Read bbcnews.com for a decade or so. My father didn't exercise, got 2 years of retirement reading library books before a stroke damaged his short term memory so he couldn't make sense of plots or characters anymore. 6 years trapped in a body with a ruined brain before he checked out. He weighed 150 lb and took about 8 drugs his physician prescribed. I'm same age as my father when the stroke hit him.
I lived a couple of years in Oklahoma City. Landscape as flat as can be but one sees the sunset when riding the 10 mile loop around a man made reservoir. One will ride into the wind eventually along the trail. My limit that I would ride in is 28mph. Not head winds but scary side gusts.
Walk past it several times everyday. My wife got it with good intentions, but her knee starts hurting after using it for a few minutes. I use a rowing machine consistently during the winter. I go running out side during the summer when the weather is better.
No bike, but I do have a treadmill and an elliptical. The game changer for me was putting them next to each other, then hanging a TV in front of them.
I've been running 4-5 times a week, and don't mind because I can watch TV to pass the time, and there is lots of stuff to stream.
Run either before dinner, or about an hour after dinner. Make it part of your normal schedule.
I've also started using the elliptical to use different muscles.
And I feel better these days then I did when I was more of a couch potato. I think it makes even more of a difference since I'm over 60.
I also do light weight lifting in the mornings with bar bells, or core exercises. Keeps the rest of me toned.
I've been running 4-5 times a week, and don't mind because I can watch TV to pass the time, and there is lots of stuff to stream.
Run either before dinner, or about an hour after dinner. Make it part of your normal schedule.
I've also started using the elliptical to use different muscles.
And I feel better these days then I did when I was more of a couch potato. I think it makes even more of a difference since I'm over 60.
I also do light weight lifting in the mornings with bar bells, or core exercises. Keeps the rest of me toned.
Yes I prefer a elliptical bike for my knees and back. Works wonders for my lower back. 😁
Rain happens anyway, it does not matter if you or your bike is indoors or outdoors. And cycling works equally well during mornings or evenings. Don't look for excuses. Just ride.
My dad passed early due to heart problems from blood pressure, sugar and lipids. Recently I started monitoring my blood sugar with a continuous glucose monitor -- have to pay out of pocket since I am not diabetic. Very interesting watching my blood glucose level respond to different types of food, to just getting up and walk around, exercise levels / intervals and even alcohol. I feel like I am making better choices one decision at a time keeping glucose level reasonable and reduce risks of what took my dad. For example, I found that by eating a light, protein / fiber centric meal, rather than carb heavy dinner, and exercising later in the day lowers my glucose level through the night.
Regular exercise has been correlated with better mental health (lower rates of depression for example), better sleep, and if I recall correctly also with better problem-solving/cognitive abilities. It's definitely worth doing.
Hockey is a large part of my mental health. In addition to the exercise component of it, it's also a source of social interaction and general mental stimulation.
Tom
Well, exercise is now a religion for me -- 45 min to an hour a day regardless. However, for me personally I prefer to do it after work to "blow off steam" from work issues.
But there is a growing body of evidence that it is. powerful tool to fight dementia, so it may not make you liv elonger (but likely does) but the years you do have willnot hav eyears of the brain disppearing.
dave
On mine, if I set the resistance too high my knee starts to hurt. I backed it down and just spin a little faster.
And I mounted a tv right in front of it, will watch mindless stuff, there is no end of supply there.
I'll burn 10-11 calories per minute, and after 20 minutes, no way I can follow a complex plot.
John
Wow, there's a lounge.
Now "audiophiles" can be wrong about things other than audio.
Which I guess I knew from the "what is the universe expanding into?" assumption thread.
I was riding a bike in southern coastal Sweden and caused a Swedish guy to crash into a thick pole because he was gawking at me (and/or my cousin).
Why?
Same experience in skiing Norway, constant starring, lol
I later bought the same Saab he crashed, but blue. I only spun it off the road once, never crashed it.
Exercise is generally not good for you.
Fresh air and walks are.
Librarians live longer than athletes.
If you look like typical American then exercise is probably good for you.
Just going to the gym stops you from eating for that period, that was my thought today 😆 and it worked 👍
Basically, the people that go to the gym don't need to go and all the people that don't go, should go.
Eating less calories should be good and Japanese or southern euro coastal diet might be also be good, high in Omega 3.
Maintain 1:1 omega 6 to omega 3 ratio.
Cardio is not that good for you and unnecessary, I generally agree:
Hockey pucks to the head are bad for your brain, especially if you are a goalie.
Actually even soccer balls to your head lower your IQ, supposedly.
American football does major brain damage.
Now "audiophiles" can be wrong about things other than audio.
Which I guess I knew from the "what is the universe expanding into?" assumption thread.
I was riding a bike in southern coastal Sweden and caused a Swedish guy to crash into a thick pole because he was gawking at me (and/or my cousin).
Why?
Same experience in skiing Norway, constant starring, lol
I later bought the same Saab he crashed, but blue. I only spun it off the road once, never crashed it.
Exercise is generally not good for you.
Fresh air and walks are.
Librarians live longer than athletes.
If you look like typical American then exercise is probably good for you.
Just going to the gym stops you from eating for that period, that was my thought today 😆 and it worked 👍
Basically, the people that go to the gym don't need to go and all the people that don't go, should go.
Eating less calories should be good and Japanese or southern euro coastal diet might be also be good, high in Omega 3.
Maintain 1:1 omega 6 to omega 3 ratio.
Cardio is not that good for you and unnecessary, I generally agree:
Hockey pucks to the head are bad for your brain, especially if you are a goalie.
Actually even soccer balls to your head lower your IQ, supposedly.
American football does major brain damage.
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Dr Kenneth H. Cooper formerly of USAF disagrees. See Aerobics book and following. Aerobics Program for Total Well Being has references in the back.
Stephen Harridge & Norman Lazarus King's College London 20 March 2019 disagree see bbcnews.com that date.
Archive of Internal Medicine 2010 disagrees, see bbcnews.com 7/13/10.
Dr Simon Ridley, head of research at Alzheimer's Research UK disagrees see bbcnews.com 10/23/12
Public Health England disagrees see bbcnews.com 7/7/18
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