Quote Originally Posted by Adrien
bounceswoosh, you've gotten a lot of good advice here and I think if you add in weight training it will make a huge difference for you. My advice: start now. Don't wait until you can put carpet down, don't wait until you can find an entire set of weights. Just get what you need to start and commit yourself to three half hour sessions a week to start. Right now I do three sessions a week: legs, back and biceps, chest and shoulders. I do abs with every session. You'll feel so much better just by doing something instead of worrying about it. Also, I hate pushups too, but they're great for upper body strength and they're free.
bounceswoosh, two years ago I wanted to lose weight. Just road and mountain biking just were not doing it. I had great aerobic fitness and endurance but my weight would not budge. So my daughter and I hired a personal trainer at our local gym and started doing weights. Not to bulk up but to get lean and strong. Plus bone density . . . good for me (51 this year). At our first session she measured our arms, calves, thighs, waist, and hips. She weighted us, too. She would do this every month. My weight (on the scale) did not drop. BUT my clothes got looser and looser! My percent body fat went from 23% to 17% without losing a pound! I was amazed to discover on my own that it's true . . . muscle does weigh a lot more than fat. My fat was replaced with muscle, I did not lose weight but I got "thinner" and "leaner". Jackie and I quit the gym a year ago and we have been doing our weights at home. I eat what I want, I ride and I am enjoying myself. So like Adrien, my daughter, and me . . . just commit yourself, try not to worry (I feel that worrying works against you) and enjoy enjoy enjoy . . . ride ride ride!