To some extent this is not the right thread -
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After tracking the weekly exercise habits of 110,000 men and women in the US for 30 years, researchers found active people who did the greatest variety of exercise were 19% less likely to die during that time than those who focused on one activity.
That effect was greater than for individual sports like walking, tennis, rowing and jogging.
The total amount of exercise you do is still key, experts say, but doing a range of activities you enjoy can bring lots of benefits.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0y9pqe2zro
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In many ways it highlights some of the issues ‘we’ tend to be aware of - ‘including siloing’.
Explicitly where ‘cycling’ can be/is sport, exercise, fun, fashion, hobby, way of life, part of life, good for health, perhaps even transport.
Similar ’silos’ affect the opportunities for all of the above including access to safe spaces, equipment, education/training, attitudes/acceptance/encouragement for many of the above and their place in ‘society’.
‘We’ may want better on-road facilities, less traffic, slower traffic, less dominance of ‘motors’ as ‘normal’ in political and commercial spheres.
Perhaps reports like this will change things marginally on a personal level and reinforce the ‘status quo’ in many other ways(?)
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