Ever since I turned 43, I watched my abs gradually but certainly turn to flabs. This despite training a lot, running, biking 40km a day for work, eating pretty well. At first I blamed my office job or turning 43 or that bike crash that put me in bed for 5 weeks. Or that SEGWAY crash IN lisbon that put me in bed for 3 weeks.
But then last week my decent bibs were in the wash and I had an epiphany. I noticed that when I wore my cheap backup bibs, I had to conscioudly hold my gut up, and I could breathe deeper. Breathing out wasnt elastic assisted either...i had to use my abs to exhale. Suddenly my abs were activated and doing all the work. I was missing the elastic support! This made me think of Victorian times where some women lived corsets and had no stability when they took said corsets off. Thats when I thought... Damn...... Do good bibs make you fat? Is there a training benefit/performance enhancement to training in flimsy cheap bibs thay make your abs do the work?
But then last week my decent bibs were in the wash and I had an epiphany. I noticed that when I wore my cheap backup bibs, I had to conscioudly hold my gut up, and I could breathe deeper. Breathing out wasnt elastic assisted either...i had to use my abs to exhale. Suddenly my abs were activated and doing all the work. I was missing the elastic support! This made me think of Victorian times where some women lived corsets and had no stability when they took said corsets off. Thats when I thought... Damn...... Do good bibs make you fat? Is there a training benefit/performance enhancement to training in flimsy cheap bibs thay make your abs do the work?
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lacticturkey: May 13, 19 10:42