Hi there wreck, very good advice has been posted so far. Mine is a tip on how to slow your heart rate down after you have done a ride, and it is simple. Stand up straight with hands on hips and breath through your nose in a controlled manner. Quite quickly your heart rate will start to slow. As you get fitter and your body gets used to exersize your heart and lung functions will be able to return to normal on there own in a short time.
Hello! Is there hope for me?
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Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Good words from everyone. I've not been in your position (yet!) but I'd just like to back up the encouragment. I'm not super fit. (I'm not actually even very fit). Most of the time I'm on my bike, the only lyra I'm wearing is that in my underwear elastic.
Let your cycling suit you and how you feel. If you are a competitive, driven sort, go for mileages and times and keeping records and so on. If sociable, find mates to go out on a pootle with. If solitary, just get out on your own and see where your ride takes you. If you enjoy it, you'll keep at it. Regular commuting is definitely a good way to get and keep an underlying fitness, and stop you sliding back if you feel lazy...
And welcome!
Let your cycling suit you and how you feel. If you are a competitive, driven sort, go for mileages and times and keeping records and so on. If sociable, find mates to go out on a pootle with. If solitary, just get out on your own and see where your ride takes you. If you enjoy it, you'll keep at it. Regular commuting is definitely a good way to get and keep an underlying fitness, and stop you sliding back if you feel lazy...
And welcome!
Wreck, Welcome!!
I've been lucky and been reasonably fit most of my life (I'm a youngster at 34!) It is an excellent way to keep fit and it can be a practical way of getting around as well. It will only cost as much as your interest in cycling dictates, and anyway it is much cheaper and more fun than going to the gym!!
Good luck and let us know how you get on!
I've been lucky and been reasonably fit most of my life (I'm a youngster at 34!) It is an excellent way to keep fit and it can be a practical way of getting around as well. It will only cost as much as your interest in cycling dictates, and anyway it is much cheaper and more fun than going to the gym!!
Good luck and let us know how you get on!
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
domtyler said:Hey, I think this is what I need too, where do you sign up?
Do I look for a 19 year old guy, or am I bait for a 76 year old bloke...
ChrisW
Senior Member
- Location
- Wimbledon toWest End
Wreck, welcome to the madhouse...
We all started as sane, normal individuals and have ended up lycra clad gear spinning, wierdos... Well i have anyway.
And only 44, a mere slip of a lad. I'm even older than Over the Hill and have both cholesterol and blood pressures problems.
Cycling certainly makes them better, but more importantly its the general feeling of well being, even commuting through London.
We all started as sane, normal individuals and have ended up lycra clad gear spinning, wierdos...
Well i have anyway.And only 44, a mere slip of a lad. I'm even older than Over the Hill and have both cholesterol and blood pressures problems.
Cycling certainly makes them better, but more importantly its the general feeling of well being, even commuting through London.
Cycling Naturalist
Guru
- Location
- Llangollen
Arch said:am I bait for a 76 year old bloke...
Hi, Arch, would you like to meet up?
- Location
- the post-brexit wasteland
Patrick Stevens said:Hi, Arch, would you like to meet up?
why aren't you in pakistan throwing stones with the rest of the lawyers patrick?
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Patrick Stevens said:Hi, Arch, would you like to meet up?
Don't be misled by the
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Commuting is the best way to get fit, loose weight, save money (ahem), get to/from work ON TIME........ then do the fun stuff at weekends.....
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Wreck said:
Don't think of it as treacle, think of it as high-glucose training gel...
Morrisette
New Member
- Location
- Newmarket, near Cambridge, UK
I'd give it a couple of months before you suddenly realise that you feel really good. It's not instant. But it's sooo worth it when you realise that actually, this is fun and no longer a chore, and yes, I will go the long way round today just because I feel like it!
I started cycle commuting straight after one Christmas so it was nice and cold, and I had a nasty hill on the way home (basically slightly uphill all the way and a nice steep bit at the end).
First day: Got in, threw up, had to lie down for 10 minutes. Legs shaking.
Second day: Got in, had to lie down for 10 minutes.
Third day: Got in, only a 5 minute lie down.
...and so on.
I was VERY unfit, did no exercise at all for 18 months before this. I was also on a nice heavy steel beater and didn't eat enough carbs. I was also 22 years old and skinny! so really shouldn't have been in that much of a state!!
I started cycle commuting straight after one Christmas so it was nice and cold, and I had a nasty hill on the way home (basically slightly uphill all the way and a nice steep bit at the end).
First day: Got in, threw up, had to lie down for 10 minutes. Legs shaking.
Second day: Got in, had to lie down for 10 minutes.
Third day: Got in, only a 5 minute lie down.
...and so on.
I was VERY unfit, did no exercise at all for 18 months before this. I was also on a nice heavy steel beater and didn't eat enough carbs. I was also 22 years old and skinny!
so really shouldn't have been in that much of a state!!
