Damn, good job! Your first international race with legit UCI under 23 and pro riders is awesome! Also, really good job of fighting it out when you had to change your race plans.
Great coverage, congrats on a successful first stage overall. Great NP numbers for that race, impressive given your time in the sport and where you have come from!! "Come to paradise, ride your bike around, get shelled by some pro racers" ~ probably not what is in the Tahiti vacation brochure!
Great to see you still going! I don't know what it is but the creator/videographer and editor dynamic is always so wacky for whatever reason, I was in a similiar position to you where I put on a lot of weight editing and even though we were winning more than either of us ever had my business partner started seeing me more as an employee rather than a teammate, not sure if it's 100% to your experience but regardless it can hurt when you make something great with someone and there's still so much more to do yet heads get in the way and stops the whole thing right in it's tracks. I've been getting fit again, riding my bike a ton and I wanna start launching my own stuff instead of living in the shadows so keep it up it's inspiring in more than a couple of ways!
How is 192+ not a high heart rate? I know some people exceed 200, but 190s is a pretty high max. A low max would be like 160. And a resting HR in the 30s with a max in the 190s says you got a good ticker.
@@Ejstrainingcamp It's all relative anyway. There is a podium-chasing professional ironman triathlete named Lionel Sanders who has a max in the mid 160s. I think the difference between your max and resting is telling. You have no worries for your capacity.
Racing with the amount of oncoming traffic on the opposite road side would make me quite scared, especially considering how many people are not shy about seeming to cross that centerline to pass
Do you like crit racing or these types of stage races better? It is a whole new ballgame going for 3-4 hours with all sorts of different tactics. Love that you are trying all sorts of different events 💪🏻 5:08
I don't know much about bod positioning, but you looked like your elbows were flared a lot compared to other riders. Hopefully someone knowledgeable can chime in, but I think that strengthening your serratus anterior and lower trapezius helps with that, as well as improving overall posture?
@@EjstrainingcampI’m not saying it’s the 42’s, but that seems awfully wide. I understand the need for more leverage during sprints, but with the flair on a lot of modern bars, I’d think you could fit a 40 and still have plenty of leverage
Great content. You did too much work pulling back that breakaway. You should have forced others do their turns. In stead they passed you once you caught it. Good lesson for next race.
If you watch the whole video, they recovered well, bringing back a break, Jeff getting the green jersey, and EJ placing well overall. EJ admits to being tired but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have fitness. That’s partly his style of describing the races. He’s not faking toughness, he’s being real. And he actually is…..really strong.
Found the jealous guy who wishes he was in the real world performing these feats instead of sitting on youtube watching them. There is one in every video.
The footage is nail biting Ethan. Hell yeah, you did great!
Damn, good job! Your first international race with legit UCI under 23 and pro riders is awesome! Also, really good job of fighting it out when you had to change your race plans.
Great coverage, congrats on a successful first stage overall. Great NP numbers for that race, impressive given your time in the sport and where you have come from!! "Come to paradise, ride your bike around, get shelled by some pro racers" ~ probably not what is in the Tahiti vacation brochure!
Great to see you still going! I don't know what it is but the creator/videographer and editor dynamic is always so wacky for whatever reason, I was in a similiar position to you where I put on a lot of weight editing and even though we were winning more than either of us ever had my business partner started seeing me more as an employee rather than a teammate, not sure if it's 100% to your experience but regardless it can hurt when you make something great with someone and there's still so much more to do yet heads get in the way and stops the whole thing right in it's tracks. I've been getting fit again, riding my bike a ton and I wanna start launching my own stuff instead of living in the shadows so keep it up it's inspiring in more than a couple of ways!
what a battle. Great video and good tactics
Awesome work! Loving this series so far... I'm jealous you guys get to ride in Tahiti, but maybe not as jealous of open road racing in the wet 😂
These tour/stage rides are what real cycling is all about. Nothing against crits, but THIS is racing!
I loved it! Super fun! If they had more of this in the US I’d love it!
How is 192+ not a high heart rate? I know some people exceed 200, but 190s is a pretty high max. A low max would be like 160. And a resting HR in the 30s with a max in the 190s says you got a good ticker.
Hahaha good to hear. I guess I’m surrounded with people that are 200+ 😂
@@Ejstrainingcamp It's all relative anyway. There is a podium-chasing professional ironman triathlete named Lionel Sanders who has a max in the mid 160s. I think the difference between your max and resting is telling. You have no worries for your capacity.
You're surrounded by the youngins...@@Ejstrainingcamp
@Ej’straininingcamp GC rider is Olivier Leroy who was a top contenter in fixed gear in the red hook crit area
Good stuff man!!!
Awesome! Get it!
Go Jeff ...and EJ.
There are Northern California Cat 3s that are monsters on the bike. It looked stacked.
Racing with the amount of oncoming traffic on the opposite road side would make me quite scared, especially considering how many people are not shy about seeming to cross that centerline to pass
That's what scares me about races like Alviso, racing is dangerous enough without open road traffic!
Way to go!
SHALOM!
did you clean shave your whole body apart from the stache? asking for a friend.
Awesome! 😃
Do you like crit racing or these types of stage races better? It is a whole new ballgame going for 3-4 hours with all sorts of different tactics. Love that you are trying all sorts of different events 💪🏻 5:08
I go back and forth on what I like better lol! But I think I like these stage races more! They are a blast! 💪
@@Ejstrainingcamplooking forward to future stage race videos then! 👍🏻
"Hindsight is 20/20 to say the least" - EJ probably
I don't know much about bod positioning, but you looked like your elbows were flared a lot compared to other riders. Hopefully someone knowledgeable can chime in, but I think that strengthening your serratus anterior and lower trapezius helps with that, as well as improving overall posture?
I definitely noticed that! Really good call. It’s definitely something I need to work on!
@@EjstrainingcampI’m not saying it’s the 42’s, but that seems awfully wide. I understand the need for more leverage during sprints, but with the flair on a lot of modern bars, I’d think you could fit a 40 and still have plenty of leverage
Did Mitch make it through a whole ep without a shakka? Wtf!
I hope he’s feeling okay!
sick !!
Thanks!
You probably have a really big stroke volume on your heart (means you are fit). 192 is pretty normal for your age I think
Splayed out elbows are a clear sign you are running your bars+levers too narrow. Nothing aero about elbows poking out 20cm wider than your shoulders.
34-35 resting heart rate is insanely low. Just goes to show how big a heart EJ has, literally.
Yeah shoutout to my parents for that one 😂
Great content. You did too much work pulling back that breakaway. You should have forced others do their turns. In stead they passed you once you caught it. Good lesson for next race.
First! Yipee
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AYE! 💪
Yheewwww
How do u get burnt out after just the intermediate sprint? Maybe don’t attempt a lead out if you don’t have the fitness!
Because they got caught leading out for about 6km 😂
If you watch the whole video, they recovered well, bringing back a break, Jeff getting the green jersey, and EJ placing well overall. EJ admits to being tired but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have fitness. That’s partly his style of describing the races. He’s not faking toughness, he’s being real. And he actually is…..really strong.
Found the jealous guy who wishes he was in the real world performing these feats instead of sitting on youtube watching them. There is one in every video.
great,using metric enjoying this series stay rubber side down