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    Is there a quick way of regaining old fitness?

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    1. wellherewegotoday on

      Start on the flats for a few weeks and work your way to climbing slowly.

    3. barriedalenick on

      If there is, then I am missing out! Ripped a cartilage in my knee so haven’t ridden much since last August and getting back in the saddle has proved to be much harder than I imagined. I am 60 so that counts against me, I guess, but all I can do is add a few KMs on to each ride. My basic plan is

      Take it easy > short, slow, flat rides > add a few KM > try adding in some faster segments > hit some slopes > throw in some short faster rides > take an extra day to recover…

      I’m just off out to see how 60kms goes which will be the longest I have done in months..

    5. lproven on

      Started again this spring after 2 years off due to snapping my right forearm into so many prices it needed 36 pieces of steel to reassemble it…

      First ride, 2 miles. Exhausted. Second, 4. After a few of those, no problem. Tried 6 or 7 miles. No problem. So far 20 miles was about my maximum and I was tired but all right. It’s coming back. FWIW I’m 57.

    6. loozerr on

      After a year and a half of treatments and a couple months of recovery I got back on my bike – took me around two months to get close to old segment times, though I never was seriously fit. Anyway, you can do it!

      I’d focus on long exercises with low load to build cardio fitness before trying to go hard.

    7. Jealous-Kiwi-1161 on

      In case of training cardio, riding with intervals is very effective

    9. 420_69_911 on

      I got back in to riding after 13 years (due to injury). I’ve found there are no shortcuts. I’ve been doing 1,000km a month for the last 8 months, made some good inroads. Supplementing protein & carbs post ride will help recovery but it’s a bandaid fix.

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