I'd say this was intermediate, to be honest. Only one or two portions really relied on strength or agility, they all just needed a bit of a mental push to keep going. No unclimbable walls, here ;)
The stirrups are one. You could use strength on a few of them until you worked out the right routine - the cargonets spring to mind, for that. I don't think you're as unfit as you seem to think you are.
I don't think you're as unfit as you seem to think you are.
Maybe, maybe not. But I still find it deeply humiliating that I can't keep up with anyone on a bike, can't keep up with anyone hiking and can't jog no matter *how* much I try :-(
You're not alone, there - I find cycling really difficult, and jogging just knackers my knees. There're different kinds of fitness, remember. I just keep looking at the stretching chart in the gym, at the drawings that were modelled on Schwarzenegger, and remembering that at one point his muscles were so large that he couldn't bring his hands to meet in front of his chest, and that his stamina was relatively poor because of his size. Everyone's built for different things, we have our own strengths and weaknesses.
Cycling is possibly the bike's fault rather than yours. If you're not keen you probably have a heap of junk which inherently doesn't go fast.
I always thought I was uselessly slow. It was a revelation to me, the time in Cambridge that Martin and I swapped bikes for some reason which escapes me, and suddenly he was the one who couldn't keep up with me.
Well, it was at a sustainable pace rather than one that made me out of breath or made my arms ache.
Besides which, I don't have to expend anywhere near as much energy as most people do in swimming - I had about a zillion swimming lessons when I was a kid, so I was taught much more efficient techniques than most people use.
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Date: 2003-10-09 01:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-09 02:28 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-09 02:45 am (UTC)*I'm guessing you are thinking of the stirrups...
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Date: 2003-10-09 02:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-09 03:37 am (UTC)Maybe, maybe not. But I still find it deeply humiliating that I can't keep up with anyone on a bike, can't keep up with anyone hiking and can't jog no matter *how* much I try :-(
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Date: 2003-10-09 03:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-09 08:30 am (UTC)Does that mean there's different types of unfitness as well? ;-) I'm sure I have about 3.
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Date: 2003-10-09 08:49 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-09 07:41 am (UTC)I always thought I was uselessly slow. It was a revelation to me, the time in Cambridge that Martin and I swapped bikes for some reason which escapes me, and suddenly he was the one who couldn't keep up with me.
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Date: 2003-10-09 08:20 am (UTC)(My bike is certainly long overdue for a service, though I do at least pump up the tires and oil it)
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Date: 2003-10-09 03:01 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-09 03:24 am (UTC)Besides which, I don't have to expend anywhere near as much energy as most people do in swimming - I had about a zillion swimming lessons when I was a kid, so I was taught much more efficient techniques than most people use.