“Ricky, Monique. Monique, Ricky.”
Better Off Dead. ..Love it love it! I remember after I saw that movie as a kid I’d prowl the neighborhood on my bike and follow people saying, "Two dollars…I want my two dollars." I made a lot of money that way. Of course, I spent it all on Garbage Pail Kids cards and smut magazines. Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! What up, bb.com friends? Today was supposed to be an interval workout on my bike, but after 2 hills on my bike I realized I didn’t have what it took today to apply myself so I opted for a longer ride. Everyone’s had those days….Sometimes I can pull through, but anyways here’s a few good bike workouts I’ve been doing lately. Did I mention I love to workout outside?
Longer workout (ranges in intensity from moderate to high, depending on hills…and in my case, trying not to get hit by a car by someone driving who, let’s face it…should be riding a bike)
Get a resistance band, a jump rope, anything that’s relatively light and portable into your backpack.
Bike for 25-35 minutes to a hill, track or stairs where you can get off the bike and utilize the land
Spend 15-25 minutes doing various exercises off the bike. Ideas include: run hills forward going up, jog or walk up going backwards (quad killer), run stairs, go up stairs laterally facing left and right, lunges up stairs, walking lunges uphill or flat, jump rope, lateral band walks (kills, but looks easy), burpees….anything!
Bike home (which for me includes more hills)
About 1/2 way home on the way back, my vastus medialis in my left quad starts cramping when I stand and bike up a hill. Why not the right? Well, that’s what I wanna know! I’ve attributed this imbalance due to the fact that I step on the gas and brake in my car with only the right leg. VROOOM. No, haha. I don’t know why.
That’s a really good workout (for me anyways) b/c you can switch it up so many ways. The key is to have good music. And not wreck when a huge 2-lb grasshopper jumps on your leg.
Ok, I know I said "a few good bike workouts" but I’ll save the interval one for later b/c I’ve been chastised by people saying I talk too much and my blogs are too long (I know…crazy). On another note, King_Marmoset!…can I please get all my cutoff jean shorts back ASAP b/c it’s summer and I kinda need them ok. I’m tired of loaning you my stuff and never getting it back. Also, stop calling me collect.
August 8, 2009 at 1:42 pm
It’s funny how you still have all those smut magazines in a big stack next to your front door. I know it impresses all your friends from the VFW.
Those jean shorts: what was once yours are now mine by way of theft. I rock cut off jean shorts and gladiator sandals longer and harder than anything ever.
PS. Thanks for saying that everything I say and do is awesome. That was real nice.
August 22, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I hyper oscilated my vastus medialus many years ago during a freak sweater knitting accident. Of course that was before I opted to have my medial pubilaterall monoquadilaptorous (which of course is typically made of cartilage) replaced with carbide. Since then, not only have my sweater creations been just flat out awesome, I have found that reading longer blogs are now made possible as well….