Novice Cycling

[Drisgirl]

Posted in Sport as well.

I have started cycling -I am only doing a couple of 3-4 undulating runs a day with no side effects (apart from the sore botty)
I am reasonably fit as i have no muscle ache.
How do I progress?
Do I maintain what i'm doing or as its obviously not a challenge physically how may miles would you recommend daily given that I cant move for hills so any route would present an incline (yikes) or a smalll rapid hill.
BTW -its not a chore I love it although it is for fitness reasons.
Any sage tips from seasoned cyclists would be appreciated (mountain bike)
O sorry 50 fit and female if that helps !!

[CAJ1]

Buy a gel seat for your sore bottom! They are miles better than the hard ones

[Drisgirl]

Thanks both of you -I do find early evenings less frantic traffic wise so will continue with that and a gel seat -wow -that sounds brilliant !! It sure would beat the bath sponge I was gonna tape on lol.

[CAJ1]

Lol, a bath sponge would have been funny. I think both argos and halfords do the gel seats from �10-�15

[Drisgirl]

Cheers for that -will get one at the weekend !

[Oneeyedvic]

If you are interested in getting fitter then buy yourself a heart rate monitor and use it to gauge your heart rate and the number of calories you are burning.

[sn�gs]

Definitely get yourself a woman's gel saddle... I knew a female cyclist who was always complaining of 'a split kipper' after a long bike ride :-)

[Drisgirl]

Thats a brill idea -as thats what I am trying to achieve -weight loss through exercise and diet and also to get fitter and healthier.

Cheeky I know but any idea where you can buy those monitors?

[Drisgirl]

oooo snags I can empathise with her -I walk like John Wayne(tta) when I get off my horse erm mean bike lol

[Oneeyedvic]

Probably the best deal for a decent one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000UW5SYG/ ref=nosim/?tag=hotukdeals-21

Though you can get cheap ones from Lloyds pharmacies (around �15) - but really I would get a 'proper' one.

I spent �50 on mine 3 years ago and haven't regretted a penny.

It has helped me achieve a pretty good level of fitness and helped me lose 4 1/2 stone.

[Drisgirl]

WOW -thats amazing -well done !!

Thanks for the link -much appreciated.

[erroldio]

Oneeyedvic that is amazing, and it would be really interesting to hear exactly how you did it. ie diet? calorie counting, how often did you exercise? etc