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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 120963" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>No, I don’t get that at this time. Though I have been a gym rat for 43 years, for sure I have gotten this sore at least twice. It typically is really bad when you aren’t well conditioned, do a lot of exercise and get dehydrated / electrolyte in-balance. In one epic basketball game, we played for 4 hours in 93 degree heat, one guy went to the hospital, I couldn’t push down on the clutch on my car, we never did that again. </p><p></p><p>I was really super sore about 18 months ago, not sure why, maybe not well conditioned and electrolytes and low TT.</p><p></p><p>Now days, what will happen, if I do a lot of leg (weight) work I will be weaker for the next couple of days and not be able to bike very long. And I think too much bike riding would interfere with recovery from leg work. I still do some leg work, but try and avoid the quads / glute when I am focusing on biking.</p><p></p><p>I never thought about it in those terms, but you are right, I don’t get the typical DOMS type pain from biking, though I do get a low grade pain / tightness around my IT band quad / muscles if I bike too long too much too often. </p><p></p><p>I never do classes of any sort, I don’t think I have ever gotten into the level of muscle damage to call it rhabdomyolysis .</p><p></p><p></p><p>I usually spend 2 hours, but it’s really ~`70-80 minutes actual gym time. I have done all kinds of different routines, though never really done a HIIT type weightlifting with 30 seconds or less between sets on the same body part. More typical is 2-3 minutes on the same exercise, or at other times go from an incline press then 30 seconds later to a leg raise then 30 seconds later to a lat pull down, then repeat.</p><p></p><p>I tend to focus on strength, I would guess I am stronger than 70-80% of men in my age group. One of my weakest lifts right now is the bench press, and I have been working on my upper traps / posterior deltoids. My legs /abs tend to be very strong.</p><p></p><p>But most often I don’t do free weights and use machines, and currently I was only looking to maintain muscle/ strength, my main focus is losing weight aided by cardio.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I hate to break it to you, but no matter what your routine, you will get weaker with age. I will change that tune when I see an 80-year-old Olympian competing. Best you can do is slow it down.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, you raised an interesting thought about biking being an almost completely concentric activity, I hadn’t fully considered that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 120963, member: 18023"] No, I don’t get that at this time. Though I have been a gym rat for 43 years, for sure I have gotten this sore at least twice. It typically is really bad when you aren’t well conditioned, do a lot of exercise and get dehydrated / electrolyte in-balance. In one epic basketball game, we played for 4 hours in 93 degree heat, one guy went to the hospital, I couldn’t push down on the clutch on my car, we never did that again. I was really super sore about 18 months ago, not sure why, maybe not well conditioned and electrolytes and low TT. Now days, what will happen, if I do a lot of leg (weight) work I will be weaker for the next couple of days and not be able to bike very long. And I think too much bike riding would interfere with recovery from leg work. I still do some leg work, but try and avoid the quads / glute when I am focusing on biking. I never thought about it in those terms, but you are right, I don’t get the typical DOMS type pain from biking, though I do get a low grade pain / tightness around my IT band quad / muscles if I bike too long too much too often. I never do classes of any sort, I don’t think I have ever gotten into the level of muscle damage to call it rhabdomyolysis . I usually spend 2 hours, but it’s really ~`70-80 minutes actual gym time. I have done all kinds of different routines, though never really done a HIIT type weightlifting with 30 seconds or less between sets on the same body part. More typical is 2-3 minutes on the same exercise, or at other times go from an incline press then 30 seconds later to a leg raise then 30 seconds later to a lat pull down, then repeat. I tend to focus on strength, I would guess I am stronger than 70-80% of men in my age group. One of my weakest lifts right now is the bench press, and I have been working on my upper traps / posterior deltoids. My legs /abs tend to be very strong. But most often I don’t do free weights and use machines, and currently I was only looking to maintain muscle/ strength, my main focus is losing weight aided by cardio. I hate to break it to you, but no matter what your routine, you will get weaker with age. I will change that tune when I see an 80-year-old Olympian competing. Best you can do is slow it down. Thanks, you raised an interesting thought about biking being an almost completely concentric activity, I hadn’t fully considered that. [/QUOTE]
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