Greg Moore

Mind: Chinese Japanese Korean | Body: Bike, yoga, weights

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@JohnGoldman yeah your calf looks like 12! I have been stable in 12% range for 3-4 yrs with 12-14 hrs/wk Z1/Z2, unrestricted eating. Haven’t been able to drop further, tho… would probably need to do what you’re doing. Good luck!

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@GuruAnaerobic Endurance vs muscle tradeoff for older ppl is an interesting debate. I lean more to Endurance as I think it’s best for metabolic health (LT1, LT2), not just VO2max. But I wouldn’t become an exoskeleton just to max out eg marathon time

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@johngetstrong (In case the meaning wasn’t clear, I meant my curve would have been much weaker than yours when I started)

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@johngetstrong I began on the bike 4 yrs ago at age 55. My curve would have been much lower than yours. I tried lactate for awhile but now prefer HR. I generally stay below 115 bpm for ez and the wattage has gone up a lot. This was a few days ago.

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@hybridathlete That is crazy low body fat if that is your walking around body comp. Impressive VO2 with that much extra muscle. I have similar VO2 but no way could I do it as jacked as you.

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@david_tinker @johngetstrong Great chart, I love intervals! This is me when I started training in 2022 vs three yrs later

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@feelthebyrn1 Great performance! What was your power on the bike? Going sub 90 on the run is impressive even on fresh legs, not to mention after swim and bike!

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@tim_roozendaal It doesn’t need your weight because running itself already normalizes for weight (everybody must carry their own body weight while running). By contrast a bike test that looked at avg wattage for 12 min would need to be normalized by weight

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@esrtweet My theory is not a smoking gun; rather, overweight has gradually become normalized over time, so overweight ppl feel less “out of place” than they would have in the past. Will be interesting to see if Ozempic can reverse this trend

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@SitkoSebastian Your recommendations for body fat are way too low. Chris Froome was 10% body fat on DEXA three weeks after winning TdF in 2015

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@feelthebyrn1 Re: “My lipid numbers looked a little better when I was training higher volume,” this could also simply be that you were younger then. A lot of people will see a rise in lipids as they age (I certainly did). In any case your numbers are great for no meds!

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@feelthebyrn1 There’s a lot of individual variation. I tried cutting saturated fats way down for six months, didn’t make a difference. Going on statins + ezetimibe took my LDL from 180-200 down to 50-60, apoB from 100+ down to 50. I’ll take it for 10 bucks a month

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@feelthebyrn1 Are you on any lipid lowering meds? If not those are really good levels. My apob and ldlc are lower, but only thanks to meds

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@hybridathlete So impressive with ur strength! Interesting to see your running times (esp. mile) and how they correspond to ur VO2max. I just bike, and my 5min power of 401w gives estimate of 58 VO2max. But I don’t have ur strength :( Otoh, I’m 58yo :D

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@markisbpm Hey Markis!

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@StephenSeiler I have had a good experience with the Wahoo Kickr Bike, 12-15 hr/wk for 2.5 yrs, still going strong and zero maintenance.

[Greg Moore @gergeroom]

@lucasaganronald @NaichacaCycling @CyclingGraphs Superb thread, thanks so much!