JuhaL
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- Eura, Finland
Rouvy have a good feature that you can also play the video too see how route looks before you go to ride, I use that many times when I'm seeking something new to ride.
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Rouvy have a good feature that you can also play the video too see how route looks before you go to ride, I use that many times when I'm seeking something new to ride.
Randyberlin
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- Sitka, Alaska
I never used that feature. One of the most beautiful rides Ive done in real life was from Arrochar to Sterling in Scotland. I think both @Barbes66 and @shimceltic did it last year too.
Stevers
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- Mendip Hills, UK
My turbo trainer set up is exclusively Ant+, and the only reason I didn't try Fulgaz is that they only support BlueTooth, which has only ever given me grief in any dealings with it.
Incidentally the months that I spent grinding up mountains with serious resistance in BKOOL are something of a miracle because this time last year my knees were clicky, popping and painful. I was limited to light spinning, and even gardening was a problem. For me salvation came in the form of strengthening my glutes - maximus to cure my sciatica then medius and minimus to fix my knees ('clam shells' for the latter). Cyclists are probably more vulnerable than most athletes to weak glutes - they are unlikely to make us faster until our knees go!
Another exercise that I do is indicated for 'Runners' Knee' and is said to put the kneecap back into its groove to stop the clicking. That one's lifting the lower leg from the knee whilst the foot is turned out. That can be done sat up, but I do that one lying on the bed - lower legs off the edge. It's one I used to do until the pain went away, but now do it each morning as a preventitive. 'Clown' walking (and cycling knees out) looks silly, but helps activate those precious glutes and for cycling at least may put the vulnerable knee joint at a better angle.
shimceltic
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Amy links to some videos showing the exercises you did? Trying anything and everything. I think my left hamstring is causing some issues as that seems to hurt when doing pigeon pose and my calf has been knackered since 2020 from football
Stevers
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- Mendip Hills, UK
Any ideas that I have that knees can be fixed without surgery come from El Paso Manual Physio Therapy on YouTube. He's got loads of videos with dos and don'ts to make knees happier. His line is that strong quads and quad strengthening exercises can be very bad for knees, and cyclists and runners tend to have strong quads and weak glutes. Ultimately he's all about correcting muscle imbalance and joint alignment.
An actual physio saw me and confirmed that my medius and minimus glutes were weak when I was treated for sciatica. I don't think she liked me as she gave me the wrong time for my next appointment, but did give me enough pointers to put put me on the right track for me to sort myself out. I can't find the reference for the lower leg lift with feet out, but I first did them for what I understood to be pain from Runners' Knee when I still went to work over ten years ago.
Randyberlin
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- Sitka, Alaska
Wow! @Goldwolfie
You blasted that second half. It took everything I had to keep up with you on the first half. Then you walked away. You even passed the girl who passed us earlier.
Thanks for a great ride.
You blasted that second half. It took everything I had to keep up with you on the first half. Then you walked away. You even passed the girl who passed us earlier.
Thanks for a great ride.
Stevers
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- Mendip Hills, UK
My third ride on Rouvy was Kinsale - Courtmacsherry in Eire.
http://riders.rouvy.com/route/250641
It was so picturesque that I played the video to my missus who has fond memories from holidaying there with some school chums in the late 1970s.
Grounded by ongoing mothercare, I was wondering about doing one of the two attractive looking Ironman routes out of Weymouth (~56 miles) as virtual 'pub' rides, stopping for refreshment about half way (the Halsey Arms in Pulham?) before convening for the virtual ride back. Racing up hills allowed, but no-one to be left behind.
Stevers
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- Mendip Hills, UK
Sort of, except that's a lift of the whole leg and a hip strengthening exercise. A downside of the lower leg lift is that it will strengthen the quads so one not to be overdone if strong quads are problematic for knees.
Stevers
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- Mendip Hills, UK
OK so technically it's a 'Seated leg extension with lateral rotation':
https://us.physitrack.com/home-exercise-video/seated-knee-extension-with-external-rotation-%28vmo%29
It doesn't seem to be indicated to improve kneecap alignment!
https://us.physitrack.com/home-exercise-video/seated-knee-extension-with-external-rotation-%28vmo%29
It doesn't seem to be indicated to improve kneecap alignment!
