Why are they called bricks?
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wmckean posted 1 week ago.
Because you stack one workout on top of another, like bricks in the wall.
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jsk85 posted 1 week ago.
This is just a theory, but...
The two workouts in tandem "build on" one another to combine for something "more solid"
I'd have to imagine it's something similar to that...or maybe it's because the feeling after a hard brick workout is likened to having a brick dropped on your head from a rooftop.
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NotAsFast posted 1 week ago.
I read somewhere that a guy by the name of Matt Brick started doing them years ago and they were names after him, but that is probably BS. More than likely, becasue that is how your legs feel after you do a really hard one.
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swimmer52 posted 1 week ago.
I agree with NotAsFast, it's because your legs feel like bricks on the run :)
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RV posted 1 week ago.
BRICK
B - Bike
R - Run
ICK - ICK is how the legs feel until You get used to it!
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TriSooner posted 1 week ago.
B (bike) + R (run) = brick. Now go look up "Fartlek" and "LSD".
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JohnieTri posted 1 week ago.
RV wrote:
BRICK
B - Bike
R - Run
ICK - ICK is how the legs feel until You get used to it!
This is the one I use when asked about bricks too!
-Johnie
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chekmarks posted 1 week ago.
a brick is what I want to smash my face with during the first 5 minutes of running after a long bike.
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tsilcyc posted 1 week ago.
TriSooner wrote:
B (bike) + R (run) = brick. Now go look up "Fartlek" and "LSD".
They should be called Bruns.
LSD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann
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Anton posted 1 week ago.
tsilcyc wrote:
TriSooner wrote:B (bike) + R (run) = brick. Now go look up "Fartlek" and "LSD".They should be called Bruns.
I get the Bruns once in a while...but only in the winter...
An article about LSD and not one mention of Electric Kool-ade...tsk tsk. Obviously put together by some youngster...
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bluebirdbiker posted 1 week ago.
The kind of brick is directly proportional to the intensity of the bike HA!
Hard bike = cinder blocks, easy bike = house bricks.
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This might be a silly newbie question, but honestly, why is a two-sport workout called a brick???