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Get Fit, Stay Fit, Feel Good - 2026

stangmx13 said:
I don’t understand how people don’t sweat at the gym. I’m dripping at the squat rack in shorts and a tank while others are in sweats. Crazy.

I don’t get along with Assos. The chamois material rubs me the wrong way, no matter how much cream I apply. I guess I have sensitive taint skin lol.

I usually have 5-6 cycling shorts in rotation. Castelli Espresso bib is my favorite. <$150 on sale. My favorite jerseys is Pactimo Summit and it’s like $75 on sale, which is almost always.
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I absolutely refuse to go commando. I always have a super light base layer between my ass and bibs. It’s just something I cannot get over.

My old bibs are Castelli, don’t remember which model though. They have been well worn. The chamois is starting to fall apart and I have holes in one of the legs. I really like the gorewear tops. The summer jersey breathes extremely well and the winter thermal is cozy.
 
Ridley said:
I absolutely refuse to go commando. I always have a super light base layer between my ass and bibs. It’s just something I cannot get over.

My old bibs are Castelli, don’t remember which model though. They have been well worn. The chamois is starting to fall apart and I have holes in one of the legs. I really like the gorewear tops. The summer jersey breathes extremely well and the winter thermal is cozy.
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I might get less chaffing with Assos if I wore another layer, lol that’s funny. Have you caused any chaffing with seams in the wrong spots?

Castelli’s top chamois have gel inserts in between foam layers. When used enough, they come unglued and will get pushed out of place, likely the very back of the chamois. I’ve cut open 3 chamois and they have all failed like this. One of them was so worn the foam was disintegrated, even though the fabric cover of the chamois looked great. But I usually get ~2yrs out of a chamois when I’m using my whole rotation. If I was only using one, it’d be destroyed in ~5mon. That’s maybe 3000mi or 200hrs per chamois. Not bad I guess.
 
stangmx13 said:
I might get less chaffing with Assos if I wore another layer, lol that’s funny. Have you caused any chaffing with seams in the wrong spots?

Castelli’s top chamois have gel inserts in between foam layers. When used enough, they come unglued and will get pushed out of place, likely the very back of the chamois. I’ve cut open 3 chamois and they have all failed like this. One of them was so worn the foam was disintegrated, even though the fabric cover of the chamois looked great. But I usually get ~2yrs out of a chamois when I’m using my whole rotation. If I was only using one, it’d be destroyed in ~5mon. That’s maybe 3000mi or 200hrs per chamois. Not bad I guess.
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Absolutely zero chaffing.

You ride way more than I do so you need more bibs in your rotation.
 
I just finished another zone 4+ ride. Total ride time was 59:50. Of that, 47:56 was spent at or above my zone 4 heart rate.

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I had an up and down weekend of training.

Saturday was my harder OverUnder workout. 2hrs endurance + 2x5x 1m hard / 3min sweet spot. I nailed the first set and felt real good. Then during my recovery, my Di2 battery got too low and locked me out the big chainring, which I need for the intervals. Thankfully the SO could drive the charger out to a park so I didn’t have to bail. We hung out for 20min while it charged. Then for the 2nd set, the cafe legs and extra heat made shit a lot harder. Computer read 99F during. Numbers were still good though.

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Sunday was my down day. I’m pretty sure I didn’t eat enough Saturday to replenish the carbs I needed. Sat was a 2800Cal ride and I prob needed to eat 1000Cal extra afterwards to refill. So I was mostly dead for Sundays 4.5hrs of endurance. I started stiff and weak and ended tired and weak lol. I called it at 3hr56min. Computer peaked at 100F again, ugh.

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This next weekend I get to do it all over again. Thankfully I had yesterday and today off to recover. Tmrw is the same 2x20min sweet spot work. Thurs is another double day. Then the hard work on the weekend. I’m gonna eat way more gummy bears and ice cream.
 
Well went to grab the watch to check my zone but turns out the wall wart it was attached to got removed from the outlet so it was not charged. I rectified the issue and then left for the gym. Another day of sweating my ass off. leg days are addictive but I will probably start hating them once I find where I will sturuggle completing the full rep/set count. I know I am really getting sick as I am even enjoying ab work what it the hell is wrong with me??????
 
Sharxfan said:
Just hoping you didn't use them as a coffee table and paperweights. 🤣
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:laughing For the past year they have been neglected on the side yard. Today I did what I will call push and pull movements, not lifts. Just the bar for back squats, bent over row, bench press. 30lb dumbbells Romanian dead lift.
 
Das MotorRad said:
I used my bench, barbell, and dumbbells this morning :banana
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The WORST is when they use you...last few weeks it's been that way for me. Yesterday, finally...I was back to normal. Not sure what it was, but I'll take it. 3 weeks of lack of energy/ strength...I get this every year or so, but this one was the longest. Glad to be back on. My weights abused me the last month :(
 
Holeshot said:
The WORST is when they use you...last few weeks it's been that way for me. Yesterday, finally...I was back to normal. Not sure what it was, but I'll take it. 3 weeks of lack of energy/ strength...I get this every year or so, but this one was the longest. Glad to be back on. My weights abused me the last month :(
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I am looking forward to this three day a week routine. We are going to Greece late this year for a wedding and I want to lose the love handles and the remaining abdominal fat before then. Seeing abs would be sweet. First set of leg lifts had my abs shaking, so I will be seeing progress from the get go :rofl
 
Das MotorRad said:
I am looking forward to this three day a week routine. We are going to Greece late this year for a wedding and I want to lose the love handles and the remaining abdominal fat before then. Seeing abs would be sweet. First set of leg lifts had my abs shaking, so I will be seeing progress from the get go :rofl
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Athlean-x says the abs can be trained everyday without issue. He has a pretty good 22 day routine that will tighten up the underlying muscle but doesn't make the fat layer go away but your foundation will be good so when you lose the fat the abs will be there. I have been doing some ab suff for the last 2 or 3 weeks and am seeing some difference. My wedding is in November so its getting here quick.
 
Sharxfan said:
Athlean-x says the abs can be trained everyday without issue. He has a pretty good 22 day routine that will tighten up the underlying muscle but doesn't make the fat layer go away but your foundation will be good so when you lose the fat the abs will be there. I have been doing some ab suff for the last 2 or 3 weeks and am seeing some difference. My wedding is in November so its getting here quick.
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the thing in Greece is a wedding...in November...but they live in germany, so unless you want to tell us something it is just a coincidence :laughing

that's good to know regarding training abs. i will stick with my three day a week thing for a month or so and will kick up the volume as my body adjusts :thumbup
 
I had sort of shitty morning (Literally... clogged toilet) which included the Mrs. being on my ass. Was feeling sort of bummed and kind of just pressed the "just fucking go to the gym" button.

You know one of those days where mentally you just are not into it. Then you start.. you push more.. and things kind of turn good.

Chatted with this sort of beastly trainer dude Ray. He is one solid man and we are "What up.. how was the weekend? Etc. Gym buds. He has watched my progression from cane sporting weak old stick to a somewhat healthy old stick.

Today I was hammering the triceps and he jumped on the lat machine next to me with the Gym bud "Hello... looking good Dennis working hard I see."

I responded I did not have the motivation to come to the gym today so kind of forced it.

His reply. "Turning lead into gold man. Way to be."

I like that. Turning lead into Gold.

Solid upper body work out today.
 
I enjoy that exercise seems like a good mood hack. Exercise produces so many chemical changes in the body… how could it not affect the brain significantly. One day I’ll come across the science for that.
 
Lookup Myokines and BDNF and the role of intensity/ duration in which Myokines are released. When I read this stuff, it seems so.....designed. We're designed to be in movement; not sedentary. Myokines are my evidence that the human body was made to work (and work hard and long) as a system where movement was the youth formula (telomeres tell the tale)...who knew that high intensity exercise is anti colon cancer...

It's easy to get lost in the whole telomeres and myokine rabbit holes.
 
Ahh myokines == muscle cytokines == messenger proteins produced by muscles. Ya that’s def a cool rabbit hole. I wonder how little science knows about that.

It seems like every part of the body has a feedback mechanism for every other part of the body. That’s crazy complex.
 
This one popped up today


My summary: Lactate is a fuel source that buffers hydrogen ions. Lactic acid was never the thing making your muscles tired - it’s the hydrogen ions. The heart uses lactate as its primary fuel source at higher intensities. Other muscles use lactate as well. When you train, you adapt to use more lactate - not to produce less of it. Lactate may also be a signaler molecule that triggers those adaptations from exercise. Ingesting specific forms of lactate may both provide another fuel source and trigger more/better adaptations.

More messenger chemicals!
 
stangmx13 said:
This one popped up today


My summary: Lactate is a fuel source that buffers hydrogen ions. Lactic acid was never the thing making your muscles tired - it’s the hydrogen ions. The heart uses lactate as its primary fuel source at higher intensities. Other muscles use lactate as well. When you train, you adapt to use more lactate - not to produce less of it. Lactate may also be a signaler molecule that triggers those adaptations from exercise. Ingesting specific forms of lactate may both provide another fuel source and trigger more/better adaptations.

More messenger chemicals!
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I’ve been seeing articles pop up about use of lactate as a fuel in the TdF. I haven’t had the time to look at them.
 
Ridley said:
I’ve been seeing articles pop up about use of lactate as a fuel in the TdF. I haven’t had the time to look at them.
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So far the situation is a lot like ketones a couple years ago. The product is safe to try but there’s not enough good data to know if it will do anything. We got over the ketone fad fast because they don’t do much and are very expensive. Hopefully we’ll have better data on lactate soon.
 
Das MotorRad said:
the thing in Greece is a wedding...in November...but they live in germany, so unless you want to tell us something it is just a coincidence :laughing

that's good to know regarding training abs. i will stick with my three day a week thing for a month or so and will kick up the volume as my body adjusts :thumbup
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Think its just a coincidence but I get to walk the bride down the aisle in mine so am trying to look good for it.
 
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