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Sitting on the couch made me weak

shaggs2riches - 5-5-2012 at 12:43 PM

Got my new mountain bike set up last night from a local enthusiast. When I got home I decided to go for a quick test ride down the block. I went down a few blocks and then did a climb up the hill I mountainboard then back home again. It was a total 10 minute all out as fast as I could ride. I almost threw up from being out of breath :megan: . To think Monday I'm starting my 5 mile commutes to work. The guy who helped me tune my shifting told me he can make it there in 20minutes. I think I better leave myself a full hour till I get myself conditioned. :ticking:

Kamikuza - 5-5-2012 at 06:22 PM

:lol: :karate:

bigkid - 5-5-2012 at 07:52 PM

At a doctor appt about 8 months ago tried to take the stairs for 2 floors and didn't make it. had to get off at 1 floor and took over an hour to recuperate. Missed my appt to get xrays.
Enjoy the bike and take an extra 1/2 hour just in case, would hate for you to be late to work. :lol:

shaggs2riches - 5-5-2012 at 09:32 PM

Well at least you have an unfortunate legit excuse. Me I can only blame laziness and lack of motivation from a crappy winter of no snowkiting. However I still try to pass it on as bad genes whenever I can. :lol: Even worse I tried to pump my 12 airush and found myself wayyy out of breath by the time I was finished. I would have to leave unrolling the lines and bar hookup for a few minutes till I gained my composure. :no:

Cerebite - 7-5-2012 at 08:29 AM

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Originally posted by shaggs2riches
:lol: Even worse I tried to pump my 12 airush and found myself wayyy out of breath by the time I was finished. I would have to leave unrolling the lines and bar hookup for a few minutes till I gained my composure. :no:


:rolleyes: Umm, I think you are supposed to use a machine to pump those up not your lungs :tumble::yes:

John Holgate - 7-5-2012 at 02:57 PM

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Umm, I think you are supposed to use a machine to pump those up not your lungs :tumble::yes:


It wasn't the lungs, the powerpoint was a good 25ft away on a slight uphill incline. And don't forget to factor in the drag of the shagg-pile carpet..:smilegrin:

erratic winds - 7-5-2012 at 07:04 PM

Let's find out if sitting makes me weak, I'm benched for 6 weeks after tearing an abdominal muscle on 4/20/12 session and not realizing it til the start of my 4/27/12 session.

I'm worried about speed of healing and missing so much flying. Looking at yoga to try and keep fit

shaggs2riches - 7-5-2012 at 07:42 PM

Hope you heal fast. Not finding out for a week later woulda really made me wonder what I did before I figured it out.

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Originally posted by John Holgate
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Umm, I think you are supposed to use a machine to pump those up not your lungs :tumble::yes:


It wasn't the lungs, the powerpoint was a good 25ft away on a slight uphill incline. And don't forget to factor in the drag of the shagg-pile carpet..:smilegrin:



Hey I was only trying to practice holding my breath fro when I finally get out in the water. Figured the kiting pumping video was a good way to time myself. :spin:

I survived my first day of riding to and from work. It worked out to a total of 20min ride either way. I bet once I am a bit conditioned I might be able to shave off a bit more time. Took a different route to get home and it worked out to be the same. But man do my legs ache this evening. :wee: :thumbup: