Audax67 wrote:If it makes you sweat, fine.
-Making you sweat is a surrogate indicator for demonstrating that one has "stressed " on's Cardio-Vascular System. In other words that you have done some work requiring a bit of exertion!
Audax67 wrote:If it makes you sweat, fine.
bigjim wrote:Yes regular cycling is great for health, but I'm not convinced it is paarticularly the best. There is the pollution from vehicles we are forced to breath in and the ever present danger, plus of course the close passes and abuse that does cause some stress.
Running, jogging on woodland paths or swimming must be better I would have thought, although cycling can be more enjoyable.
rmurphy195 wrote:
and T2 diabetes - which the exercise keeps in check.
rmurphy195 wrote:Agreed - as for any sort of exercise. Add to that you can roll downhill, pedal more gently or as hard as you feel. (Joggers can't do that!)
bigjim wrote:Yes regular cycling is great for health, but I'm not convinced it is paarticularly the best. There is the pollution from vehicles we are forced to breath in and the ever present danger, plus of course the close passes and abuse that does cause some stress.
bigjim wrote:Running, jogging on woodland paths or swimming must be better I would have thought, although cycling can be more enjoyable.
ianrobo wrote:rmurphy195 wrote:
and T2 diabetes - which the exercise keeps in check.
How ?
T2D has nothing to do with exercise whatsoever, if it did how did some athletes get it ?
If you are using exercise to control this then you are getting it wrong and T2D is curable within a matter of weeks if you are prepared to make drastic dietary changes.
that choice is up to you of course.
softlips wrote:The best exercise is one you as an individual enjoy. If you enjoy it you will continue doing it and do it consistently.
Cycling seems to be the most popular exercise taken by the cardiologists and cardiac surgeons I work with. It's good for the cardio respiratory system and is very low impact.
The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited, Be Healthy Magazine, Spring 2018 wrote:One hour's cycling adds an extra hour to a healthy person's life, according to David Spiegelhalter, the Winton Professor of Risk at Cambridge University
If everyone in the UK cycled (or walked) for around 20 minutes extra a day it would ease the burden on the NHS by El.7 billion, according to a Transport for London study
Cycling to work reduces the risk of developing cancer by 45% and of heart disease by 46%
During exercise cyclists experience a 28% increase in blood flow to the brain, which may help reduce the risk of developing certain types of dementia
Roadster wrote:It depends on the terrain as well. Here in the hilly Pennines, some physical exertion is difficult to avoid during a 40-minute bike ride, whereas in (say) East Anglia, it would probably be somewhat easier.
NUKe wrote:I had not realised it was a such an old thread, why did someone resurrect it.
Vorpal wrote:NUKe wrote:I had not realised it was a such an old thread, why did someone resurrect it.
Because this is an internet forum.