Its amazing how quick the fitness comes back! 3 weeks on...

capoz77

Was looking over my Strava results earlier, i've only been riding again for approx 3 weeks, took 6 months off due to other commitments.

Heres a half mile run towards the end of my ride, I genuinely struggled when I first got back in the saddle, and pushed up a lot of hills, and found maintaining good speed was a real chore, legs burning, lactic acid build up, heart rate through the roof, breathing heavy, just no stamina or power whatsoever :shock: I'd even get worst results on consecutive rides! I'm now finding loads more power on tap, huge stamina improvements, I feel like i'm seeing 3 months of progress in as little as 3 weeks. Muscle memory possibly?






Anyone else find this after some time out of the saddle?

stubs

Nice one good to see you flying so quickly.

I am off the road at the moment because I tripped over the cat and tore a knee cartilege I really hope I when I am back on the bike I get some fitness back as quick.

jairaj

I find I get 70-80% of the fitness back with in a mouth of hard work but that last 10-20% takes a lot longer to get back.

njee20

I find it takes forking ages to come back. Which is lame, because I've barely done anything for about a month, seems to take at least twice as long to return as to lose it.

ilovedirt

It only takes me a few rides to get back into it if i've not been out much.