This August, I was the final finisher of gbduro in 14 days +change. Plenty of mechanical issues, but no injuries. Three days back in the office and I was grumping and groaning about a sore back - not from cycling, but from my office chair. My conclusion: 37hrs in the office bad, 37hrs on the bike good!
When I started bike commuting I ended up with sciatic pain. Doctors quickly sent me down the path of MRI's and possible surgery. A colleague suggested piriformis syndrome. Stretching and a lot of core work fixed the problem and balanced things out. It's little scary how easy I could have ended up with a cure that made things worse.
Actually I've had the same situation! I've gotten MRI, and possible surgery, and then I started Physical therapy of core workouts and stretching, now I'm back to enjoying cycling!!
With respect to Zoe Backstadt's teammates' travails at the Simac Tour, Chloe Dygart seems to have had a fall or injury in almost every major race she participated in this year. However, her injury at the Simac Tour takes the cake. Before the first TT stage, she broke her nose on the bathroom door at the hotel. She did race the TT, finished tenth, and then dropped out of the race.
#CaptionCompetition: We put a one wheel in, we put a one wheel out. We put a one wheel in and lift them softly up. We do the Pogi wheelie after winning Tour de France, that´s what it´s all about! (THANKS CHRISTINE!!!)
I highly recommend wearing a Leatt 3DF Kidney Belt, which I wear on every MTB or Road/Gravel ride after suffering a herniated lumbar disk. Wearing this, I am now back to 50-80 mile road rides without coming back in pain or any reduced flexibility.
Probably a bit late now, but for what it's worth, gravel riding is everything you can a do on a bike that fills the space from pure road riding all the way to technical mountain biking.
I think you missed the point about "too much" exercise. It's endurance athletics over the course of forty to 50 years that causes AFIB and other arrythmias in endurance athletes. Our rates of AFIB are 4-5 times higher than those who do moderate exercise. So, you are correct that exercise is absolutely beneficial, but prolonged exercise over decades is actually bad for you. You aren't immune to heart problems. The heart gets inflamed by endurance exercise and if you continue to do it the heart doesn't have a chance to heal and tends to scar up. Too little exercise is bad. Too much exercise is bad. But moderate exercise over the years is just right. You have no idea what a struggle it is to have AFIB which is not curable.
I developed AFIB in 2012 after about 12 years of serious cycling at age 52. I went for an Ablation in May 2013 and was absolutely successful. Not sure if it was due to my lifelong commitment to being Fit or just my genes. It did start off as PAC’s & PVC’s(Skipped Beats/Palpitations) in the late 1990’s. Picking up cycling and proper training along with nutrition helped immensely. However AFIB did rear its ugly head in 2013…… Don’t rule out an Ablation from a very reputable Electrophysiologist. I actually did mine in the UK at the Royal Brompton Hospital by the best EP available. I’m now 63YO and still riding lots along with some much younger blokes and holding my own. I have a rule to keep my cycling to max 300Kms per week and try to get good sleep and don’t do intense sessions to two(2) times per week…….Recovery is KEY for older athletes and acceptance of diminishing returns and levels and being HAPPY about that……Oh and I’ve started the last year back in the Gym 2-3 times per week keeping my strength and flexibility up……….Nice topic today gents…Keep up the great content.
Unfortunately I’m a dirty runner now, but I do like to cross train on the turbo (Zwift) 2-3 times per week and it definitely does help with the cardio base!
How nice to see my home city of Albuquerque NM, our mountains and hot air balloons to introduce your show. By the way the best way to see the Balloon Fiesta is by bike. There many bike trials that lead to where the balloons take off. Thank you GCN!
After doing Lejog in 11 days … I had the worst sore head a day after finishing ! …… Some say it was due to too much celebrating afterwards… But I dunno , you never know 🤷♂️ 🤔 🍺 🍾 🍺 🍺🍺🥳😂
Slipping on ice or mud, even at very low speeds, have caused me the most health problems. Includes a broken wrist, torn MCL, weakened legs, head hitting the ground, and so on. I have made many upgrades to my ebike to reduce vibration transmission to my hands, arms, legs, and spine. Includes a suspension seatpost which also rotates a little bit, thick rubber grips wrapped in used inner tubes, and double, padded gloves. I also force myself to stay on smoother routes. I have 3 sets of tires for safety: - A soft compound summer set with super grip; - Continental Winter tires for Fall and Spring. Lots of sipes, water channels and cold-weather soft rubber compound for 12C to 0C. Not good for snow or ice, but great for crappy, wet asphalt and crushed gravel trails. - 45NTH Gravdol studded winter tires for my more powerful ebike. No worries when on ice. 4 rows of studs across the tire, so there are always multiple studs gripping the ice and slush. Deep, soft rubber tread pattern grips soft ground and mud. Recommended. I have a mobility disability and consider my ebikes to be Inline, 2-Wheeled, Pedal-Assisted, Electric Wheelchairs. 67km, using 2 batteries, has been my longest ride.
While not being a real endurance feat, I forgot my socks recently after I packed up my CAAD10 and all my gear and drove to a spot to go for a ride. And because I live in Hawaii my footwear was a pair of slippas. So, I did a little 15 mile ride around Diamond Head and local neighborhoods. Climbing in flip flops is good fun. I had a slight.... "tinge" I believe is the medical term....tinge in my right knee afterwards. But definitely worth it.
I have to say I have an injury that keeps showing up every time I ride. Well I crashed my MTB and squashed the crown jewels turning them black and blue. Haven't ridden properly for a few weeks now.
On bike servicing speed: now age 69, my eyes don't change focus like they did. Spent yesterday resetting the Tourney TX cable operated disc brakes on my just 3 years old Orbea Car-Pe bash about town bike. Cables had been snapping. Turns out the brake to frame/fork mountings have dodgy quality control. Took ages as my eyes struggle to look at pad to rotor gaps, alignment of calipers to rotor, calipers to frame, two sizes of allen key, Wera mini torque driver, cable grabbing tool. Weirdly... I didn't explode with rage! I think I'd resigned myself to dealing with dodgy quality control. Brakes now taught and functional but I've booked a free check at an excellent shop where I've spent a fair bit of money over the years. If relevant for secure braking or passing the bike on to someone else, I'll buy new brakes from them But I think the problem is the QC on the frame
I herniated a disc after riding a lot of gravel on a bad bike fit. I wasn't looking after my core, I wasn't weight training or stretching regularly. Very scary to wake up the next day in pain and with a paralysed foot. I needed surgery and spent months off the bike. Look. After. Your. Back!
I'm 70 now, still cycling every day. Unfortunately I'm always picking up wear and tear injuries these days. The latest is tendonitis in my right ankle. I should stop and let it heal but I find it difficult to sit about the house. Beside my gravel bike and little used road bike I recently got myself an ebike. I would rather ride my gravel bike but the ebike rests the joints and hopefully will help the healing process.
Hi team. My Big issue after monumental rides is CRAMP, to the point of bruising and once being hospitalised. Even after being careful and watching fuel loads for a week prior.
There is published evidence that long term endurance exercise is linked to atrial fibrillation, this is attributed to the nature of exercise increasing the size of the heart and thus the left atrium which causes the 'flutter' - check out the work of Andre La Gerche, Paul D. Thompson and Benjamin Levine. It also increases your CAC score (calcification) but the main takeaway is exercise reduces overall cardiovascular events but if you have been a long term endurance athlete and you feel anything untoward get it checked out immediately. BTW that paper is a pre print and hasn't been peer reviewed.
Blummenfelt, never mentioned the pay gap in Norwegian interviews. It was mostly wanting to try and win the Olympics again after the disappointing result in paris.
Very sore achilles tendons after riding up 20% slopes with a fully loaded bike this summer. After a bit of rest I found lowering my saddle height cured that, though for the first time ever I've been getting lower back pain on longish rides so might have to take it up a bit.
6:17 niggles? Interesting word. Also, cyclist only train 1 range of motion. Cyclist NEED to stretch and train the lower half to extend range and reduce injuries. Deep squats, pistol squat and dragon squats will massively help. Doing active and passive stretching work outs; touch those toes, and split those legs. If you are an active cyclist; you are fit enough to stretch. Dont niggle and your niggles.
The greatest health risks are for people in really bad shape for years and then suddenly see the light; mostly middle-aged people who are worried about their health moving into the second parto of their life. Nice, but it's very important not to overdo things and look for proper advice from professional people or at least friends with the necessary knowledge and experience.
I'm sorry but that towel on the handlebar is definitely a bodge. You dont want sweat? Use gloves and you'll still have great grip on every side of the handlebar instead of that aberration that I wouldnt trust on any tight responsive maneuver.
I was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hyper mobile) at age 9. Now I'm my late 50's I've developed epilepsy. Could my intense cycling style be causing the deposits in the brain causing me to have seizures?
So what happened to Si's Gravel World Champs video? Did I blink and miss something? You can't just dangle that in front of us and then not come through
It should be said whenever talking about the effects on the human body of extreme exercise when coming to conclusions from tests on Mark Beaumont that he is, in every sense, an N of 1.
hello...! thank you for the show once again... nice to see oliver in his civilian clothes. :) question: you mention the gree-tour of guangxi is broadcast in the U.S. by hbo max and/or discovery+. i have both services (i live in new york) and neither has any content regarding this particular race though they announce the giro del veneto for tomorrow on max, for instance. (discovery+ has no cycling--or sports, for that matter--content _at all._) on the other hand, i was able to catch some eurosport highlights on youtube and noticed their watermark at the top right now says eurosport/gcn. is there any relation to these two facts that you know about in any way? i'm not very versed in the whole tv rights jam but it does seem strange that the race broadcast would be promoted by you guys on the gcn show and then not be available in any manner on these U.S. platforms. am i being too conspiratorial in thinking there has been yet another transfer of (U.S.) tv rights recently?? up to il lombardia it was all fine and dandy and there were _no_ gcn watermarks near the eurosport highlights. any light that could be shedded here? anyone else in the community with this issue? as always, thank you immensely for your work! __ jorge. ps. dishcloth definitely a hack. a case of bar tape snobbery?? :)
I developed pudental neuralgia as a result of pelvic floor dysfunction aka cyclist syndrome losing sensation down below and nerve pain so horrific down my inner legs i almost lost the ability to work took years of work and searching for answers ultimately i have decided to get back on the bike to overcome my fear
Look, this is driving me nuts... You know the bit where you both do the hand gesture for 'hack forward-slash bodge of the week'? Course you do. Well, why does Si always look as though he's too embarrassed to do the forward-slash gesture properly? Do it properly, Si, that's all I'm saying. Rant over.
