is that freakish or what?
Some time ago, Michiko suggested that I start measuring my quads. They have grown a lot in the last couple of months. This became evident when I biked to work one day and had a pair of normal fitting jeans in my book bag. They were of the darker color, with a fade in the back, because they were oh so stylin'. I hadn't worn them in about a month. When I got to work, I changed in the bathroom and was horrified that my normal fitting jeans suddenly turned into teeny-bopper tight ass pants, with a paris hilton blue jean fade in the back! I couldn't change, cause all I had as an alternative were some smelly spandex, although they were probably looser than my jeans.
I wish I had a January measurement on my legs...I'll be sure to get that next year. It'll be cool to track throughout a whole season... But, in the meantime, I will start mid-season with some quad measurements.
Here it is (and for comparison sake):
I wish I had a January measurement on my legs...I'll be sure to get that next year. It'll be cool to track throughout a whole season... But, in the meantime, I will start mid-season with some quad measurements.
Here it is (and for comparison sake):
Quad: 59.5 cm. Whoa. That is huge.I encourage all my cyclist blog readers to keep track of their own quad measurements, post them, and maybe I will be a big dork and make a sweet time-series analysis of quad measurements. I haven't decided the frequency of the quad girth measurement, but stay tuned.
Calf: 40.5 cm
Waist: 74.0 cm
8 comments:
Where is the measurement of your head?
So psyched about the neighborhood watch program of your quads!!
oh yeah! I like this measuring game...where's my tape measure???
dang, mine wasn't close at all...but will definitely keep track of it - he he
that's not what i'm gonna start measuring...
Olaf, i don't even want to know what you're thinking!
That's hilarious about the jeans, Beth. I got mono earlier this year, and was off the bike for a few weeks. I was so psyched because although the mono was miserable, after a couple sick weeks, my quads started fitting into my tiny pre-cycling-era jeans. But when I got back on the bike, the jeans went back into the back of the closet. Ha. The hardships we endure for cycling :)
Yeah, it's weird how your weight can stay the same and body shape change entirely. I think my calves are about 10" bigger around than when I started cycling. I used to have chicken legs.
Where do I measure my quads? Up in the fatty region? Or closer to the knee?
Oh, and I know my head is smaller than my quads.
and I thinks its awesome that you signed up for AVC!! I will be there cheering your little headed biq quaded self on!
If it's any comfort, my head is the same size as my left quad. My right quad is 1.5 cm bigger (56.5 cm).
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