Another reason to choose cycling......

Jawgap

........but only if you answered 39+ in the survey being conducted in another thread -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8380783.stm

dario28

Im gonna have to give up jumping when I hit the middle age so.....

"Running and jumping may also do more damage to cartilage and ligaments than swimming and cycling, researchers said."

Cant beat a good jump at the weekend , sometimes I commute by jumping to work also

topper75

LOL
... because freewheeling down a slope at 45mph doesn't entail any threat to your knees whatsoever!

At the end of the day, if you overdo it, it is not the 'form' of exercise that is at fault is it?

Most people, myself included, will do a bit of cycling and a bit of running (and maybe a bit of swimming too!) with one form preferred. Most joggers/runners will go on the bike for a while if they feel discomfort to avoid impact.

Beasty

Jawgap wrote: »

........but only if you answered 39+ in the survey being conducted in another thread -

... which I did - the problem, however, is when you fall off and make the arthritis worse (which happened to me - the arthritis in my hand has worsened since my fall earlier this year)

Jawgap

Yeah, I find after a certain age you just don't bounce as well as you used to.

Lumen

Jawgap wrote: »

........but only if you answered 39+ in the survey being conducted in another thread

39 is not middle aged. At least I feckin' hope not.

Wikipedia wrote:

Middle-aged adults often show visible signs of aging such as loss of skin elasticity and graying of the hair. Physical fitness usually wanes, with a 5–10 kg (10-20 lb) accumulation of body fat, reduction in aerobic performance and a decrease in maximal heart rate. Strength and flexibility also decrease throughout middle age. However, people age at different rates and there can be significant differences between individuals of the same age.

Both male and female fertility declines with advancing age.

ROK ON

Lumen wrote: »

39 is not middle aged. At least I feckin' hope not.

I sincerely hope that it is. I have seen a few folks live well into their 90's. Not a fun existence. I call it that, because IMO it is simply existing not living. Now by the time people of our age get to then maybe scientific advances will push that back a decade or so. Still, once you cannot get out and about, it is time to check out IMHO.

seamus

ROK ON wrote: »

I sincerely hope that it is. I have seen a few folks live well into their 90's. Not a fun existence. I call it that, because IMO it is simply existing not living. Now by the time people of our age get to then maybe scientific advances will push that back a decade or so. Still, once you cannot get out and about, it is time to check out IMHO.

Actually they say that these days, you're about ten years younger than you were back in the fifties. So someone whose 39 today is about as aged as someone who was 29 in 1950. Considering that said 29 year old probably spent five years in the trenches, that might be a safe bet

Vélo

If you wear a helmet you'll live longer.;)


I think I'll leave now.

Jawgap

:)You'll also live "better":)

http://www.neuroskills.com/pr-alztbi.shtml

:(The poor mice - "Over the course of the study, mice were sedated and given mild repetitive concussions"

Beasty

Wikipedia wrote:

Middle-aged adults often show visible signs of aging such as loss of skin elasticity and graying of the hair. Physical fitness usually wanes, with a 5–10 kg (10-20 lb) accumulation of body fat, reduction in aerobic performance and a decrease in maximal heart rate. Strength and flexibility also decrease throughout middle age. However, people age at different rates and there can be significant differences between individuals of the same age.

Both male and female fertility declines with advancing age

On this basis, I think I must be getting younger:)

petethedrummer

Beasty wrote: »

On this basis, I think I must be getting younger:)

The only true measure of age is your wii fit age.

brianthebard

Another article telling people its ok to slack off on fitness training. Its like a media backlash by journalists feeling sorry for themselves or something.
Also that wiki quote assumes you live a sedentary lifestyle and don't continue training into middle age.

concussion

Now I just know that I saw an article before which claimed that moderate exercise (including jogging) strengthened the muscles to such an extent that you were less likely to suffer from bone injuries/disease. Feckin sports science, so many contradictory findings.

topper75

concussion wrote: »

Now I just know that I saw an article before which claimed that moderate exercise (including jogging) strengthened the muscles to such an extent that you were less likely to suffer from bone injuries/disease. Feckin sports science, so many contradictory findings.

I don't need an article to back up my unequivocal empirical observation that my knees as a regular runner are not the same mechanisms that join a couch potato's thigh to his/her calf. Would be good to read same though if you found it.