So my wife was perusing a copy of Bicycling last night as she's been looking to get more involved in cycling (or anything, for that matter, she just needs something to really get involved in), and came upon the following:
"How to drop that last 5lbs"
It then describes how doing a lunch ride is an excellent source of cardio, but you have to ensure that you're eating properly beforehand... and goes on to describe 1000-1200 calories in the breakfast and the pre-ride snack. Now, she's been trying to "drop that last 5lbs," and knows that with her metabolism and weight she's allowed ~1600 calories / day (she's burning about 2100, and needs the 500 calorie deficit in order to drop about a pound a week). She was FURIOUS that the normal assumption for the magazine was that only 160lb athletic men would be reading this magazine, and that the "recommended diet" would be 2/3 - 3/4 of her entire day's intake.
So she reads Runners World and Women's Health, but are there any women-friendly bicycle magazines I can recommend to her? I know things like Dirt Rag seem pretty WSD friendly, but they're not as technical. Any suggestions?
"How to drop that last 5lbs"
It then describes how doing a lunch ride is an excellent source of cardio, but you have to ensure that you're eating properly beforehand... and goes on to describe 1000-1200 calories in the breakfast and the pre-ride snack. Now, she's been trying to "drop that last 5lbs," and knows that with her metabolism and weight she's allowed ~1600 calories / day (she's burning about 2100, and needs the 500 calorie deficit in order to drop about a pound a week). She was FURIOUS that the normal assumption for the magazine was that only 160lb athletic men would be reading this magazine, and that the "recommended diet" would be 2/3 - 3/4 of her entire day's intake.
So she reads Runners World and Women's Health, but are there any women-friendly bicycle magazines I can recommend to her? I know things like Dirt Rag seem pretty WSD friendly, but they're not as technical. Any suggestions?