Could cycling slow the ageing process? (1 Viewer)

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We’re not saying we’re reversing ageing, but that cycling seems to optimise the ageing process.

I would agree with that statement..

but think that any physical exercise that gives the cardiovascular system a good work out on a regular basis will do the same..

eg brisk walking, jogging, swimming etc

but cycling is probably the most enjoyable.. and doesn't damage knee and or hip joints like jogging can.
 

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Yes, Jim is right, and those of us with osteosporosis starting in hips can help keep it at bay apparently by cycling as no weight on hips as jogging does and can damage it.
 
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what I forgot to mention in original post is the way riding helps balance coordination by actively improving those areas of the brain. I suffer from a certain serious balance disorder and it does help. As you get older balance does suffer..some more then other. Also as said above cycling a low impact exercise compared to jogging etc....so with knee/joint or arthritic problems a good choice.
 

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what I forgot to mention in original post is the way riding helps balance coordination by actively improving those areas of the brain. I suffer from a certain serious balance disorder and it does help. As you get older balance does suffer..some more then other. Also as said above cycling a low impact exercise compared to jogging etc....so with knee/joint or arthritic problems a good choice.
At Lincoln meet , @Jaws had a bike which he had 'doctored'.... if you turned the handle left it went right and vice versa. It sounds simple to get round the brain co-ordination but it wasn't... none of us could do it. I ended up on my bottom.. :( but at least I tried and many wouldn't.

Would love to try again. :)

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what I forgot to mention in original post is the way riding helps balance coordination by actively improving those areas of the brain. I suffer from a certain serious balance disorder and it does help. As you get older balance does suffer..some more then other. Also as said above cycling a low impact exercise compared to jogging etc....so with knee/joint or arthritic problems a good choice.
Don't know if it helps at all ... I suffered for about thirty years quite seriously with a sort of Menieres Disease and Labrynthitus... they were always sending me for brain scans to make sure no tumours etc... Then about ten years ago I was at hospital and a young girl physiotherapist put me through Hell bringing on attacks .. I had to go back every week for a couple of months. . . touch wood I havn't had a serious attack since.

I am not asking you what your balance problem is, but just saying keep options open and look at NEW treatments as sometimes something comes up which may be of help to you.... Good luck. It can be horrible and it does debilitate you in more ways than people realise. :)
 

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At Lincoln meet , @Jaws had a bike which he had 'doctored'.... if you turned the handle left it went right and vice versa. It sounds simple to get round the brain co-ordination but it wasn't... none of us could do it. I ended up on my bottom.. :( but at least I tried and many wouldn't.

Would love to try again. :)
If you ever do get the offer to try it again, cross your arms, so you grab the left hand grip with your right hand and vice-versa with the other. Still not easy but you should get the hang of it after a couple of goes. An equally disorientating thing is to wear a pair of headphones and then speak into a microphone but the electronics in the system delays your voice by a fraction of a second. It is almost impossible to speak wearing one of these things - even when sober! It is like being permanently interrupted.*

As for cycling, I think it is well established that statically regular cyclists live two or three years longer than non-cyclists, but I had always put that down to just being fitter.

*At which point I could say it is like being at home, but won't!

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I touched on this the other day in my new bike thread ..here is where info came from
I cycled 25 hilly miles every day for 20+ years and was as fit as the butchers dog. It takes a long time for this level of fitness to disappear. I am now cycling again and still feel reasonably fit even with a few stone extra to carry.
Only problem as you get older is coming off, it never used to bother me I could always do a parachute roll get up brush myself down and back on the bike. Not sure if I am still this flexible so don't take as many risks.:)
 
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Don't know whether it slows down ageing per se but, after having both knees replaced, (in one operation):Eeek:, Mrs Maison took up cycling again.

She is definitely a fair weather cyclist, mainly in France during the summer, but can comfortably do a 24 mile round trip.

Her surgeon encouraged her to get back on the bike asap. Our friend's surgeon told him not to cycle at all following his knee replacement!

And they say "always follow medical advice".
 

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It put bloody years on me just reading " to cycle 100km (men) and 60km (women) in less than five and a half hours".:shake::tmi::whew:
 

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If you ever do get the offer to try it again, cross your arms, so you grab the left hand grip with your right hand and vice-versa with the other. Still not easy but you should get the hang of it after a couple of goes. An equally disorientating thing is to wear a pair of headphones and then speak into a microphone but the electronics in the system delays your voice by a fraction of a second. It is almost impossible to speak wearing one of these things - even when sober! It is like being permanently interrupted.*

As for cycling, I think it is well established that statically regular cyclists live two or three years longer than non-cyclists, but I had always put that down to just being fitter.

*At which point I could say it is like being at home, but won't!

Hi DB

Does that mean that you rode it as I tried the crossed hand thing and still fell off.

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I touched on this the other day in my new bike thread ..here is where info came from
And of coarse another plus for the rest of us. Old guys wearing Lycra don't half improve your sense of humour, promoting increased exercise for the 'fall over laughing' gland. (y)
 

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but cycling is probably the most enjoyable.. and doesn't damage knee and or hip joints like jogging can.

We are fairly new to cycling and wish we had discovered it sooner. Addicted to the 'Tour' no matter which 'Tour' it is. Altho' not quite 'Wiggle's' standard (in my dreams !), we try and enjoy the landscape and journey wherever we travel and more gentle on the joints that are not as good as they were ::bigsmile:::bigsmile:

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