years, so my body is like a t-rex now. lol
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 10:36:05 AM
I spent several years of my life only weight training and this gives me little surplus energy in my daily life. I love cycling and it just gives you a huge surplus of energy both mentally and physically. I am sure CSWOL feels the same way.  ;)
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Post by: andreisdaman on June 09, 2013, 10:40:55 AM
cardio just seems to take so much out of me..I just can't sustain it more than a few weeks tops.....I feel drained and dread going to the gym after a while..any thoughts?..tips?
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Post by: XFACTOR on June 09, 2013, 10:52:24 AM
cardio just seems to take so much out of me..I just can't sustain it more than a few weeks tops.....I feel drained and dread going to the gym after a while..any thoughts?..tips?

It's mental. My advice, just don't believe that cardio takes out of you but rather that gives you more. Also timing it, see if mornings work better or night.  Maybe try it at night if it makes you lethargic.
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Post by: Hulkotron on June 09, 2013, 10:57:32 AM
I ran a little under 12 miles this morning.  I normally do about 40 miles a week.
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Post by: andreisdaman on June 09, 2013, 10:57:54 AM
It's mental. My advice, just don't believe that cardio takes out of you but rather that gives you more. Also timing it, see if mornings work better or night.  Maybe try it at night if it makes you lethargic.

Thanks dude....thats another way of looking at it
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Post by: Sophus on June 09, 2013, 11:02:57 AM
I ride 5 - 10km everyday on my bike

I am confident to be able to that
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Post by: Tapeworm on June 09, 2013, 11:03:48 AM
my crotch is fine. I'm used to this kind of cycling.

That's what my pops said when I biked with him in Maine a few years ago.  Fucking torture machines!  Aghhh! ;D


cardio just seems to take so much out of me..I just can't sustain it more than a few weeks tops.....I feel drained and dread going to the gym after a while..any thoughts?..tips?

I start nodding off in chairs at home when I don't drink enough water through the course of the day, cardio or just a plain work day.  Maybe just hydration?  I notice a big difference in energy when I make a point of chugging every couple hours.
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Post by: Hulkotron on June 09, 2013, 11:09:38 AM
Yes most people don't drink enough water.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 11:23:26 AM
cardio just seems to take so much out of me..I just can't sustain it more than a few weeks tops.....I feel drained and dread going to the gym after a while..any thoughts?..tips?

run after work. When you get home after running, cycling etc. take a nap for 25 minutes. Also a cup of coffee and a shower and your energy level is ok.
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Post by: Donny on June 09, 2013, 11:45:45 AM
run...bike...walk....wha t ever you like....just do it and move.
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Post by: Henda on June 09, 2013, 11:52:13 AM
run...bike...walk....what ever you like....just do it and move.

Last time tried cycling the thing at the back that changes gears broke a few miles from home. Bike went away on the scrap wagon the next morning.
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Post by: dj181 on June 09, 2013, 12:19:39 PM
used to have an elite level of cardio fitness, now i'm maybe average :-\
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 12:31:06 PM
used to have an elite level of cardio fitness, now i'm maybe average :-\

what was your resting heart rate?
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 12:32:42 PM
This is the look of true functional power. Fuck roided up juice monkeys:


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/425332_642938182401880_1332757640_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: dj181 on June 09, 2013, 12:44:04 PM
what was your resting heart rate?

not sure, but my VO2 max was 71 ml/kg/min which put me at the elite level
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Post by: King Shizzo on June 09, 2013, 12:52:33 PM
What kind of bike?
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Excitebike_cover.jpg/250px-Excitebike_cover.jpg)
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: Parker on June 09, 2013, 01:07:38 PM
cardio just seems to take so much out of me..I just can't sustain it more than a few weeks tops.....I feel drained and dread going to the gym after a while..any thoughts?..tips?
when I see women banging out sprints on the treadmill next to me, all that "I'm drained" nonsense flies out the window. If they can do it for 30 minutes like crazed person, then you damn sure can.
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: oldtimer1 on June 09, 2013, 01:28:20 PM
I ride 5 - 10km everyday on my bike

I am confident to be able to that

You ride 3.1 miles to 6.2 miles a day on your bike and your confident you can ride 50 miles at 18MPH?
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 01:40:14 PM
You ride 3.1 miles to 6.2 miles a day on your bike and your confident you can ride 50 miles at 18MPH?

As I recall Sophus is a gimmick. And one of the more lame ones.

I am by no means a hardcore bicyclist, but I've trained pretty consistent for some time in order to ride at the quoted speed. Also, the mentioned 50 miles had a lot of hills.
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 09, 2013, 01:42:49 PM
That is impressive. I rode for about 60 miles or so riding about 18MPH much of the way but I'm sure the average wasn't 18MPH. I once rode for 500 miles in 5 days. Now if I ride I ride for about 15 miles on a hybrid going as slow as hell.
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: dj181 on June 09, 2013, 01:43:05 PM
As I recall Sophus is a gimmick. And one of the more lame ones.

I am by no means a hardcore bicyclist, but I've trained pretty consistent for some time in order to ride at the quoted speed. Also, the mentioned 50 miles had a lot of hills.

what's your bench?
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 01:45:00 PM
what's your bench?

pathetic. Don't strength train much at the moment.
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 09, 2013, 01:46:54 PM
The bench is the most useless measure of strength and power.
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Post by: dj181 on June 09, 2013, 01:47:47 PM
pathetic. Don't strength train much at the moment.

no worries then, as you got all those blue-eyed blondie danish hotties round ya 8)
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: dj181 on June 09, 2013, 01:50:47 PM
The bench is the most useless measure of strength and power.

not so sure about that, but it most certainly is the upper body squat

(http://70sbig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dougyoung-395x400.jpg)

(http://www.titanstrengthandpower.com/images/articles/Marv-Phillips-Larry-Pacifico-Doug-Young.jpg)
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Post by: King Shizzo on June 09, 2013, 01:51:45 PM
not so sure about that, but it most certainly is the upper body squat

(http://70sbig.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/dougyoung-395x400.jpg)

(http://www.titanstrengthandpower.com/images/articles/Marv-Phillips-Larry-Pacifico-Doug-Young.jpg)
Never pictured you the muscle bear type of guy.
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: Seven Copper Coins on June 09, 2013, 01:57:06 PM
As I recall Sophus is a gimmick. And one of the more lame ones.

I am by no means a hardcore bicyclist, but I've trained pretty consistent for some time in order to ride at the quoted speed. Also, the mentioned 50 miles had a lot of hills.

If you are really riding that Trek what you are doing isn't extremely difficult. Those things are like the wind.
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Post by: Donny on June 09, 2013, 02:01:32 PM
That is impressive. I rode for about 60 miles or so riding about 18MPH much of the way but I'm sure the average wasn't 18MPH. I once rode for 500 miles in 5 days. Now if I ride I ride for about 15 miles on a hybrid going as slow as hell.
I believe you and reading into your Posts you are fit.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 02:03:44 PM
If you are really riding that Trek what you are doing isn't extremely difficult. Those things are like the wind.

I didn't say what I do is difficult. Since this is a muscle / bodybuilding forum, I was just curious as to the cardio level of people here.
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Post by: Seven Copper Coins on June 09, 2013, 02:07:33 PM
I didn't say what I do is difficult. Since this is a muscle / bodybuilding forum, I was just curious as to the cardio level of people here.

Thats cool. I put in about 100 miles a week myself.....great, great exercise.
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 09, 2013, 02:08:21 PM
Thats cool. I put in about 100 miles a week myself.....great, great exercise.

nice. Do you have a racing bicycle or just a normal city bike?
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Post by: King Shizzo on June 09, 2013, 02:14:09 PM
Thats cool. I put in about 100 miles a week myself.....great, great exercise.
The Gazelle doesn't count.  ::)
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Post by: Seven Copper Coins on June 09, 2013, 02:23:02 PM
nice. Do you have a racing bicycle or just a normal city bike?

I have a dedicated road bike, 26 cm tires. I started on a hybrid, got sick of guys on road bikes flying by me like i wasn't moving. I'm still not "fast", weighing 235 has a LOT to do with that.... But my range and speed have doubled since i got into it.
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Post by: viking1 on June 09, 2013, 02:36:55 PM
No it's not. Elite level cyclists are most definitely not "the look of true functional power." Most look like concentration camp victims with, in a few cases, better looking quads than the average person. IFBB pros look like garbage - that's true, but pro cyclists mostly look like jockeys with golf tans. Most couldn't do a single chin-up if their life depended on it.

Sprinters, decathletes, higher weight class wrestlers, etc. - those athletes represent the look of true functional power.


It depends on the racing discipline. Some avenues of racing have some mass monsters.
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Post by: deadpan on June 09, 2013, 02:57:38 PM
enjoy your prostate issues
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Post by: King Shizzo on June 09, 2013, 02:57:59 PM
A ten minute walk a few times a week. Just measuered my heart rate: 55 bpm. I varies from high 40s to low 60s over the course of the day. Is resting heart rate an indicator of cardo health?
A 10 minute walk? May I ask your A/S/L?
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Post by: avxo on June 09, 2013, 02:58:21 PM
Today the elevator in my apartment complex wasn't working and I had to go up three flights of stairs. I managed to get up without stopping, but just barely. I collapsed in bed for a good 10 minutes immediately afterwards. So... I guess my cardio shape is average?
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Post by: King Shizzo on June 09, 2013, 03:04:16 PM
Today the elevator in my apartment complex wasn't working and I had to go up three flights of stairs. I managed to get up without stopping, but just barely. I collapsed in bed for a good 10 minutes immediately afterwards. So... I guess my cardio shape is average?

Big Bang Theory?
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Post by: Marty Champions on June 09, 2013, 03:07:41 PM
why dont you do something productive for society than annoying drivers on the road. all youre doing is racking up bad karma and putting yourself in danger
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Post by: King Shizzo on June 09, 2013, 03:09:46 PM
why dont you do something productive for society than annoying drivers on the road. all youre doing is racking up bad karma and putting yourself in danger
How much would it have cost, for a prime Falcon to paint a house naked?
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Post by: Soul Crusher on June 09, 2013, 04:33:04 PM
Today I rode my bicycle for 50 miles with an average speed of 18 miles per hour (80 km at 29 km/h avg. speed).

How many of you can do this?  :)


Is 18mph considered fast?
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 09, 2013, 05:23:29 PM

Is 18mph considered fast?

Yes it is. You would have to be in very good shape to do this for 50 miles. For a guy that races bikes it isn't.
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Post by: viking1 on June 09, 2013, 05:46:56 PM
Only on the track. The guy in the pic is a road racer. The road racers are all weaklings.

Criterium racing has some monsters too.
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Post by: oldtimer1 on June 09, 2013, 05:55:12 PM
Road racers in biking are the distance runners of the bike world. The sprinters that go around the oval are the ones with those monster thighs.
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Post by: cephissus on June 09, 2013, 06:07:45 PM
Definitely something I've been taking a lot more pride in lately. Weekends I run in the morning, bike ride in the afternoon, and train after. Running around 5-6k. Sprinting 1 min and walking 1. Biking I guess maybe 20 miles (weather permitting), then weight training an hour. Weight train and cardio is a permanent fixture in my 7 day routine. If there is any advice I would give to someone starting it is to focus just as much on cardio as bodybuilding. I feel like I'm 20

"sprinting one minute and walking 1"

::)

a) you cant sprint for a minute
b) even if you could, no way in HELL you would be ready again to go in 1 minute, especially lap after lap
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Post by: Sophus on June 12, 2013, 08:31:47 AM
As I recall Sophus is a gimmick. And one of the more lame ones.

I am by no means a hardcore bicyclist, but I've trained pretty consistent for some time in order to ride at the quoted speed. Also, the mentioned 50 miles had a lot of hills.

I am no gimmick, I am doing this for years, I am studying sports at university

I can do it I am sure
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Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 12, 2013, 12:51:27 PM
I am no gimmick, I am doing this for years, I am studying sports at university

I can do it I am sure

where are you from? Russia?
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Post by: Sophus on June 13, 2013, 12:46:29 AM
where are you from? Russia?

Germany
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Post by: dj181 on June 13, 2013, 12:53:06 AM
why dont you do something productive for society than annoying drivers on the road. all youre doing is racking up bad karma and putting yourself in danger

agreed
Title: Re: Cardio shape of Getbiggers.
Post by: FitnessFrenzy on June 13, 2013, 01:04:52 AM
why dont you do something productive for society than annoying drivers on the road. all youre doing is racking up bad karma and putting yourself in danger

When I ride alone or in my club we only ride on roads with little or no cars. There are a lot of such roads in my area.
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Post by: dj181 on June 13, 2013, 03:17:27 AM
When I ride alone or in my club we only ride on roads with little or no cars. There are a lot of such roads in my area.

are there any hot and fit females in this club?
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Post by: Kwon_2 on June 13, 2013, 03:28:10 AM
How much would it have cost, for a prime Falcon to paint a house naked?

Or a package deal, Johnny Falcon paints naked, Tbombz hops around in a Bunny-Suit and Mayor of Bodybuilding marches around the house shouting "GIMME 10 NAMES!!"
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Post by: Red Hook on June 13, 2013, 04:01:50 AM
Over the weekend I picked up this beauty... Cannondale SuperSix Ultegra.

I am doing 30 miles per ride right now, I try to keep my cadence between 80-100.   On the weekends I want to up it to 50 miles.
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Post by: syntaxmachine on July 15, 2013, 07:19:46 PM
"sprinting one minute and walking 1"

::)

a) you cant sprint for a minute
b) even if you could, no way in HELL you would be ready again to go in 1 minute, especially lap after lap

Yes, a blatantly nonsensical claim by xchicken. I can't help but wonder how deep the delusion runs in some people here.

(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=355779.0;attach=391235;image)
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Post by: Borracho on July 15, 2013, 07:32:21 PM
Try jumping rope all out for 2 hours straight.

I've never been able to do it....that shit is tough!