Patrick Dempsey · October 15, 2026 · 6 min read
This week's video: What 30 Years of Cycling Did to My Skeleton — And What I Got Back. My own scan results are in it, including why my doctor's summary and the actual report told two different stories.
Last week I gave you three things to ask for at an appointment. This week's video is about what under-fueling costs — bone, hormones, and what comes back. Here I want to give you the part that answers the obvious follow-up: fine, so what actually moves the number.
Below: what six months of a season did to forty-five riders' skeletons, the two things that study genuinely cannot tell you, and the loading that the evidence does support.