Sun, Jul-27-03, 08:16
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,512
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Plan: Atkins - Maintenance
Stats: 185/150/150
BF:
Progress: 100%
Location: Northern California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Morgan1974
I just bought a stationary bike and I can't ride it for more than 5 minutes without tears running down my face! How do you ride for so long without it hurting your, u-hem....RUMP! I thought I had plenty of cushion on MY seat and the bike's seat, but it hurts so much I have to get off! I'm so disappointed.
Morgan
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Hi Morgan,
Ah, it hurts!
LOL...sorry, hate to disappoint you, but after about 20 minutes, my pained posterior was protesting the rest of the way. Afterwards, I felt was if some unruly devilish imp had slipped a firecracker down the back of my trousers.
Not sure if I have any salient advice for you, except that during some stretches where the pain was escalating, I'd turn up the resistance, stand up peddaling faster, a la uphill riding. Not sure if your machine has that feature, but you might try that?
Finally, you can just opt for my more draconian solution. Just suck it up, and say afterwards, "No, I prefer to stand, but thank you all the same!"
Seriously, I presume after several weeks, our posterior's would get used to the pain and adjust? I'm not sure on this point, perhaps a more experienced biker can offer an insight on this.
Wish I could have been more of a help,
Frederick
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