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[mudsticks]

Tiny todger?

Now now, @vickster we mustn't descend into size differentiated todgerisms..

Speedo dating?

This is witty tho..

The far end of my local naturist beach is definitely a 'checking each other out'
'hang out'.. If you get my drift..

 

[Accy cyclist]

Well,i've climbed The Empire State Building 6 and a quarter times this week. on the climbing/escalator machine that is. Today I managed 218.9 floors in 1 hour. I was 1.1 floors off climbing it twice. I think that machine is better for you than the static bikes. I have osteoporosis and read recently that non weight bearing exercise like cycling and swimming isn't as good for your bones as weight bearing exercise like walking and running are.

 

[mudsticks]

Well,i've climbed The Empire State Building 6 and a quarter times this week. on the climbing/escalator machine that is. Today I managed 218.9 floors in 1 hour. I was 1.1 floors off climbing it twice. I think that machine is better for you than the static bikes. I have osteoporosis and read recently that non weight bearing exercise like cycling and swimming isn't as good for your bones as weight bearing exercise like walking and running are.

I thought that was fairly common knowledge.

I'm surprised, if you were diagnosed with osteoporosis that you had to discover this for yourself.

Bones build and respond to stress put upon them, no stress, no reaction in bone building.

Hence astronauts can end up in this weak boned predicament, unless they construct bone stressing exercises in zero gravity.

Lots of dark green leafy vegetables, also good for calcium absorbtion, because the iron in there makes it more accessible.

A broad range of exercise is healthier for most of us.. It's what the human body is designed for.. We're generalists, not specialists..

Keep taking the stairs..

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm surprised, if you were diagnosed with osteoporosis that you had to discover this for yourself.

I read about it then posted this thread the other week.https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/osteoporosis-in-cyclists.250374/You'd think somewhere along the line some doctor,nurse or physiotherapist would've mentioned it to me. It's similar to me being told 3 years ago by a doctor that because of my head cancer stuff 12 years ago I can't have dental extractions under a 'normal procedure'. He just mentioned this in passing,saying something like " Well as you know it'll be difficult to pull your teeth,so keep them as healthy as possible for as long as possible". I then mentioned it to him that I hadn't been told about my 'crumbly jaw' before. Being medical professionals they won't call each other to a patient,but he did seem surprised that I hadn't been told this in the then 9 years after my initial treatment. Anyway,back to the non weight bearing bit about cycling. In my opinion spinning is non weight bearing, but 'grinding' with a slow/low cadence is weight bearing. Especially if standing on the pedals quite a lot.

 

[mudsticks]

I read about it then posted this thread the other week.https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/osteoporosis-in-cyclists.250374/You'd think somewhere along the line some doctor,nurse or physiotherapist would've mentioned it to me. It's similar to me being told 3 years ago by a doctor that because of my head cancer stuff 12 years ago I can't have dental extractions under a 'normal procedure'. He just mentioned this in passing,saying something like " Well as you know it'll be difficult to pull your teeth,so keep them as healthy as possible for as long as possible". I then mentioned it to him that I hadn't been told about my 'crumbly jaw' before. Being medical professionals they won't call each other to a patient,but he did seem surprised that I hadn't been told this in the then 9 years after my initial treatment. Anyway,back to the non weight bearing bit about cycling. In my opinion spinning is non weight bearing, but 'grinding' with a slow/low cadence is weight bearing. Especially if standing on the pedals quite a lot.

Yes a bit more direct information at the time would be helpful - otherwise people acquire knowledge in a very piecemeal, and not altogether accurate form.

Conversely i generally make a point of not standing up on the pedals on principal - it isn't very helpful on a fully loaded bike. i just keep on going with will power low gears and well developed muscles, or get off and push...

Plus i developed an aversion to it many years back, after inserting rather a lot of gravel into my knee , when the chain slipped whilst hill climbing.

I'm fairly certain that the rest of my rambunctious life does plenty of bone stressing though.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yes a bit more direct information at the time would be helpful - otherwise people acquire knowledge in a very piecemeal, and not altogether accurate form.

Conversely i generally make a point of not standing up on the pedals on principal - it isn't very helpful on a fully loaded bike. i just keep on going with will power low gears and well developed muscles, or get off and push...

Plus i developed an aversion to it many years back, after inserting rather a lot of gravel into my knee , when the chain slipped whilst hill climbing.

I'm fairly certain that the rest of my rambunctious life does plenty of bone stressing though.

I'm just glad I read that about preventing osteoporosis. I did give up weight training just after my cancer, but took it up again after joining the gym I've been going to since last October. I just thought weight training/lifting was for muscle development. I only lift moderate weights,but funnily enough with the machine that strengthens your inner thigh muscles near your groin, I set it at 90 kg out of a maximum 100 kgs and do 150 to 200 reps.. It's the same with the machine that strengthens your outer thigh muscles. You'd think that with having a pin/plate inserted 3 years ago for a hip break followed by a leg break 2 months later and after 2 inguinal hernia ops,with the last one only last September that i'd be weak down there.