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Cycle for One Hour and You’ll Live an Hour Longer

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Re: Cycle for One Hour and You’ll Live an Hour Longer

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post #4

Yeah, but that hour longer will still be an hour spent on the exercise bike.

  >Yeah, but that hour longer will still be an hour spent on the exercise bike
Indeed. At the very least they should have gone with: Cycle for Fifty-Nine Minutes and You’ll Live an Hour Longer

Re: Cycle for One Hour and You’ll Live an Hour Longer

#32
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do a one way cycle commute. Bus in the morning, cycle home. Cycling and taking the bus both take about an hour, plus cycling is more enjoyable and good exercise. I call that a net win.

You take your bike with you on the bus in the morning?

It is a small finding bicycle that fits in a bag.

Re: Cycle for One Hour and You’ll Live an Hour Longer

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post #15
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Life is not a matter of chances in my opinion and observarion. You will die when you will die. You have as much control over your death date as you did over your birth date. Even a suicide attempt can fail and people that take care of themselves the most still die early from some random cancer. Not to say your destined cause of death won't be lung cancer from smoking or a freak bike accident but that good choices pre…

> You have as much control over your death date as you did over your birth date. This is absolutely wrong. Maybe ages ago, but certainly not today. We have a lot of control over factors contributing to all-cause mortality and the avoidance of deadly accidents. Avoiding tobacco products, regular exercise, reasonable diet, and possibly strength training all reduce all-cause mortality significantly. > people that take c…

Looks like you missed the entire point of my post.
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