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Pumped upper body with chicken legs
- Thread starter kx250rider
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yes .. cleats attached to the bottom of your shoe.
without these cleats you get power from 12 oclock to 6 oclock. .... thats it. that aint a full 360 degree power stroke is it?? thats only 180 degrees...where is the power from 6 back to 12 without cleats? momentum is what brings the food around from 6-12. no muscles involved... just momentum..
so you, with no attached cleat are getting 1/2 the power you need in a peddal stroke. you get it from 12-6. then all you have is momentum from 6-12.
cleats give you the power from 12-6 and 6-12.. because of the way you pull(giving you the great calves) from the 6-12 position.. you are getting a full 360 degree power stroke..
the way to explain it is like if you have mud on the bottom of your shoe, the way you scrape the mud off is putting the muddy shoe on a curb and pulling the foot towards you to get the mud off. this is the motion you use on the upstroke( 6-12) and this is what gives you calves.. cut to shread calves..
without these cleats you get power from 12 oclock to 6 oclock. .... thats it. that aint a full 360 degree power stroke is it?? thats only 180 degrees...where is the power from 6 back to 12 without cleats? momentum is what brings the food around from 6-12. no muscles involved... just momentum..
so you, with no attached cleat are getting 1/2 the power you need in a peddal stroke. you get it from 12-6. then all you have is momentum from 6-12.
cleats give you the power from 12-6 and 6-12.. because of the way you pull(giving you the great calves) from the 6-12 position.. you are getting a full 360 degree power stroke..
the way to explain it is like if you have mud on the bottom of your shoe, the way you scrape the mud off is putting the muddy shoe on a curb and pulling the foot towards you to get the mud off. this is the motion you use on the upstroke( 6-12) and this is what gives you calves.. cut to shread calves..
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I wouldn't mind trying it. Get somewhere + workout along the way.
makes alot of sense but you said the thing that takes you from 6 back to 12 is momentum, well its not momentum its because then the other foot it back at the top, so its the pressing down from your other foot that bring the first foot back from 6-12. So yeah you only get the first 180 degrees but you alternate between feet, so when one foot has done their part, the other does theirs, so each foot takes full responsibility for their first half of the stroke. But with the cleats from what you said it sounds like each foot does some of the work on both sides of the stroke.
hard to believe it makes that much of a differance but if your speaking from experience i guess ill try it. Are the cleats expensive?
no matter what foot is at the 12 oclock position, the other foor , at the 6 oclock position "isnt pulling up".. get some cleats. you'll probably need shoes too. my shoes and cleats were $400.00.. got them for half that .. great deal.
but , like you said , if you have chicken legs, you best hit the squats very hard..
good luck
but , like you said , if you have chicken legs, you best hit the squats very hard..
good luck
