Are we harming ourselves?

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

It is doing great harm, so I will happily purchase your bikes for a nominal fee of £50 each if you accept paypal

 

[oldstrath]

My mate recons you only have so many heart beats. Or that's how he justifies his size. Doesn't exercise.

And if he got fitter his heart rate would slow down, so his beats would last longer

 

[Dusty Bin]

It is doing great harm, so I will happily purchase your bikes for a nominal fee of £50 each if you accept paypal

Don't go with TMHNET, he is ripping you off. I will pay you £60 each...

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Funnily enough Robert Millar still believes that cycling will have shortened his life. He believes it to be a combination of excessive stress and fatigue, coupled with the ancient myth that a human heart has a predetermined number of heart beats before it stops forever. In his cycling career he has used up a decent portion of those beats.

I like Robert Millar for his accomplishments on the bike but he seems to have some funny ideas.

 

[Archie_tect]

Don't go with TMHNET, he is ripping you off. I will pay you £60 each...

Is this a good time to mention turnips?

 

[VamP]

Funnily enough Robert Millar still believes that cycling will have shortened his life. He believes it to be a combination of excessive stress and fatigue, coupled with the ancient myth that a human heart has a predetermined number of heart beats before it stops forever. In his cycling career he has used up a decent portion of those beats.

I like Robert Millar for his accomplishments on the bike but he seems to have some funny ideas.

Do we think that the amount of time spent at elevated HR might just be offset by the amount of time spent at very low resting HR? Even if there was some mileage in this crazy theory?

Even if we assume that the pros ride for say 30 hours a week on average over the year. How long not riding? Way more.

 

[uclown2002]

Wasn't there a link provided recently to a study in France that concluded that ex tour de france riders lived 6 years longer compared to normal citizens?

Must go look for it.

Edit:- here it is. http://velonews.competitor.com/2013...tudy-tour-de-france-riders-live-longer_301388

 

[Born2die]

I don't worry about it 2 years ago I was a 20 stone couch potato during the 1st year I watched my heart rate like a hawk kept it under 160 max now I'm at 14% body fat 14 stone I have seen 190 to 200 hr in some tabata and Armageddon classes on the bike I try to keep it at 180 max

 

[jdtate101]

Funnily enough, Pro athletes CAN shorten their lives by long carriers doing hard exercise but...and there is a but, only if they don't taper correctly when they retire. If you suddenly go from a life full of hard exercise to nothing it can cause serious issues as the enlarged heart muscle runs to fat, a similar problem that bodybuilders face except internally rather than externally. Such a change can lead to heart attacks etc.. It's also been known that having too low a % body fat can also cause serious health issues, but I'm not sure that any of us lot would ever qualify for that problem...

 

[Born2die]

Wasn't it Steve Redgrave that had to slow down over a couple of years after retiring from top level sport as just stopping could kill him

 

[fossyant]

And if he got fitter his heart rate would slow down, so his beats would last longer

I tried that explanation. He wasn't having any of it.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

Funnily enough, Pro athletes CAN shorten their lives by long carriers doing hard exercise but...

And silly old me thought it was the hard drugs a lot of them seem to be doing

 

[fossyant]

Don't go with TMHNET, he is ripping you off. I will pay you £60 each...

He only offered £50. I offered £60 and a turnip ! Danbo offered a bit more, turkish lira, and summat else ! I'll up my bid to £70.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

He only offered £50. I offered £60 and a turnip ! Danbo offered a bit more, turkish lira, and summat else ! I'll up my bid to £70.

Ill raise you a bag of haribo

Had some haribo yesterday from a well known retailer, nearly ate the winter socks out of sheer delight.

 

[fossyant]

I'll raise a multipack of harribo !