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Cycling to Work is ‘Staggeringly’ Good For You

posted by martyb on Friday September 08 2017, @12:15PM   
from the wiggle-while-you-work dept.

PiMuNu writes:

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.

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Original Submission

• Excuses Excuses (Score: 2) by ese002 on Friday September 08 2017, @11:16PM (1 child)

  by ese002 (5306) on Friday September 08 2017, @11:16PM (#565378)

  For the few who can do so because conditions permit it--great, have at it biking to work.
  For the other 99%, this is a joke. I also have a family to support and if a car takes me out on my bike, there goes my family's life as well.
  Bike in places that were made for bikes.

  The difference between those who ride to work and those who don't is not the magically perfect location for those that do. It is the determination to make it work. You see something that you don't want to do and you find reasons to support that decision.

  • You see dangerous roads. A cyclists pulls up a map and charts out possible alternative paths then goes out on weekends to see what routes actually work.

  • You complain that you arrive to work sweaty. A cyclist checks to see if there are showers are or near the work place and vows to consider this factor for the next job.

  • You see impossible hills. A cyclist (or cyclist to be) considers how long it will take to get in condition to handle those hills and what the benefits will be

  • You see too much time wasted. A cyclist sees that a lifestyle of fitness requires time and cycling to work just might be the most time efficient way to do it.

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• Re:Excuses (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @03:11AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @03:11AM (#565478)

  You're right. It's a lifestyle for those that do it. For me, it's just an impractical way to get to work. I've got other responsibilities in my life.

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