http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: health aging - Recent Posts en Mon, 18 May 2026 03:02:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277027 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:32:03 +0000 I were right about that saddle 277027@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>the evidence from this forum notwithstanding</em></p> <p>We'd need a randomised double blind trial for that sentence to stand up to scrutiny. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277023 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 09:41:45 +0000 sallyhinch 277023@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Also makes you less grumpy, apparently (the evidence from this forum notwithstanding) <a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/02/23/adopting-a-more-active-lifestyle-today-could-have-benefits-for-your-personality-decades-from-now/" rel="nofollow">https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/02/23/adopting-a-more-active-lifestyle-today-could-have-benefits-for-your-personality-decades-from-now/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277021 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:44:27 +0000 gibbo 277021@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo</p> <p><em>@bax-San. Not just sad, inaccurate. Not all exercise will do this. </em></p> <p>100% correct. You can't generalise the results from "exercise programme A" to all exercise programmes.</p> <p>For example, if I were to guess, I'd guess that a key part of these immune system benefits come from exercising outdoors.</p> <p>I might also guess that there are even more factors: zero impact, social element ... and so on...</p> <p>To sum up: Cycling is great. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277019 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 08:26:39 +0000 gembo 277019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax-San. Not just sad, inaccurate. Not all exercise will do this. I had a colleague many moons ago who was discussing her objectification of a male cyclist from behind, where he seemed firm, manly and youthful to her gaze but then to her disappointment he turned around and was an old man.</p> <p>I used to apply that logic, I am happy consuming this propaganda as I am not paying for it. But then I was subject to several years of continuous harassment. Door bell ringing, attempting to gain entry to the communal stairwell, letters etc for a telly I was renting for £2.54 a month from Glens, Hutchison, Robertson's and Stepek </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277016 Fri, 09 Mar 2018 01:45:20 +0000 crowriver 277016@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"does that mean I'll have the body of a 20 year old?"</p> <p>No. You get the immune system of a 20 year old, and the body fat of a 19 year old. But only once you reach your 80s... :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277011 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:18:25 +0000 minus six 277011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>sad that the bbc title their article as general "exercise" not cycling, despite the study sample being entirely cyclist-related</p> <p>that said i trust no one here has ever been daft enough to pay the state propaganda license fee</p> <p>hmm? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-277009 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:05:11 +0000 HankChief 277009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Steady on Greenroofer if you get any younger you won't have a significant birthday this year so no N+1 ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-276990 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:59:44 +0000 Greenroofer 276990@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've paid my £19 to AUK, does that mean I'll have the body of a 20 year old? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-276988 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 20:01:45 +0000 crowriver 276988@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"They are members of Audax, a long-distance cycling organisation that organises events ranging from 100km to 300km. The older members - in their 80s - say they do only the "short" 100km (62-mile) rides, but this is still highly impressive."</p> <p>If I needed a reason to keep going with Audaxing, there it is. </p> <p>(Checks AUK calendar for forthcoming events). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-276983 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:40:25 +0000 glasgow megasnake 276983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>this could be a way for me to start being able to thank drivers that cut me up rather than (struggling to) suppress(ing) my reaction </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-276980 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:14:59 +0000 steveo 276980@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I remember reading a study that suggested adrenaline sports which cause manageable stress such as mtb or rugby increase the immune systems response. My conclusion from these studies is that commuting keeps you healthy due to the stress of the environment not the actual act of cycling! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18640#post-276976 Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:53:10 +0000 fimm 276976@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43308729">scientists ... followed 125 long-distance cyclists, some now in their 80s, and found they had the immune systems of 20-year-olds</a>."</p> <p>Prof Janet Lord, ... co-author of the research, said: "The immune system declines by about 2-3% a year from our 20s, which is why older people are more susceptible to infections, conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and, potentially, cancer.</p> <p>"Because the cyclists have the immune system of a 20-year-old rather than a 70- or 80-year-old, it means they have added protection against all these issues."</p> <p>They found that the endurance cyclists were producing the same level of T-cells as adults in their 20s, whereas a group of inactive older adults were producing very few."</em> </p>