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Financial advising/planning... investments, debt management, etc.stosh said:
Yupper and mom wasn't pleased that she had to come and get her rather than let her ride the bus back. The paperwork sucks though. Have to file an incident report, disciplinary referal, and superintendent's hearing form. Luckily, she's gone for the rest of the year.stosh said:
Technically she's independent... she "sells" for Mass Mutual though... those are the investments that she sells.stosh said:
it's official - I'm in.stosh said:
I went riding with my wife last night and we got in an small argument. I wanted to go ride trails and she wanted to go ride to the gym and lift weights for about 1/2 hr and ride home. We ended up going for a trail ride!
But the argument was this: I think that going for an hour long trail ride (roughly 5 miles lots of short ups and downs) is a better workout than 8 miles on the road (30-40 minutes) + 1/2 hour at the gym. She thinks that the opposite is true. My argument is that on the trail ride there are a few hills we have to push so that is sort of an upper body workout. To me riding on the road is just a lot of coasting with nothing to get the heart going really good and the gym is just boring. What do you all think?
But the argument was this: I think that going for an hour long trail ride (roughly 5 miles lots of short ups and downs) is a better workout than 8 miles on the road (30-40 minutes) + 1/2 hour at the gym. She thinks that the opposite is true. My argument is that on the trail ride there are a few hills we have to push so that is sort of an upper body workout. To me riding on the road is just a lot of coasting with nothing to get the heart going really good and the gym is just boring. What do you all think?
jdschall said:
Nobody can argue the benefits of strength training. Your muscles need that dynamic, focused attention to get out of it what you want. Not to say that you don't get certain muscle groups their focus on a trail ride.......I would say split you time and make the both of you happy campers. DO the ride to the gym twice ot three time perweek, and trail rides the rest. Those sweet guns you'll start developing will be their own reward.
They are two different types of workouts. Riding is good and lifting weights is good. The five mile MTB ride is a probably a better workout though.jdschall said:
If you think road riding is a lot of coasting with minimal effort, you're not doing it right.
Road rides can be real ass kickers (I will say that 8 miles is barely enough to make you break a sweat though).What are you doing at 10am Saturday Morning?I Are Baboon said:They are two different types of workouts. Riding is good and lifting weights is good. The five mile MTB ride is a probably a better workout though.
If you think road riding is a lot of coasting with minimal effort, you're not doing it right.
Not much, I don't think! What do you have in mind??stosh said:
Hit a group ride with some seasoned roadies and try to keep up. Then let's revisit that comment about road riding being just a lot of coasting with nothing to get the heart rate up. 
Yeah like hippies know anything about weight lifting, unless they have to fill their 6' bong up.Greyhound said:Nobody can argue the benefits of strength training. Your muscles need that dynamic, focused attention to get out of it what you want. Not to say that you don't get certain muscle groups their focus on a trail ride.......I would say split you time and make the both of you happy campers. DO the ride to the gym twice ot three time perweek, and trail rides the rest. Those sweet guns you'll start developing will be their own reward.
Yeah, yeah, yeah... I mean just this short ride to the gym. Not road biking in general.Echo said:Hit a group ride with some seasoned roadies and try to keep up. Then let's revisit that comment about road riding being just a lot of coasting with nothing to get the heart rate up.
stosh said:
perhaps you two should go take a class to learn how to use the Private Messaging function that is conveniently built into vbulletin message boards.I Are Baboon said:
stosh said:
Even then, it isn't really a workout as you need two people for the six-footer. One to pack and light; one to do the tokin'.
Dammit, stosh........you're just baiting me into this stuff aren't you? ......Sitting back and laughing at the hippy. :devil:
Good Morning Stosh! 
Went for a stroll along the beach last night....other than that not too much going on.
Have a good day!
Went for a stroll along the beach last night....other than that not too much going on.
Have a good day!
Yep. I spent the winter doing this 2-3 times a week and the guns are looking decent. But now its sunny and I want to be outside! But maybe I'm just being greedy or possibly lazy. Right now I'm only making it to the gym about once per week.Greyhound said:Nobody can argue the benefits of strength training. Your muscles need that dynamic, focused attention to get out of it what you want. Not to say that you don't get certain muscle groups their focus on a trail ride.......I would say split you time and make the both of you happy campers. DO the ride to the gym twice ot three time perweek, and trail rides the rest. Those sweet guns you'll start developing will be their own reward.
Oh and
as you can see from his sig. Greyhound lives by a cow pond in Mebane. Have you ever been to Mebane? He's much more likely to have cars on blocks in the yard and a bathtub meth lab than to have a 6' bong.
unless you treat it like a sprint.I Are Baboon said:
can you average 24 mph for 20 min? i'd say you might get a bit sweaty.
Yeah pretty soon I'll be throwing gum in your dreads.Greyhound said:Even then, it isn't really a workout as you need two people for the six-footer. One to pack and light; one to do the tokin'.
Dammit, stosh........you're just baiting me into this stuff aren't you? ......Sitting back and laughing at the hippy. :devil:
It was nice actually...stosh said:
20 mph is about all I can manage on my ss and even then I'm spinning so fast I want to hurl.narlus said:unless you treat it like a sprint.
can you average 24 mph for 20 min? i'd say you might get a bit sweaty.
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