Quote Originally Posted by stacie View Post
I have to disagree with you. J Friel has a picture in his book of a sprinter and a climber. Which has larger thighs? The sprinter. A body builder uses significant weight and few reps to build muscle. And, it's actually pretty hard to add muscle mass. Climbing, or using a big gear would be the equivalent of lighter weight and many, many, reps. Cycling is an endurance sport and does not build muscle mass. That being said, we can be genetically predisposed to strong muscular thighs.
Embrace your body for what it is and appreciate the beauty in her strength.
Hmm...I don't know, I look at Lance and all his buddies doing the long haul; climbs, flat etc. and they're pretty long and lean. The guys and women mountain bikers around here have big thighs and calves. We're doing few rotations and a lot of pushing and climbing in hard, slow gears. We're not spinning.