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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@qwerty360,
Not a bad effort so close to surviving Christmas.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@philwig, …very good advice. I gained a bit during the ‘long sitting and working’ of Lockdown even though I was still mountain-biking as regularly as ever. The substitution of foods - to bulky vegetables etc - really worked, and removal of processed foods. ..then when I was at peak cycling-skiing in dec I quickly lost 8lbs, which was the bit which I wanted to lose - now down to 132lbs (height 168cms) BMI 21.3 - bang on middle of recommendation. If I was at the top of the recommended range - over 11st - I would feel dreadful and be a real muffin-top.
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And yay;
85 kg Today;
So well on track to be the lightest I have been (well lightest in at least a decade, probably more!) before the Gnarlibug 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@qwerty360, well done, that's a helluva result!
On last week's ski trip, I logged my downhill skiing on my Garmin (I didn't previously bother, but I need to track the training load in more detail now). Broadly, in an hour of "skiing" I spend about 20mins actually skiing vs standing around or on lifts.
The training platform I use (Trainingpeaks) suggests the following are very approximately equivalent in training load terms, and burn c. 3-400 kcal:
1) A half day of reasonably hard skiing off piste and moguls (c. 45-60mins actual skiing time)
2) 5km run
3) 45 mins of gentle touring (450m/hr ascent rate on easy terrain)
4) 20km cycling
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@qwerty360, well done, that's a helluva result!
On last week's ski trip, I logged my downhill skiing on my Garmin (I didn't previously bother, but I need to track the training load in more detail now). Broadly, in an hour of "skiing" I spend about 20mins actually skiing vs standing around or on lifts.
The training platform I use (Trainingpeaks) suggests the following are very approximately equivalent in training load terms, and burn c. 3-400 kcal:
1) A half day of reasonably hard skiing off piste and moguls (c. 45-60mins actual skiing time)
2) 5km run
3) 45 mins of gentle touring (450m/hr ascent rate on easy terrain)
4) 20km cycling |
I found 68mins of downhill snowboarding time (mostly groomed pistes, not pushing it 100% but not just pooling either) produced TSS of 21. I was pretty surprised how pathetically low it was - actually posted in the mid life crisis sporting achievements thread about it. Basically saying I don't see how I could actually maintain current fitness with only lift served downhill. Was wearing a chest strap and HR data looked fine so don't see it being an error. In comparison 60mins easy running (zone 2 / <LT1) and 60mins cycling at 70% FTP both produce around 50TSS.
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@boarder2020, yep, mine above are all (very approx) 40 TSS, albeit some measured by power meter, and some by HrTSS, so no doubt Dr Coggan would puke all over the comparability. Groomed piste skiing barely registered, there was no point even uploading the data file.
From this thread's perspective, my takeaway is:
a) Downhill sliding isn't very effective exercise (and is easily offset by 2-3 pints in the evening) so don't expect to lose weight on a ski trip.
b) (as people undoubtedly knew already!) - you don't have to be superfit to enjoy a ski trip. Losing a few kilos and/or getting a bit fitter will increase enjoyment, but no need to train for Ironman Kona.
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