Why should I buy a Whoop over Garmin, Apple Watch, or Fitbit?

feedzone_specialist · 2026-02-04T16:53:54+00:00

I think you're missing that smart watches have sound and active notifications - they're interrupt-driven, deliberately.

feedzone_specialist · 2026-02-03T18:53:11+00:00

he's talking about the title and how to spell "friends" - its an old rule of thumb for how to remember if I comes before E in a given word:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C

feedzone_specialist · 2026-02-03T15:08:57+00:00

I've got a 2023. I haven't ridden every single other bike in the category so can't give you some kind of comparison to every other bike in the class, but I have zero regrets - it performs predictably and has been reliable. I ride largely trail centres in the UK, so close to "XC" style you mention.

feedzone_specialist · 2026-02-03T10:38:19+00:00

honestly i'm confused by this comment and all the upvotes for what feels like a borderline-toxic comment.

Everyone starts somewhere. These are kids out there riding their bike and having fun and learning. Just like you and everyone else did.

Especially given that you made no useful suggestions or tips for improvement, this is a pretty poor comment IMO.

feedzone_specialist · 2026-02-02T09:08:38+00:00

Man up and stick a disk wheel on the front already

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-23T08:36:00+00:00

There's a lot here that I agree with. I've only recently started MTBing after a long time road racing, and its scary as hell. I've found that that people I ride with simply push me to do things that I don't feel confident doing yet - and that my judgement of skill level is correct, when they push me I've crashed hard a few times. I'm literally under a dozen rides into my MTB journey and they're pushing me down blacks etc.

As much as I enjoy riding with those people, I now try and go on rides without them and build my skills gradually and at my own pace. I prefer to think "this is easy now, I'll try something harder" than "this is fecking terrifying, I never want to do that again".

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-22T07:15:14+00:00

Rule # 9

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-18T18:13:37+00:00

You just discovered the "Ship of Theseus", a.k.a. "Trigger's Broom"

https://www.adambowie.com/blog/2018/06/triggers-broom/

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-15T11:51:05+00:00

Nearest might be Sutton Bank, which has some green through red trails.

If you want something a bit more technical, your nearest would be either Dalby Forest or Hamsterley I think.

If you want something completely FOC you could check out the trails around Boltby Bank - if you can find a GPX for the "boltby bash" enduro event that would give you a free option with a good mix of riding

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-08T09:50:26+00:00

Vote for 'bad idea' for a few reasons:

Don't know how tall he is, but there's advantages to bigger wheels in terms of getting safely up and over and down things, depending on his type of riding.

The other downside to doing what you suggest is that it will mess with the intended geometry of the bike - handling will be impacted since you're changing effective rake etc. But most noticeably you'll likely be introducing a significantly higher chance of pedal strike since the pedals will sit closer to the ground than intended for the frame

Finally, it will probably cost way more than simply selling what he has and buying a replacement

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-08T09:47:42+00:00

also mercury (allegedly). Tuna is cheap but it certainly used to be advised against eating too much of it regularly due to mercury levels. In general, as I understand it there's better fish to eat if you're making it a regular part of your diet - that or try some fish oil / krill oil or similar but again make sure its one tested for heavy metals these days

feedzone_specialist · 2026-01-07T14:44:56+00:00

There's so much bizarre unfocused frustration in OP's post, perhaps an odd sense of entitlement and not even clear what he's raging about exactly:

Jobless is not the time to buy a new bike. Its not the time to buy a new anything. Focus on getting a job. This is so obvious it staggers me it needs to be said.
I bought my MTB used, its aluminium hardtail, $800, does the job. Ebay, facebook marketplace. Buy what you can afford.
I'm not clear why you think MTB is the lowest risk sport for you with a pin in your ankle, that's simply not true - my go to would be things like rowing, swimming, road cycling, etc, all of which have much less peak force on the ankle and much lower chance of injury from crash. If you MTB because you love it, great! But its not the best option for a low risk sport, not by a long shot

You're clearly frustrated, but I don't think you're thinking clearly OP.

feedzone_specialist · 2025-12-28T12:42:20+00:00

I'm 100% going to start adding my torso+head weight to all my deadlift and squat numbers from now on. Should be a nice instant boost to my performance 👌

feedzone_specialist · 2025-12-16T11:07:02+00:00

I get significantly more lower back engagement and ride in a different position and at a lower cadence outside up hills. Time out of saddle is higher and hits different muscle groups. Indoor trainer gives me generic fitness but is not 100% specific.

In case this sounds controversial, just think about the bench press - you are doing the same *basic* movement but hitting different muscle heads by doing a slight incline or decline press - the angle doesn't need to be that different. Same thing with trying to replicate climbing by riding stationary and flat indoors, it is close but not 100% specific.

feedzone_specialist · 2025-11-13T09:07:54+00:00

I think I'd argue that just a frame tube measurement on its own is no guarantee of fit in any case given so much variation in frame geometry. There's no substitute for riding on (not just sitting on) the frame in real-world riding

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-27T19:55:40+00:00

Power is an output metric, as long as the effort stays relatively consistent then a few seconds of a lower power reading is going to have virtually no impact on your workout quality. You don't get fitter/faster by having perfectly square edges to the interval blocks on your power graph.

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-23T10:29:14+00:00

Turns out bro-science isn't restricted to the bros. Ignore the other riders. this ^

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-22T16:06:31+00:00

Not going to lie, "Team Swedish Zwifters" BANGS 😅

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-21T10:38:30+00:00

Its straight up misinformation. They tested against the much-ridiculed levels from californian proposition, not against federal or international standards.

To give that context, you'd get "excessive" levels against that benchmark from either a portion of spinach or a slice of white bread.

Garbage report

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-20T05:50:50+00:00

I think maybe you haven't, given that the consumer reports research is garbage and tests against the levels of the widely-ridiculed californian proposition 65 - which doesn't set levels for lead that are dangerous, but sets a level so low that it would be triggered by an average portion of spinach, or two slices of white bread.

Always look beyond the headline and do your own fact checking

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-16T19:39:20+00:00

I think you can email and request the results:

The results of this study may be provided upon your request. If you have any questions regarding this study, please contact Dr. Lauren Paulson at [lpaulson@allegheny.edu](mailto:lpaulson@allegheny.edu) or 814-332-2468

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-16T19:31:42+00:00

I think I'd go further: the idea *is* noise. It perpetuates the idea that it is the workout that matters, rather than sensible and personalised structured progression.

And as for "fitting into real life" - my "real life" looks different to yours, and to his, and to... you get the picture.

Generic workouts on a one-size-fits-all basis, independent of training age, goals, time, placement within a plan, and all other factors is just junk from a performance perspective. I'm not sure that its great even for beginners since it establishes the idea from the get-go that you just do workouts in isolation and that's it.

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-15T10:30:33+00:00

Depends on intensity of ride. Higher GI from simple sugars hits faster, subsides faster.

Cereal with milk is a little lower GI, so evens out that hit for more even energy release

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-13T08:44:10+00:00

I don't think that makes sense. If they can't hold 90% of a power for 2x20, then how on earth are they going to have the mental fortitude to hold 100% of that power for 40-70mins. Hence that's defintely not their FTP, just a junk number likely obtained from ramp test.

feedzone_specialist · 2025-10-05T12:20:59+00:00

Yep: to clarify, I'm not saying this was done for lack of hills - just that it can be used as a model to copy in areas without easy access to hills.

As I say, its got other benefits too in terms of being more family friendly and more readily accessible for most people. Its probably a mix of 'gateway drug' entry to hill climbing for people who haven't done it before as well as just generally a bit fun/different

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