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Most cycle-commuters will tell you cycling to work is the best way to get to and from work and it's probably doing you some good. However a recent major study, published in the British Medical Journal, suggests that the health benefits are staggering, slashing the risk of heart disease and cancer. FTFA:
Research has consistently shown that people who are less physically active are both more likely to develop health problems like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and to die younger. Yet there is increasing evidence that physical activity levels are on the decline.
The problem is that when there are many demands on our time, many people find prioritising exercise difficult. One answer is to multi-task by cycling or walking to work. We've just completed the largest ever study into how this affects your health.
You can read an article here at The Conversation website and you the original research is here at the BMJ website.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @05:17PM (1 child)
Your knees will likely go bad before you retire. Your back, feet, and hips might go too.
One day you are athletic, and the next day you are in pain and facing the near-inevitability of putting on weight because you can't exercise well. You could fall while hiking, causing your knee to twist. (done it) You could fall while skiing. I got one knee messed up while peacefully lying in bed: my wife threw herself on me, thinking it would be romantic, and *SNAP* goes the knee. She actually cracked a bone.
I now have a bit of a limp. If you don't have one yet, consider yourself lucky.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @05:29PM
I should be fine. I don't have a wife, and I never leave my bed. I only drink weak tea and eat saltine crackers. I should live longer than Aristarchus!