Cycling and Field Sports - Not Complementary?

Plastik

75 would not be considered a high cadence on the bike. 100 isn't even anything amazing, 110 though and you're in the high bracket.

Will Heffernan

Plastik wrote: »

75 would not be considered a high cadence on the bike. 100 isn't even anything amazing, 110 though and you're in the high bracket.

I take it back then...in that case I do 167rpm...because all I want to do is to be amazing

Where do you suggest we put the cut off for high cadence then?

I usually spin along at around 80-90rpm. I would of thought for someone that was not a 'cyclist' per se that 80-90rpm is a 'pretty high cadence'?

Will Heffernan

Also...as with everything...it is dependent on perspective...80-90rpm is a very high cadence for an 'older' individual such as myself.

Younger cyclists tend to ride at a higher cadence than older cyclist. This is true even amongst the pro's.

Brian?

Will Heffernan wrote: »

Good work Brian.

Why thank you.

I am a big fan of stimulants.

To me caffeine is a double edge sword. The right amount is great but too much and I'm off to the jacks. I'm sure you're delighted with that info. If you want caffeine for cycling i highly recommend these bullets of deliciousness.

http://www.powerbar.com/products/236/powerbar-energy-blasts-gel-filled-chews.aspx

I am also a fan of riding at a pretty high cadence...75rpm and above for at least the first 10 mins of my ride...I am usually in the 80-90rpm range early on. I find this helps a lot...I think a lot of people tend to push to heavier a gear to early on in their ride and it just takes too much out of their legs...it's like just jumping into weights and just cracking on with your works sets right from the get go....sure you can do it....sure you can get away with it BUT it's not the best way to do it and sooner or later it'll catch up with you.

Most cyclists wouldn't consider 75rpm high cadence, as pointed out. To me anything over 85 is high. They look down on that as well. Bastards. The thing I've learned about proper cyclists is they have a lot of entrenched training beliefs and woe betide you if you question them.

I don't think it was so much the higher cadence that did the trick for me, it was the max effort bursts. 2 or 3 of them and I was happy as larry.

cc87

Brian? wrote: »

I know what you mean. I'm warming up for cycling by cycling now. I was just wondering if you had a novel suggestion that might get me motoring a little better. Cycling is the one thing that doesn't hurt my knee so I have been doing a lot of it and I'm sick of being grumpy for the first 40mins.

Maybe I'll do some sprints in the first few Kms today and see if that changes anything.

Doesnt doing intervals like that have some effect along the lines of increasing blood glucose levels.....or am i way off?? As opposed to just easing into a cycle gradually

Isnt it a strategy that some long distance runners use at the beginning of races??

Brian?

cc87 wrote: »

Doesnt doing intervals like that have some effect along the lines of increasing blood glucose levels.....or am i way off?? As opposed to just easing into a cycle gradually

Isnt it a strategy that some long distance runners use at the beginning of races??

Is it? I must fire up the google machine and look into that. My knowledge of training for endurance sports in poor.