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Old November 9th 04, 12:35 AM
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This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone levels
and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially quite harmful
(long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was quite
specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was quite a
compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club rides and
training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around here.
Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.

Bob C.


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Old November 9th 04, 02:24 AM
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"psycholist" wrote in message
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"TritonRider" wrote in message
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This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart
disease, a US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their
lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this
past summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high
ozone levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was
potentially quite harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone
alert. The article was quite specific about the kinds of damage that
would be done. It was quite a compelling case and I steered clear of
some late afternoon club rides and training sessions during the hot
and hazy days of July and August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH


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Old November 9th 04, 02:24 AM
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"psycholist" wrote in message
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"TritonRider" wrote in message
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This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart
disease, a US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their
lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this
past summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high
ozone levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was
potentially quite harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone
alert. The article was quite specific about the kinds of damage that
would be done. It was quite a compelling case and I steered clear of
some late afternoon club rides and training sessions during the hot
and hazy days of July and August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH


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Old November 9th 04, 03:44 AM
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"Philip Holman" wrote in message
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"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone
levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially quite
harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was
quite specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was
quite a compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club
rides and training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and
August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH



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Old November 9th 04, 03:44 AM
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"Philip Holman" wrote in message
...

"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone
levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially quite
harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was
quite specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was
quite a compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club
rides and training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and
August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH



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Old November 9th 04, 03:44 AM
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"Philip Holman" wrote in message
...

"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone
levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially quite
harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was
quite specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was
quite a compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club
rides and training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and
August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH


One smells like methane and the other smells really bad.

Bob C.


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Old November 9th 04, 03:44 AM
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"Philip Holman" wrote in message
...

"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone
levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially quite
harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was
quite specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was
quite a compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club
rides and training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and
August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH


One smells like methane and the other smells really bad.

Bob C.


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Old November 9th 04, 04:17 AM
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In Chicago, we used to joke that the pollution thinned the air and thus was
like training at altitude, at sea level. I was a bike messenger in Chicago
before I was a racer and I never noticed any ill effects. My asthma got a
lot worse when I moved to Colorado in 1994.

Regarding the asthma part of this thread, I have had asthma my entire life.
My childhood was a sterile bedroom and many pills and clueless Doctors. One
doctor told me to take up swimming so I would learn how to breathe. Later
on I was a bike racer. The solution for me as a cyclist was threefold: (1)
meeting a doctor that knew what he was doing, (2) allergy shots to minimize
the effect of allergy induced asthma and (3) a warm-up I devised to prevent
exercise induced asthma.

HTH
John Bickmore
www.EmeraldRecycle.com


"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"Philip Holman" wrote in message
...

"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease,

a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this

past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone
levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially

quite
harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was
quite specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was
quite a compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club
rides and training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and
August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH


One smells like methane and the other smells really bad.

Bob C.




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Old November 9th 04, 04:17 AM
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In Chicago, we used to joke that the pollution thinned the air and thus was
like training at altitude, at sea level. I was a bike messenger in Chicago
before I was a racer and I never noticed any ill effects. My asthma got a
lot worse when I moved to Colorado in 1994.

Regarding the asthma part of this thread, I have had asthma my entire life.
My childhood was a sterile bedroom and many pills and clueless Doctors. One
doctor told me to take up swimming so I would learn how to breathe. Later
on I was a bike racer. The solution for me as a cyclist was threefold: (1)
meeting a doctor that knew what he was doing, (2) allergy shots to minimize
the effect of allergy induced asthma and (3) a warm-up I devised to prevent
exercise induced asthma.

HTH
John Bickmore
www.EmeraldRecycle.com


"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"Philip Holman" wrote in message
...

"psycholist" wrote in message
...

"TritonRider" wrote in message
...
This was just linked to over at URC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3991633.stm
Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease,

a
US
study suggests.

I wonder how much more intense the effects would be in an endurance
athlete
due to moving that much larger a volume of bad air through their lungs
regularly.
Would the training benefits offset the damage done by the pollutants?
Hopefully someone here has some thoughts on this.
Bill C


I'll do some digging and see if I can locate the article I read this

past
summer in our local paper. It talked specifically about high ozone
levels and athletic activity. It concluded that it was potentially

quite
harmful (long term) to exercise during an ozone alert. The article was
quite specific about the kinds of damage that would be done. It was
quite a compelling case and I steered clear of some late afternoon club
rides and training sessions during the hot and hazy days of July and
August.

Though I live in a remote, rural area, I'm about 2 1/2 hours down the
prevailing wind from Atlanta. Usually you can only smell cows around
here. Sometimes you can smell Atlanta.


What's the difference :-)

PH


One smells like methane and the other smells really bad.

Bob C.




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Old November 9th 04, 11:24 PM
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I don't disagree, but athletes are more likely to seek asthma meds than

your
average person who doesn't feel the effects of asthma as much, or isn't
bothered by the effects as much.

-WG


That was my point.


 




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