Juggernaut
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HBD 🥳 🎂🎁 @Steve Vai !
Going Long and Hard.
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Happy Birthday @Steve Vai 🎂 🥳 🎉
serviceguy
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Buon Compleanno @Steve Vai !
Piston Honda
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Happy belated birthday!! 🎈🎂
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I started a Creatine cycle on Thanksgiving so the weight gain would be hidden amongst too many slices of Tofurkey and extra slices of Birthday Cake a couple days later…
I’ve been sort of hyper focused on getting my push strength up because it’s something I’ve basically ignored for years, like pretty much all cyclists. Even Coach Art’s Program ignores it so I’ve been supplementing his Routine with dumbell presses.
I don’t suggest the above mixture, it’s like a dirt flavored milk shake 😂
When our box of protein shakes run out I’ll clean that up to a vegan alternative. End goal for this year is to limit dairy to rides and family functions where I have minimal control.
I’ve been sort of hyper focused on getting my push strength up because it’s something I’ve basically ignored for years, like pretty much all cyclists. Even Coach Art’s Program ignores it so I’ve been supplementing his Routine with dumbell presses.
I don’t suggest the above mixture, it’s like a dirt flavored milk shake 😂
When our box of protein shakes run out I’ll clean that up to a vegan alternative. End goal for this year is to limit dairy to rides and family functions where I have minimal control.
Started taking 5g daily as well...up 1.6 lbs of muscle according to my InBody scan this morning.
Holding onto roughly a lb of extra water from a month ago. Well worth the trade off.
Not gonna take the bait.
Kaleidopete
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I was gonna take creatine but a recent blood test said it's already at a high level. so ?
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I don’t trust my scale enough for the muscle mass metric, and I’ve been in the gym regularly enough that the number is going up unrelated.
It's one of those InBody scans...it's relatively accurate....not a DEXA scan accurate but I've been doing them consistently over the last 6 months and the numbers seem to agree with what I'm seeing body wise. For $10 a scan, it's worthwhile to me.
Mahnken
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I've been using Vedge, to me it tastes better than most other vegan brands. I only get it when it goes on sale or I can find a discount code. Buy enough at once and you get free pre workout and delivery.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Commute home drama.
Riding down Glenside I saw a Trash Panda doing circles in the middle of road and making bark noises. I tried to scoot him to the shoulder but he was being crazy and hissing.
Put the bike in the road to get cars to go around him while I went into the woods to get a stick to scoop him up. Eventually I got him to the shoulder and then like a minute later he just died.
I guess he was hit by a car just before I got to him? IDK. Was sad. Also I’ve seen Trash Pandas on Glenside almost every ride home now so I’m not sure where they’re trying to go.
Anyway, here’s some fucking Christmas Lights.
Riding down Glenside I saw a Trash Panda doing circles in the middle of road and making bark noises. I tried to scoot him to the shoulder but he was being crazy and hissing.
Put the bike in the road to get cars to go around him while I went into the woods to get a stick to scoop him up. Eventually I got him to the shoulder and then like a minute later he just died.
I guess he was hit by a car just before I got to him? IDK. Was sad. Also I’ve seen Trash Pandas on Glenside almost every ride home now so I’m not sure where they’re trying to go.
Anyway, here’s some fucking Christmas Lights.
Over the Bars
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How much interference with your riding do you find you have in the days after you lift? If I do a big leg workout the next few days even trying to do a zone 2 ride my pace and power reading will take a pretty decent hit.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
I won't feel great, but it really doesn't affect my ride at all. I'd imagine doing multi-day events has trained my legs to respond while fatigued.
iman29
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same for me if I do a hard effort on the rower - takes an extra day or so to get rid of the muscle fatigue. But my Amazon recovery boots do help quite a bit.
Over the Bars
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Ohh the recovery boots are awesome!
Over the Bars
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My reality is I need to further scale back the lifting I already lift way less frequently than before but its still a bit much and going to need to cut it back a bit more when race season is approaching.