Great! I’m 74 and recovering from acute leukemia in part by riding my stationary bike 4X per week. Being and staying fit is why I’m still alive according to my doctors.
I’ve cycled to work for the last 30 years and I still love it. I still get exited about getting my bike ready for a ride. I’ve ditched the strava, don’t need it . Fed up with the competition aspect of it. I finish work on a Friday and ride to the pub for a well earned pint of real ale. I’m 50 now and don’t care about racing etc. I just enjoy myself riding the way I want to. Just saying👍
After listening to you for the past few years now at 70 . You have improved my cycling a lot. Not getting slower but a little faster. Your great thanks
Just keep adding small distance regularly to your rides. From +20 miles fuelling and hydration start to kick in.. I found getting from 15 miles to about 30 miles far harder than getting from 30 to 70. And from 70 to my first century was really all about pacing and fuelling.
So true, coach! Setting personal goals and staying away from the chatter of how much better everyone else is doing is key. Especially as we age, our own personal physical challenges become the determinant on what personal best can be obtained... and that can only improve with activity and further goal setting. No one else really cares and it shouldn't to you either. There's a woman in my neighborhood who's out almost every dry day here, no matter the wind temperature. She may not go far by our standards, but she gets out and DOES IT!
Started back up riding back in July. I've rode 1000 miles since then. Today was a good day because my hour average speed went from 13.1 MPH to 13.5 MPH. I'm not setting the world on fire, but I'm progressing. And I'm 55. Now I'm looking at building a dedicated winter bike.
I started bike riding when I was 5 years old. I'm 80 now and still riding. As an adult the bike was daily transportation except in winter. I became interested in long distance riding which led to randonneuring. Now I still ride for daily transportation and also ride in events such as fund raisers. I don't ride long distances anymore now it's 100 miles or less. My main bike now is a Western Flyer 1950'ish. It's set up for towing trailers one for stuff and the other for my dog the co-pilot. In my view bike riding along with sailboats and trains is the most civilized mode of transportation.
Thank you for your videos I work from home and my health has got out of control. I am 270 and high blood pruessure with a pre type 2 diabetes. I am fixing my bike with a indoor setup and will start ittle by little. I am eating better and will be watching your videos has I pedal on.
Місяць тому+12
Thank you for inspiring my husband (Pawel Wronski) to exercise more often. Kick his ass constantly. A grateful wife🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
I like Strava, and I love to ride. Finally after wanting to do a double century for 40 years, did it recently. 201 mi 12.6k climb. Cant wait to do another. I just ride because I love to ride. 99% solo. Its the best therapy😁
wonderful video Coach.....I did set a goal after a year off my bike for a mountain ride and the hills kicked my butt at 8% grade but it was fun.....I'll do better next year at that event.
0:32 "....just like the mess you've got yourself into chasing a new bike, new shoes, new wheels". This statement doesn't quite have the impact intended when you are standing next to the latest model Italian aero-bike with carbon wheels, and a new pair of shoes on the shelf :-)
Four weeks post medial meniscus tear and medial collateral ligament sprain. So far surgery is plan B. Suggestions to rehab the knee so I can get back on the saddle. I should have listened to my daughter when she said "don't run that trail". 😐
I'm 65 and cycle most days. I am a utilitarian Cyclist rather than a competitive one, although I did ride a couple of cyclo-cross races in my younger days, and rode on Leicester track a couple of times before they built houses on it - Shame on Leicester City Council for allowing that to happen - but I never did really take to the racing side of cycling. I honestly don't feel any different to how I felt in my 20s and 30s, and everything still works as it should if you get my drift. A bicycle has always been my preferred choice for personal transport, and I really can't see that changing anytime soon.
Just find yourself a bicycle that will scream at you all night long from the garage, not letting you sleep, if you don't take it riding that day. I used to hate that bicycle. To shut it up, I would leave it out in the rain, deflate its tires at night, I even left it outside over night when it was 10F(-12C) degrees outside. Nothing worked... In the morning getting in the car to go to work, it would still say, "Please take me riding today." I finally gave in. Most people of where I work said it was a mental disorder. I rode the bike to several different psychologist offices and talked to each one about the bicycle screaming at me all night long if I didn't take it riding that day. Every one of them has said, "There is nothing wrong with the bicycle." So, I've said "Thanks" to all of them and thought "What a waste of an hours' time with this psychologist". So, I've lived with the same bicycle for the last few years just by taking it riding every day to shut it up. At least I can sleep all night long now.
Im 61. New bike ( first disc brake carbon wheel di2 ) Been riding 5 x weekly now for 5 months 300 - 400 Km . Can hold 33 km/ hour for 160km. Hills are now my favorite thing. The fastest ive ever been. And heres the thing- im loving it.The fitter i get the more i want to ride and the fitter i get. Legs are obviously more muscular. Lost weight. Heart rate 180 max resting 41. Entering races. Cycling is the dogs bollocks!!
I'm a machine from NZ,1% Too right. Very enjoyable video 👍👍 Strava turned me into a lunatic, Zwift has help me stay one., goal this week 10000m plus of climbing,some at full gas 😜
Do it while you can !!! because it will end ,no danger,through age or health ,grasp what you can now people , you wont regret it👍👍2 years ago i could do The Yorkshire Peaks X Race,couldn't do 10 mile now 😕😕
Until I was 56 no one was ever allowed to overtake me on my 60 km Fri, Sat, Sun ride. Had one triathlete who almost nailed me, but I was saved by being better at timing the lights. Another guy actually overtook me, but that only lasted a few km and he was wasted by going too fast up wind (confess I was impressed when he first came blazing past me). Experience brings some things to the table! Closing in on 70 I have hardly slowed yet. Just cannot sprint as I used to.
Perhaps you don’t understand his point… He’s not saying it doesn’t “motivate” people. He’s saying that for some people, they get stuck into doing their training rides all out on every ride which is not productive… his point is that riders shouldn’t be slaves to Strava, so whether or not you find it personally motivating is not relevant to this fact.
My 80 something neighbour up the road, rode her bike all the time and when e-bikes started getting popular I asked her if she'd be getting one, she was a bit put out and replied curtly. "Well you're never gonna get fit riding one of those are you!" Sadly she got a problem with her arm a couple of years ago and had to stop, it seems to have aged her quite rapidly.
@@WoolyChewbakker we bought pedal assist bikes for our 50th's, they were brilliant for our hilly area to get out and about . We've recently sold them for mountain bikes to improve our fitness. I love my new bike and my increased leg tone and my husband is improving his health. The e bikes were fantastic though, they helped us up steep hills and stress relief just by getting outside more even when we were already knackered renovating our house! Now we are getting up a steep hill so we can get to the cafe the other side! Never too old for that!
Get off my case about turning 50 years old in a few days time with all this '50 and your knackered' content, will you?! (Joking, keep it up, I'm a new subscriber and waiting for the book).
I find my motivation to ride decreases faster than my ability. It's mostly due to allowing other things to take on a (partly) false higher priority. My riding was on auto for several months, but a forced break due to injury derailed it. Hard to get back. Easy to invent a justification.
My record day was 75 miles and at the end it HURT. It took 2 days to recover 😪 😅 I wanted to do 100 miles but had to cut it short, knowing I would collapse somewhere out there.
What is your coaching strategy for someone whose coronary arteries plug up with lipoprotein (a)-fueled plaque at an increasing rate? It is hard to complete those cycling challenges when the doc says to lay off the bike for a month... and the month before that you were having chest pains due to the stenosis.
Kind of hard for me to beat my fastest 220 mile in one day ride under 15hr personal record or cyclocross fun now that my bod has betrayed me in so many ways. How about a vid on "As you get REALLY older"? Motivational vid isn't what is asked for but ways to manage and keep going. Hint, lots of resistance training but careful on the legs so as not to hinder riding.
“Talent”……a word used as an excuse by people too lazy to practice or train. It’s much easier to say “oh that person is talented “, than it is to recognise the countless hours of practice or training that’s gone in to developing “a talent”.
@@jayobannon5359 Exactly. Spending as much time with my wife and family as I can is my priority. I've cycled 100's of thousands of miles in my life. I have nothing to prove.
Fuck “progress”. What about consistency and being able to continue for years without injuring yourself by following the advice of “coaches” online who don’t know you and have no idea what you can do without pushing yourself too hard
Don't forget to reserve your free copy😉
book.bulletproofcycling.com/sn7X
I’m 70 I rode 80 miles today!
Good for you! I'm one year behind you! We have to be aging more gracefully than the average old fart!
Same here. 8 hours, cafe to cafe tour. :-)
Great! I’m 74 and recovering from acute leukemia in part by riding my stationary bike 4X per week. Being and staying fit is why I’m still alive according to my doctors.
Good on you bill
日本の74歳の老体です．
欧米人の走行技術を身につけて，雨以外毎日サイクリングしています．
「泥を地面で拭う」素晴らしいですね．
残念ですが，ほとんどこの走行技術は日本人は使えません．
I’ve cycled to work for the last 30 years and I still love it. I still get exited about getting my bike ready for a ride. I’ve ditched the strava, don’t need it . Fed up with the competition aspect of it. I finish work on a Friday and ride to the pub for a well earned pint of real ale. I’m 50 now and don’t care about racing etc. I just enjoy myself riding the way I want to. Just saying👍
After listening to you for the past few years now at 70 . You have improved my cycling a lot. Not getting slower but a little faster. Your great thanks
4 weeks from now I’ll do my first 50 mile bike ride. Longest so far is about 20. Feels like a good goal and a step towards my first century.
Just keep adding small distance regularly to your rides. From +20 miles fuelling and hydration start to kick in.. I found getting from 15 miles to about 30 miles far harder than getting from 30 to 70. And from 70 to my first century was really all about pacing and fuelling.
So true, coach! Setting personal goals and staying away from the chatter of how much better everyone else is doing is key. Especially as we age, our own personal physical challenges become the determinant on what personal best can be obtained... and that can only improve with activity and further goal setting. No one else really cares and it shouldn't to you either. There's a woman in my neighborhood who's out almost every dry day here, no matter the wind temperature. She may not go far by our standards, but she gets out and DOES IT!
Started back up riding back in July. I've rode 1000 miles since then. Today was a good day because my hour average speed went from 13.1 MPH to 13.5 MPH. I'm not setting the world on fire, but I'm progressing. And I'm 55. Now I'm looking at building a dedicated winter bike.
I started bike riding when I was 5 years old. I'm 80 now and still riding. As an adult the bike was daily transportation except in winter. I became interested in long distance riding which led to randonneuring. Now I still ride for daily transportation and also ride in events such as fund raisers. I don't ride long distances anymore now it's 100 miles or less. My main bike now is a Western Flyer 1950'ish. It's set up for towing trailers one for stuff and the other for my dog the co-pilot. In my view bike riding along with sailboats and trains is the most civilized mode of transportation.
this are very good and basic advice that can also be applied to other areas of life. you got it man!
TIRED: Quit Facebook
WIRED: Quit Twitter
INSPIRED: Quit Strava
im 62 in january,and did 4h..35 min, yesterday on my indoor bike.
Thank you for your videos I work from home and my health has got out of control. I am 270 and high blood pruessure with a pre type 2 diabetes. I am fixing my bike with a indoor setup and will start ittle by little. I am eating better and will be watching your videos has I pedal on.
Thank you for inspiring my husband (Pawel Wronski) to exercise more often. Kick his ass constantly. A grateful wife🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Checking from NY USA love it. Just did56 mil. ….you got to see what your made of I’m 57 in construction my whole life😎
I love how Strava evaluates my rides as if Im looking for constant improvement. Im just riding😅
MTBed 13 miles yesterday 1279 ft elevation gain. I am 70 yrs old. Not broken yet.
I like Strava, and I love to ride. Finally after wanting to do a double century for 40 years, did it recently. 201 mi 12.6k climb. Cant wait to do another.
I just ride because I love to ride. 99% solo. Its the best therapy😁
wonderful video Coach.....I did set a goal after a year off my bike for a mountain ride and the hills kicked my butt at 8% grade but it was fun.....I'll do better next year at that event.
0:32 "....just like the mess you've got yourself into chasing a new bike, new shoes, new wheels". This statement doesn't quite have the impact intended when you are standing next to the latest model Italian aero-bike with carbon wheels, and a new pair of shoes on the shelf :-)
Four weeks post medial meniscus tear and medial collateral ligament sprain. So far surgery is plan B. Suggestions to rehab the knee so I can get back on the saddle. I should have listened to my daughter when she said "don't run that trail". 😐
I'm 65 and cycle most days. I am a utilitarian Cyclist rather than a competitive one, although I did ride a couple of cyclo-cross races in my younger days, and rode on Leicester track a couple of times before they built houses on it - Shame on Leicester City Council for allowing that to happen - but I never did really take to the racing side of cycling.
I honestly don't feel any different to how I felt in my 20s and 30s, and everything still works as it should if you get my drift.
A bicycle has always been my preferred choice for personal transport, and I really can't see that changing anytime soon.
Just find yourself a bicycle that will scream at you all night long from the garage, not letting you sleep, if you don't take it riding that day. I used to hate that bicycle. To shut it up, I would leave it out in the rain, deflate its tires at night, I even left it outside over night when it was 10F(-12C) degrees outside. Nothing worked... In the morning getting in the car to go to work, it would still say, "Please take me riding today." I finally gave in.
Most people of where I work said it was a mental disorder. I rode the bike to several different psychologist offices and talked to each one about the bicycle screaming at me all night long if I didn't take it riding that day. Every one of them has said, "There is nothing wrong with the bicycle."
So, I've said "Thanks" to all of them and thought "What a waste of an hours' time with this psychologist". So, I've lived with the same bicycle for the last few years just by taking it riding every day to shut it up. At least I can sleep all night long now.
Weird.
@@nelsonhibbert5267 _"Weird."_ You sound like that Disney DEI hire chick to play Snow White.
@@nathanwoodruff9422 You sound like you need further help.
@@nelsonhibbert5267 _"You sound like you need further help."_ You sound like you really enjoy sticking your nose into others people's business.
I don't know why I find 'alternate Scott's' voice so funny, but I do.
Im 61. New bike ( first disc brake carbon wheel di2 ) Been riding 5 x weekly now for 5 months 300 - 400 Km . Can hold 33 km/ hour for
160km. Hills are now my favorite thing. The fastest ive ever been. And heres the thing- im loving it.The fitter i get the more i want to ride and the fitter i get. Legs are obviously more muscular. Lost weight. Heart rate 180 max resting 41. Entering races. Cycling is the dogs bollocks!!
I’m older and don’t care what others think and post on Strava anyway.
I'm a machine from NZ,1% Too right. Very enjoyable video 👍👍 Strava turned me into a lunatic, Zwift has help me stay one., goal this week 10000m plus of climbing,some at full gas 😜
Do it while you can !!! because it will end ,no danger,through age or health ,grasp what you can now people , you wont regret it👍👍2 years ago i could do The Yorkshire Peaks X Race,couldn't do 10 mile now 😕😕
Until I was 56 no one was ever allowed to overtake me on my 60 km Fri, Sat, Sun ride. Had one triathlete who almost nailed me, but I was saved by being better at timing the lights. Another guy actually overtook me, but that only lasted a few km and he was wasted by going too fast up wind (confess I was impressed when he first came blazing past me). Experience brings some things to the table! Closing in on 70 I have hardly slowed yet. Just cannot sprint as I used to.
Great video as always Scott, I've def reserved my copy too. Thanks 👍
Bull💩 on your dis on Strava. I found it extremely motivating.
I hate the strava ai crap, but love the age group challenges
Perhaps you don’t understand his point…
He’s not saying it doesn’t “motivate” people. He’s saying that for some people, they get stuck into doing their training rides all out on every ride which is not productive… his point is that riders shouldn’t be slaves to Strava, so whether or not you find it personally motivating is not relevant to this fact.
The Private ride, love it going start that. Probably with tomorrows ride.
40 years of cycling and still challenge myself 😅
top advice, "coach". this is indeed how i live (age 49), and it works.
Just love the accent !
I've never done strava. First and foremost, riding a bike is about freedom.
Hi, I am still in membership pending status for the 5 day bulletproof group on skool so cant start, thanks
A big issue is everyone telling you that you need an eBike because you are old 😂
Yeah but an e-bike may get them cycling and it’s still fitness gained over sat on their arse.
When I need to trade my bikes in for an e-bike, I'll buy a TV and a pizza.,
@@rcdogmanduh4440 LOL I don’t know if I’d do the same until that time comes. Been out in nature is still good regardless.
My 80 something neighbour up the road, rode her bike all the time and when e-bikes started getting popular I asked her if she'd be getting one, she was a bit put out and replied curtly. "Well you're never gonna get fit riding one of those are you!" Sadly she got a problem with her arm a couple of years ago and had to stop, it seems to have aged her quite rapidly.
@@WoolyChewbakker we bought pedal assist bikes for our 50th's, they were brilliant for our hilly area to get out and about . We've recently sold them for mountain bikes to improve our fitness. I love my new bike and my increased leg tone and my husband is improving his health. The e bikes were fantastic though, they helped us up steep hills and stress relief just by getting outside more even when we were already knackered renovating our house! Now we are getting up a steep hill so we can get to the cafe the other side! Never too old for that!
How did you make your wooden panels at the back of your studio? What's the black timber.... far better than bike nonsense :)
Get off my case about turning 50 years old in a few days time with all this '50 and your knackered' content, will you?! (Joking, keep it up, I'm a new subscriber and waiting for the book).
I keep my strava private
I find my motivation to ride decreases faster than my ability. It's mostly due to allowing other things to take on a (partly) false higher priority. My riding was on auto for several months, but a forced break due to injury derailed it. Hard to get back. Easy to invent a justification.
200 Miles is my next challenge - but I won’t be doing it in this weather 😁
I will be doing 300 Km next year. At MSR (Mecklenburger Seeenrunde)
My record day was 75 miles and at the end it HURT. It took 2 days to recover 😪 😅 I wanted to do 100 miles but had to cut it short, knowing I would collapse somewhere out there.
Going to ride the stage 6 of the TDF route to Normandie 200km 2025
What is your coaching strategy for someone whose coronary arteries plug up with lipoprotein (a)-fueled plaque at an increasing rate? It is hard to complete those cycling challenges when the doc says to lay off the bike for a month... and the month before that you were having chest pains due to the stenosis.
Find a new doc.
That seems like literally the opposite of what you should do.... #confused.
Sufferlandrians vs Couchlandrians. Same concept as Sufferfest, very enjoyable.
Working on it to be one of those 10. :)
What language is this guy speaking?
LOL! Proper Irish! Love, from America.
Extrinsic and intrinsic reasons for cycling?
個人的に運動を継続しないと体調不良です．
日本人は欧米人の快適なテクニックが無いので完成させたい．
でも，完成するとさすがに毎日サイクリングは飽きますね．
Kind of hard for me to beat my fastest 220 mile in one day ride under 15hr personal record or cyclocross fun now that my bod has betrayed me in so many ways. How about a vid on "As you get REALLY older"? Motivational vid isn't what is asked for but ways to manage and keep going. Hint, lots of resistance training but careful on the legs so as not to hinder riding.
Literally everything on Scott's channel is an answer to your questions.
Spot on coach, great piece of advice, and it works. Enjoying your channel. 💪
My neighbours take their bloody bins out at at four in the morning. Grrrrrr, it gets my goat!
EXCELLENT!
“Talent”……a word used as an excuse by people too lazy to practice or train. It’s much easier to say “oh that person is talented “, than it is to recognise the countless hours of practice or training that’s gone in to developing “a talent”.
Its so bad now my bike talks like a Scot!
wait till you get older, to really find out how it feels, VERY Different!!
@@marvinkamei7007 Absolutely. It’s a BS till you live it. Like being married for 30 years
yeah!!!
Over 70, ride an average 7500 miles/year do at least 4 centuries a year and married for 45 years. It’s all about what’s important to you
@@jayobannon5359 Exactly. Spending as much time with my wife and family as I can is my priority. I've cycled 100's of thousands of miles in my life. I have nothing to prove.
Haha, poor Betty!
Watching UA-cam… passive habit
when not doing well in cucling ,move on to something else ,safere!! indoor cycling ,weights etc..
Sounded reasonable until you said watching dog videos instead of cat videos…
Not to be a d but if you aren’t going to use that Oltre as click bait you could at least have an RC and not that meh Pro.
*are
This is a lot of common sense waffling. I just waisted time passively watching this!
Wasted. 😜
@@Zeyzift😂
Fuck “progress”. What about consistency and being able to continue for years without injuring yourself by following the advice of “coaches” online who don’t know you and have no idea what you can do without pushing yourself too hard
MTBed 13 miles yesterday 1279 ft elevation gain. I am 70 yrs old. Not broken yet.
MTBed 13 miles yesterday 1279 ft elevation gain. I am 70 yrs old. Not broken yet.