Biking in Gym

[Trek420]

Those your legs, V? Oh, no, that's a Specialized, never mind.

The other way we can tell it's not you is....that's not your CA Triple Crown Jersey. In other words there are a lot of things that go into a deffinition of strength, it's more than just numbers.

In the gym it's spin class or the eliptical trainer, Precor I think is the brand I like. If spin class is full I head there.

The movement feels fluid and more natural to my gimpy body, more like climbing unseated. I'm a sit and spin kinda gal on climbs or more often get off and walk But I'd like to have the strength to "dance in the pedals" or accelerate.... like if I need to catch up with a car full of young folks who used a megaphone to yell at me while riding my Bradley tank-like commuter like V did one fine day.

If both are busy? Rowing machine, or go outside and walk. I don't like stationary bikes at all. they feel rigid and artificial.

I want to get in the habit of the yoga class. I have a Cycleops fluid trainer at home in front of the TV but no yoga instructor, or PTA (ahem).

I like to think of strength as that sorta hard to define new agey whole body thang including all those numbers and things, flexibility and movement, mind body stuff, body awareness but also the hard to define does-not-show-up-on-the-HRM-program ability to "dig deep in your suitcase of courage"

If I don't have that last bit, none of those numbers mean much.

[KnottedYet]

I like to think of strength as that sorta hard to define new agey whole body thang including all those numbers and things, flexibility and movement, mind body stuff, body awareness but also the hard to define does-not-show-up-on-the-HRM-program ability to "dig deep in your suitcase of courage"

Don't forget the ability to fling full-grown adults across a room, Ms. 2nd Degree Black Belt!

(when a 5'1 50 year old chickie is tossing around folks a foot taller than her, I think that counts as strength!)

[Trek420]

nah. You don't have to be strong to do Aikido. It's timing and balance and energy and all that new age'y stuff.