Is it dangerous to give it all?
tyw214
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So this morning, i was cycling through my normal route, and i've always have to cross the Queensboro Bridge in NYC. Normally, I struggle a little on the incline, but today, there was like a huge headwind on the way up, and it made the climb much much harder.
I was tempted to give it my all to beat the wind and maintain my normal speed, but I felt a little trembling in my legs like maybe it could give out... So i am wondering if it's dangerous to keep pushing at that limit? or better yet, how hard should I push on a bike?
I was tempted to give it my all to beat the wind and maintain my normal speed, but I felt a little trembling in my legs like maybe it could give out... So i am wondering if it's dangerous to keep pushing at that limit? or better yet, how hard should I push on a bike?
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If you do give it all and then subsiquently die, can I have your bike?
XD I am more interested to if there are any signs that you shouldn't push anymore on a bike?
If you're generally healthy then you can push away. Your Heart Rate will be your limiting factor and you'll probably find that you'll fade pretty quickly when pushing "to the max".
However, if you're riding with traffic then I wouldn't push it to the max as your ability to concentrate dimishes the harder you push it - wobbling in front of a vehicle isn't generally a good move
Bags his watch and shoes.
No - it's not dangerous (well, to a normal point) - pushing yourself is fine: I always feel that I've done my best if I start retching: old adage is "if you ain't pukin' you ain't trainin'". Harsh but true.
Just don't get collapse and get run over by a huge truck.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Fainting, constant tachycardia, long term dysponea, hallucinating, collapse, ebolaids, dead disease. Offhand.
But apart from that - you're a lad riding a bicycle through town not doing the Fan dance on selection: I reckon that unless you gaff up or have anything underlying you'll be fine.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Or worse you could triple crown while a group of schoolgirls look on.
If you want to be happy, push as hard as you can.
I don't know about you guys but half of the 'training' (or just riding around) is about teaching your mind to cope with the suffering that comes with emptying the tank properly.
If you've just started, and you're quite unfit, it's worth paying attention to what you're feeling - big pains in the chest etc aren't ideal. Higher risk of strokes etc when you do heavy exercise when you're unfit.
But once you're relatively fit, there's no reason why you can't really empty the tank properly, though I'd suggest if you think you can do it without much training, I'd say you're not really giving it everything :P.
Yes - the fabled mark of doing it properly.
As in "you didn't triple crown therefore you don't do it properly so go the pissing tree".
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
But seriously - OP, if you don't have a serious pre-existing heart condition then you can't really drop dead from too much exercise. Put it this way - I do, and it's never stopped me (the reassuring words from the cardiologist were "well, if you were going to drop dead from your LVH then you would probably have done so a long time ago").
Selection, assessment, aspiration and dreaming. Slightly different.
Anyhow, he'll be fine. Just smash its doors in.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
if my front is N, then it was like blowing NNE at an angle, so it's like slightly pushing me toward the left side, while I am trying to go straight <_<
Also, I was wondering will I lose weight from riding bicycle or gain weight from developing muscle from cycling?
I am 5'7", and weighs 147 lb, i'd like to get it down to 140lb.
Mixture - generally lose flab and tone up therefore losing weight but you'll put a bit back on with muscle development.
You'll end up fitter, more toned, lighter, healthier.
Dependent on the extreme you take it to you could either end up like a bad hombre called Michael Rasmussen or just better all round. Mix in some light weights and it'll all be cool.
Either way, it's not going to hurt you unless you get ebolaids.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Since getting back on the bike in June 2016, ive lost nearly 1 3/4 stone. Dont know what that is in pounds. I'm 6ft 4in tall.
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