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Post by Nigel on Jul 13, 2016 22:09:02 GMT
Which is more beneficial, health wise. Half an hour cycling or half an hour walking?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 22:44:08 GMT
Which is more beneficial, health wise. Half an hour cycling or half an hour walking? Walking, because your feet and legs support your whole body. In cycling so much of your weight is supported by the seat. Ignore if you're doing competitive cycling.
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Post by Nigel on Jul 14, 2016 8:59:11 GMT
Cheers. Makes sense.
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Post by freddypipsqueek on Jul 14, 2016 12:17:14 GMT
I don't think its as simple as that because there will be a cardio element - It depends on how fast you are cycling & walking. If the question was one of distance then Dale's answer would be spot on. My understanding is that for general fitness walking is very good but it has a limit from a cardio perspective and also can, if overdone, be wearing on the body. Most of the guys I played hockey and football with in the past cycle to maintain their cardio fitness without stressing their knees.
I would do what you enjoy. Anything is good.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 13:07:31 GMT
I don't think its as simple as that because there will be a cardio element - It depends on how fast you are cycling & walking. If the question was one of distance then Dale's answer would be spot on. My understanding is that for general fitness walking is very good but it has a limit from a cardio perspective and also can, if overdone, be wearing on the body. Most of the guys I played hockey and football with in the past cycle to maintain their cardio fitness without stressing their knees. I would do what you enjoy. Anything is good. Exercising while the majority of the body weight is supported is a prescription for long-term disaster. Bear in mind that those cyclists who are successful are undoubtedly compensating with other exercises, so the cycling alone wouldn't be a good statistic. Besides walking, I perform half a dozen stretching exercises every day, none of which have body support. Even saying that, offers possible confusion. I don't do the cold stretches you often see runners doing - I do the things that increase circulation and warm the muscles up gradually. All of these "stretches" are centric to the midsection. They're described in the second half of Bob Hoffman's Daily Dozen, although I don't do the knee-bends. Having done these since 1974, my skeleton is as flexible as when I was 25 years old. One vitally important aspect of walking is to have proper shoes. Walking on concrete is the worst, and asphalt pavement second. Shoes that are *very* flexible, yet very well padded are essential for city walking, or running. Such shoes may be near impossible to find.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Jul 14, 2016 13:30:11 GMT
I don't do much walking or cycling, I really should, but when I was on holiday last year found these to be very good for walking: www.vivobarefoot.com/
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Post by PinkFloyd on Jul 14, 2016 13:32:16 GMT
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Post by PinkFloyd on Jul 14, 2016 13:51:43 GMT
Swimming is my favourite form of exercise but it's too bloody cold up here to swim in the sea and the public swimming pool is a definite no go, damned Hitlers in there blowing whistles at you...... you're not even allowed to dive into the water for "health and safety" reasons, absolutely ridiculous.
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