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How many hours of exercise do you get per week?
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I just wanna ride on my motorsickle.
And I don't want to die,
I just want to ride on my motorcy.
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday September 30 2019, @01:54AM (8 children)
Does riding an electric bike count? Even if you don't pedal? How about parking in the furthest corner of the parking lot at work and then taking the stairs? Do you have to break a sweat? What about doing work in a hot/humid environment that doesn't involve much cardio or static muscle tension, but does produce a ton of sweat?
For the past month, I've had some nasty sinus thing with associated body aches - low grade, but enough to make me tired all the time, more than if I exercised vigorously - do I get a pass from working the stairmaster for that?
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 30 2019, @04:37AM
If you actually mean "running a count of electric bikes", it may... depending on how many ebikes you need to count.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 30 2019, @05:13AM
Sadly, no, it doesn't count. If it did count, I could claim more than twenty hours per week of exercise.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday September 30 2019, @06:45PM (5 children)
Riding an electric bike that does the hard work for you, won't do you much good. If you literally don't pedal, it's not any better than riding a scooter. Depending on how long the parking lot is and how many stairs you climb, it can definitely be helpful. Certainly better than parking up front and taking the elevator. Working in a hot/humid environment will likely help you burn some calories, but you're more likely to just get dehydrated. Also, make sure you replenish the salt/enzymes you're sweating out!
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday September 30 2019, @07:02PM (4 children)
Plenty of research (no doubt funded by e-bike makers) says otherwise.
I've got a bum knee, just pedaling with no resistance inflames the tendons, so all I get from my e-bike is a bit of neurological exercise going through the acts of riding, dodging obstacles, etc. But, they say that the people who use pedal assist are still getting the bulk of the exercise benefits, possibly more so because they do it more often than they would without the assist.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday September 30 2019, @07:09PM (2 children)
Swimming / pool exercises aren't as hard on the joints. Most people don't have a nice pool in their backyard, though.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 10 2019, @10:13AM
just get a hammer or knife
using a swimming pool on joints is just nuts it will just crush the lot
idiot
(Score: 2) by coolgopher on Tuesday October 22 2019, @04:39AM
Maintaining a backyard pool provides plenty of exercise too...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 03 2019, @03:03PM
If you make an effort to ride hard and fast, you can get quite a good core exercise from just balancing on the bike. You would have to check your heart rate to determine if you got any good cardio in though. It's too bad that we don't have a good way to restore cartilage and repair joints yet as that would allow so many to have a much better quality of life.