wasted energy

Team Banana Spokesman
Team Banana Spokesman Posts: 538
edited July 2010 in Training, fitness and health
if im suffering my upper body gets stiff and I screw up my face. when i'm aware of it I can force myself to stop but I eventually go back to it unconsciously.

how much energy is all this stress wasting? If I train enough can I stop doing this?

when I make an effort to relax and ditch the death grip on the bars I can feel my legs working better for the same effort.

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  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Is this actually Bhima in disguise?
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • Team Banana Spokesman
    Team Banana Spokesman Posts: 538
    lol, not the first time thats been asked.

    no.

    has his talent of aksin gsilly questions rubbed off on me??
    :shock:
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Everyone's different when they're suffering, you tend to learn if someones on their limit if you ride with them a great deal. The lads know when I start glancing at by bottom bracket I'm about to crack for instance (and usually they stick the boot in).
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    DaveyL wrote:
    Is this actually Bhima in disguise?

    No but according to Bhima it's his Italian friend.
  • Bhima
    Bhima Posts: 2,145
    Team Banana Spokesman wrote:
    my upper body gets stiff and I screw up my face..

    I hope you weren't doing this on your "date". :?
    Not a very good way to charm a young lady.

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