Perhaps I’m just a roadie, or I’ve got too many fast twitch fibres from visiting the velodrome, but what is a brick?
It’s something to do with training and bike/run legs, but don’t we use bricks for constructing buildings?
Confused
Run off the bike. (Do your bike workout, then immediately change into your running shoes and go for a run.)
It gets your legs used to the rapid change from riding to running.
Finally another thread of interest to the “masons” amongst us.
The brick is literally the cornerstone of our civilsed existance, and not merely a 76mm x 110mm x 230mm piece of clay which can be either of the dry pressed or extruded variety…and dont get me started on calcium silica bricks. Besser (breeze) blocks and Hebel blocks are another story all together.
Without the brick the opposable thumb would be the only thing separating us from the animals.
The masons are derived from the early stonemasons, and therefore have alwys had a revered place in society.
Perhaps Brother Brizza you should make your way down to your nearest Masonic Temple and find out the answers to the questions you seek.
By the way it is polite to bring a plate!
I’ve no question of the importance of bricks but at first I was thinking of expressions as member told how they struggled in training when they didi a brick.
Do they have a shortage of plates?
Ahhhh…Thank You Brother Roxii. You just answered a question for me on the test papers. Question 221 was becoming a problem, as i couldn’t seem to find a reference in the book.
Thank You again…i love youse guys. You show so much love and meaning.
Ahaa! Doing a brick, this is much different to simply a brick.
Doing a brick is a derivation of the slang “sh*tting bricks” otherwise known as “packing large ones” or “cacking my daks” in other words the person you herd speak these utterances was simply scared.
Hope this helps.
Glad I could be of assistance Paul, if you have any oter queries of a masonic nature I would be most pleased to help.
Thankyou for outlining the difference.
I thought the tri guys might have been having some bad training days 
Credit for coining use of the term “brick” for the bike/run workout in triathlon training belongs to Scott Zagarino and Mark Sisson – two southern California triathletes. In the 80s, Scott and Mark trained together. After a tough bike/run session, they would look at each other and state “All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall.” After a while, they just referred to the workout as a brick. Currently, I believe Scott is involved in a multisport training business and Mark is the US representative to the ITU.
Zagarino used to hang out at rec.sport.triathlon. about 5-10 years ago and that’s where I heard this.