Comments on: How Much Fitness is Lost from Winter Break?

By: Paul Heggie

Paul Heggie — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 12:05:55 +0000

In May 2010 I collided with a pedsetrian (his fault!) on a 10 mile 2up TT and fractured my pelvis-a week in traction -no surgery fortunately-and 2 1/2 weeks on one leg and crutches-lots of physio and some hand cycling in gym to maintain a bit of fitness-back on the bike after a 10 week layoff and in a couple of weeks I was flying! I’m convinced with hindsight that the long break did me good (even though all through the enforced layoff I was fretting about losing fitness!)

By: Al-Bo

Al-Bo — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:21:47 +0000

Speak for yourself.

By: tejvan

tejvan — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:35:14 +0000

Hi Julian,

Yes, that’s a good point. If you miss a day’s food, you don’t have six meals the next day to compensate.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:34:13 +0000

I always feel slow after a few weeks off, usualy takes me a couple of rides too feel like I did before. I think its important not to stress out about it though and carry on with your usual training. Some people try to “regain” the fitness lost by doing lots of riding and end upovertraining and in a much worse state.