Cycling

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• 1 Ken M // Dec 18, 2008 at 11:44 am

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  While you are not riding I would suggest you watch your diet. Try a spinning class or just keep up with the yoga. If you don’t gain any weight than I would think that the performance drop would be not that much. Take care

• 2 Andymcj78 (Atheist) // Dec 19, 2008 at 8:28 am

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  If you’re young and reasonably fit it will have very little impact on your fitness in fact giving your body a rest from exertion now and again is probably a good thing. If I can’t cycle due to the weather I stick to doing some weight training.

• 3 phalkon309 // Dec 20, 2008 at 7:18 pm

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  I live in Wisconsin, so every winter I’m forced to not ride for nearly half a year. I’ve found that the first ride or two I’m usually a bit winded, but it’s not impossible to ride. After a few good rides you should be pretty close to what you were before. Muscle memory is a wonderful thing.

  It would help to get a trainer to spin in the winter, although just staying active in any way and keeping up a good diet will help to keep your body in better shape.

• 4 dbrownee // Dec 24, 2008 at 6:33 am

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  I have been cycling for fourteen years and every time I take a break it takes at least a month to get back to my previous level of fitness, even if I do other aerobic activities because the muscles you use in other activities are not being used same as the ones you use for cycling. The differences, though small, are significant.

  Keep it in the big ring.

• 5 Glenn B // Dec 27, 2008 at 12:53 pm

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  Hi Kate
  A week or two off the bike every once in a while is often a good thing. It gives your body a chance to repair any minor injuries that are constantly aggravated by continual exercise.

  Pilate’s, Pilates, Ti Chi, Karma Sutra etc all promote flexibility. Combined with meditation any of these should provide an excellent short term lay off regime. Athletes often don’t give the mind enough consideration (IMO). A lay off is a good time to develop other skills. Something like studing the finer arts of foot massage or perhaps uses for a dead opossum might interest you.

  A week or so shouldn’t affect you much. Any more than two weeks and you might want to consider using a trainer ,rollers or an exercise bike.

  After a lay off of a few weeks you can expect that your performance will drop off. Bank on at least a couple of km/h and more the longer that you are off. The good news is that it doesn’t take that long to get it back. You could find that you come back a little better than when you stopped

  Congratulations on making it this far. I doubt I would have lasted this long faced with the choice of freezing my bits off or getting a ride from a good sort.