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Bicycling & health benefits of?
On 2017-10-21 13:02, wrote:
On Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 7:19:19 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote: On 2017-10-20 18:04, John B. wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:44:37 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-10-20 08:31, wrote: On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 12:23:57 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:06:57 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Per John B.: As I told Joerg, just wash your feet :-) I don't buy it when it comes to carpets. Bare floors, maybe... but feet will still be damp after "Washing" and that will affect the carpet over time. Quotes because I strongly suspect "Washing" = "Quick rinse with clear room-temperature water". Well, if you have polished mahogany floors, or terrazzo, floors in your abode and you wash your feet before you enter you won't have problems with your carpet. Carpets also add to the servants work load with all that vacuuming and frequent visits by the carpet cleaning company. They will applaud you when you get rid of them. I have come to the conclusion that hardwood floors with area rugs are much better than wall to wall carpets. These wall to wall crap accumulators are nothing but trouble and for no added comfort. That perception will change when our bodies start giving out and we need canes or walkers. Or when Fido and Fluffy duke it out and the area rugs go sailing for the impteenth time. Well, I'm 85 (this month) and my wife is 72 and so far we haven't had any problems... terrazzo floors on the ground floor and polished mahogany on the second. No canes or walkers yet... There is the difference. You guys are still quite healthy and in your case probably in part due to cycling. We visit nursing homes a lot as volunteers but it's the same at church and other places. Falls of frail people mostly take places where there is no carpet. Outside on the concrete, inside on tile, on marble and on linoleum. Because all that stuff provides low friction and thus almost no grip once a situation gets just a tad out of balance. When you take a look at an indoor walker they are usually the kinds without brake levers. Two wheels and small gliders in back. Most people stick tennis balls over the back posts to improve friction but those do not provided any meaningful friction on slick surfaces. Area rugs are the worst floor covering for those folks. One slight tangle into the edge of a rug and there might be a nasty fall. I'll have to think about that. I have virtually no balance. Especially when the medication kicks in. But under normal circumstances I am losing my balance in the house all the time. I have wall-to-wall carpeting because the damn things are always dirty and in need of commercial cleaning. I solved this before by putting area rugs over the top of them but after my ex-wife decided she was better off with than without me she also decided that she was running everything. Which was (confidentially) what caused everything in the first place. Because running everything means doing nothing. I have the cabinets in the kitchens and the heavy bed frame in the bedroom and know exactly where they are at all times and can catch myself from falling by hooking a foot under these overhangs. I can't feel my feet but I can feel when I stop tipping over. One of the celebrities on Dancing with the Stars right now has a similar issue, she can't feel her legs. I think it's important to have carpeting then because if you do fall at least you won't hit your head onto hard floor. Unless you wear your bike helmet in the house :-) -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 2017-10-21 22:48, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:19:31 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-10-20 18:04, John B. wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:44:37 -0700, Joerg wrote: On 2017-10-20 08:31, wrote: On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 12:23:57 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote: On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:06:57 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Per John B.: As I told Joerg, just wash your feet :-) I don't buy it when it comes to carpets. Bare floors, maybe... but feet will still be damp after "Washing" and that will affect the carpet over time. Quotes because I strongly suspect "Washing" = "Quick rinse with clear room-temperature water". Well, if you have polished mahogany floors, or terrazzo, floors in your abode and you wash your feet before you enter you won't have problems with your carpet. Carpets also add to the servants work load with all that vacuuming and frequent visits by the carpet cleaning company. They will applaud you when you get rid of them. I have come to the conclusion that hardwood floors with area rugs are much better than wall to wall carpets. These wall to wall crap accumulators are nothing but trouble and for no added comfort. That perception will change when our bodies start giving out and we need canes or walkers. Or when Fido and Fluffy duke it out and the area rugs go sailing for the impteenth time. Well, I'm 85 (this month) and my wife is 72 and so far we haven't had any problems... terrazzo floors on the ground floor and polished mahogany on the second. No canes or walkers yet... There is the difference. You guys are still quite healthy and in your case probably in part due to cycling. We visit nursing homes a lot as volunteers but it's the same at church and other places. Falls of frail people mostly take places where there is no carpet. Outside on the concrete, inside on tile, on marble and on linoleum. Because all that stuff provides low friction and thus almost no grip once a situation gets just a tad out of balance. I think that myself and my wife are still mobile because we keep mobile. I know that my grandfather worked all his life and was raising 3,000 chickens at a time when he retired and doing everything himself, he probably walked a couple of miles a day just back and forth between the house and the chicken houses right up until he was in his mid 80's. My grandmother, on the other hand, was a typical housewife of that era. Stay home, raise the kids, cooking and laundry and shopping on Saturday with the family. I remember when I was little my grandmother used to walk down town, probably one mile round trip but as time went by she walked less and less until probably the last eight or ten years of her life I don't believe she ever left the house. My own belief is that had my grandmother walked down town several times a week she would have been far better off in her last few years. I believe in the benefit of moving as well. The best example in our family was one of my great grandpas. Almost until he was 100 he walked to my grandma's house every day, IIRC about 5mi through a valley. Foul weather did not keep him from doing that. Just to have a cup of coffee, one shot glass of 80-proof stuff and sometimes ... gasp ... a big stinking stogie. He made it almost to 103 in good health. Never saw a doctor, he believed they were quacks and just wanted your money. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Tamale pie tamale pie oh please another tamale pie n a cold molsons ....
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On 10/21/2017 4:48 PM, Andre Jute wrote:
On Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 3:41:52 AM UTC+1, AMuzi wrote: On 10/20/2017 9:30 PM, Andre Jute wrote: On Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 3:02:37 AM UTC+1, Doug Landau wrote: I don't remember Dr White, but I remember Jim Fixx, the prophet of jogging. I went off him when I discovered that his idea of a gourmet meal was a hamburger. He died at 52 while out jogging. Not exactly a recommendation. What age did his dad reach? Sorry, I thought it was well known. His dad also died of a heart attack. Right around the same age IIRC. That proves that genetics are better forecasters than tree rings and tea leaves. But now I'm wondering if his jogging didn't aggravate his genetic predisposition. Andre Jute The genes will get you We can't know but only half his genome is paternal. Then there are epigenic effects plus diet, environment, behavior and biota. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 It's a long time since I studied classical Greek, but if "epigenic" (which my spellchecker wants to correct to "epigenetic") means effects superior to ("over") the genome, surely the very word is a contradiction in terms. I thought DNA was the master roll so to speak, none higher, none superior, none able to countermand the fate it decrees. Andre Jute Cursed with curiosity in a wikipedia age Yes, epigenetic thanks. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/conte...netics/memory/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Remember my postings of an NYT Arizona/NM tour ? Super weather. Check Weathrrunderground for averages...very low density traffic weekdays areas almost nonexistant. Mtb on border.
I'm at Organ Pipe NM basking in the sun in a Wal flooding chair for a week alone on abt 5000 acres surrounded by a cactus garden...there a solar shower in a Santa Rosa quality room. Clean bright blue sky brilliant stars from here to Utah. The Canadians arrive Thanksgiving. |
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My concrete pad n mesquite shade tree are over run by singing quail wrens woodpeckers n the conversational chihuahuan raven See also nogales...miller wilderness..Coronado ... sierra vista |
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The area I'm at is so clear of electro interference that calling Jute from beyond took abt 5 minutes
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Per Joerg:
Area rugs are the worst floor covering for those folks. One slight tangle into the edge of a rug and there might be a nasty fall. Also, the friction between an area rug and a smooth floor is nil. Catch a foot or something and the rug can slide right out from under you... been there done that. -- Pete Cresswell |
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