Do you cry out loud when your legs start burning in the end of a hard interval? Sometimes when I feel I cannot finish the last one or two intervals I often I just cannot keep quiet.
No
Iâm too busy cussing to cry
Itâs usually a combination of the interval and the youtube video. That video about the first womenâs Paris Roubaix hit hard. There were tears.
Sometimes itâs just loud cussing and a self pep talk. Other times its âget me a shot of pickle juiceâ SOS beacon to the spouse.
I guess to answer your question⌠yes, there have been tears on the bike.
I occasionally moan after a VO2 interval when I feel that I cannot catch my breath. Freaks my wife out, so I try not to though.
Swearing boosts your power output!
Edited to add: by how much? 24 watts according to the study!
Saying the F word and telling yourself to harden up works. And good music helps with earphones.
What if you call someone you donât like and then start swearing? Does your power go up even more?
No, but I weep a little after AI FTP snaps me back to reality.
Does yelling something that sounds like âaaarrrghhhhhhâ count as crying? If so, yes. (also swearing)
Itâs not exactly crying, but I do make weird noises that one could categorize as adult entertainment, yes.
Itâs more of a slightly audible whimper for me.
Yes sometimes I can cry or is it sweat, I donât know
âIâm not crying, itâs just my eyes sweatingâ
hat tip to Flight of the Conchords
Same. Unfortunately, I do occasionally shout âCome on, get in thereâ round about the same time. I am of course talking to my legs. I have to hope that no neighbours are near the garage when I do it.
Every time this thread appears near the top I see Meatloaf and his handkerchief.
Oh yeah, itâs a mix between a loud audible exhale, grunt, cry, and inaudible swear. Freaks out my girlfriend every time
i say âowwwwwwwwâ a lot. especially at the top of a climb
I do it at times. Even though English is my second language, for some reason it feels particularly satisfying to drop an âaaaarrrghhh MFâ when pushing super hard at the end of an VO2MAX climb or interval. I also use the Spanish equivalent
At the end of my last century I was shouting âCome on legsâ, âDonât you F-ing dare!â
(They kept threatening to cramp on me!)