[Kinda Off-Topic] What gets your healthier? Cycling or Running?

Same as the topic really. I prefer cycling to running anyhoo.

Thanks.

wrote on 28/02/2007 14:26 +0100:
Same as the topic really. I prefer cycling to running anyhoo.


I know of very few runners who don't get joint problems as they get
older whereas I know cyclists whose joint problems have improved with
cycling.

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On 28 Feb, 14:35, Tony Raven wrote:
wrote on 28/02/2007 14:26 +0100:

Same as the topic really. I prefer cycling to running anyhoo.

I know of very few runners who don't get joint problems as they get
older whereas I know cyclists whose joint problems have improved with
cycling.


Not so - I ran a 10 mile race - The Trentham 10 , and it was also an
area veterans championship. I felt like a youngster at 41 . Those
gnarly vets wiped the floor with me and I managed 1:23 over the
shattering hilly course .

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Same as the topic really. I prefer cycling to running anyhoo.

I think it depends what you mean by healthier. People always say cycling is
excellent for burning calories but at the local gym the readouts on the
machines say that cycling burns the least calories per hour! (Rowing ~ 700
cal/hr, running ~ 800 cal/hr?, cycling ~ 300 cal/hr).

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I think it depends what you mean by healthier. People always say
cycling is excellent for burning calories but at the local gym the
readouts on the machines say that cycling burns the least calories per
hour! (Rowing ~ 700 cal/hr, running ~ 800 cal/hr?, cycling ~ 300
cal/hr).

Tho you can cycle for longer than you can run. As for burning the most
calories, it's gotta be setting yourself on fire.

naked_draughtsman wrote:
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Same as the topic really. I prefer cycling to running anyhoo.

I think it depends what you mean by healthier. People always say cycling is
excellent for burning calories but at the local gym the readouts on the
machines say that cycling burns the least calories per hour! (Rowing ~ 700
cal/hr, running ~ 800 cal/hr?, cycling ~ 300 cal/hr).


I prefer cycling because it's a form of exercise
that's a form of transport.

Pretty unique in that regard.

Pretty difficult to swim to the shops,
and I've never seen a pair of trainers
categorised as "commuting"

BugBear

I prefer cycling because it's a form of exercise
that's a form of transport.

Pretty unique in that regard.


Depends on the distance to work I suppose. I'm currently a 5 miles
each way commute. Too short for a good workout on a bike but a good
distance to run (now and again not every day). The bike is certainly
far more flexible with regard to what distances are feasible to
commute.
Iain

On Feb 28, 11:19 am, "iarocu" wrote:
I prefer cycling because it's a form of exercise
that's a form of transport.

Pretty unique in that regard.

Depends on the distance to work I suppose. I'm currently a 5 miles
each way commute. Too short for a good workout on a bike but a good
distance to run (now and again not every day). The bike is certainly
far more flexible with regard to what distances are feasible to
commute.
Iain

This depends on what you mean by a workout. Ten miles a day on a
bicycle is likely to have a quite significant effect on an otherwise
sedentary person. Recent research seems to indicate what, a few years
ago, were thought to be insignificant amounts of exercise can have
considerable effects on health and longevity.

It may not mean much for a triathalete.

iarocu wrote on 28/02/2007 16:19 +0100:

Depends on the distance to work I suppose. I'm currently a 5 miles
each way commute. Too short for a good workout on a bike but a good
distance to run (now and again not every day). The bike is certainly
far more flexible with regard to what distances are feasible to
commute.
Iain


I have a colleague who runs the five miles each way every day

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In the referenced article, bugbear writes:
naked_draughtsman wrote:
wrote in message
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Same as the topic really. I prefer cycling to running anyhoo.

I think it depends what you mean by healthier. People always say
cycling is excellent for burning calories but at the local gym
the readouts on the machines say that cycling burns the least
calories per hour! (Rowing ~ 700 cal/hr, running ~ 800 cal/hr?,
cycling ~ 300 cal/hr).


I prefer cycling because it's a form of exercise
that's a form of transport.

Pretty unique in that regard.

Quite. To quote one of the contributers to this forum:

Cycling is unique in the way it can incidentally provide good
exercise while being justified by its quotidian utility.
-- Chris Malcolm
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