i did put the bike rack on the car but i haven't used it yet. i was seriously thinking about starting with weights at the gym because it reduces the amount contact pressure i feel. then i realized i have those clicky bowflex dumbbell thingys. you know the adjustable weight kind. AND i have a bench, a nice one, so i just decided to try that. so i woke up at 4:45am, like i do every morning these days, cleaned up the den enough to assemble a "make-shift" gym. then proceeded to do some reps. just arms for now so i can limit the pain to one body part at a time.
why weights first? contact pressure. it's the pressure you feel at your contact points with surfaces holding you up against gravity. for a bike that is your hands, feet, and saddle area. trying to make it through a work day with that stuff hurting is no fun. AT ALL. so i decided to limit the pain to stuff that will go away after you get in shape. muscle pain vs joint pain.
one more important realization i made yesterday. now that my internals are feeling a whole lot better and i'm eating "solid-like" food. i can see how people gain the weight back. the stomach is smaller so what these guys are doing is filling it full of crap, waiting a little while, then more crap. this will not be ME. i had some fries the other day (like 10 of them) and honestly i have no idea why i liked them before. this just proves to me the longer you're off the crap food the less you crave it. but like any addict, all it takes is for you to keep doing it and you're right back where you started.
why weights first? contact pressure. it's the pressure you feel at your contact points with surfaces holding you up against gravity. for a bike that is your hands, feet, and saddle area. trying to make it through a work day with that stuff hurting is no fun. AT ALL. so i decided to limit the pain to stuff that will go away after you get in shape. muscle pain vs joint pain.
one more important realization i made yesterday. now that my internals are feeling a whole lot better and i'm eating "solid-like" food. i can see how people gain the weight back. the stomach is smaller so what these guys are doing is filling it full of crap, waiting a little while, then more crap. this will not be ME. i had some fries the other day (like 10 of them) and honestly i have no idea why i liked them before. this just proves to me the longer you're off the crap food the less you crave it. but like any addict, all it takes is for you to keep doing it and you're right back where you started.
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