All this talk about speed, I once did 53.7 kph on flat road trying to keep up with another cyclist, I think he might have been pro, the only reason I dident go faster was because I ran out of gears
Congrats Tim!i stopped smoking (4months clean)
thx mate it was kinda hard.. had to use nicotin patches or i wouldnt had made it i think.Congrats Tim!
Looks interesting, I'll check it out. The only (non-pretend) form of transport I actually own currently is a Hewitt touring bicycle, which I use for commuting everyday, getting around town, general exercise and cycling trips - both day trips with friends and occasional long cycling holidays in the UK and Europe.
The reason is in the sentence above. Nicotine patches just endure your nicotine addiction and make it even harder.thx mate it was kinda hard.. had to use nicotin patches
it worked for me tho, but i'm sure must have people that it don't work as good as it did for me.The reason is in the sentence above. Nicotine patches just endure your nicotine addiction and make it even harder.
Cold turkey all the way
Yep. True. And they cost simply to much. I've saved that money and used it for cleaning my carpets......Man, they stunk.....now that I can smell again the right way. Stop smoking dudes, It's worth it.
After recently having my 40 year old health check and being told my cholesterol is 6.8 I'm thinking I ought to do something. I'm not overweight (due to a good metabolism) but I feel I need to incorporate some exercise into my life. I've started walking 2 miles 3 or 4 times a week but guess this isn't doing too much to help.
I haven't cycled seriously in my life. I jumped on a bike about 4 years ago whilst on holiday (lake district, hilly!) and didn't enjoy it, partly because of the terrain but mainly because of the seat! My backside was in agony and made the whole experience something I didn't want to repeat! And its this that's putting me off getting on a bike.
So I'm entertaining thoughts of getting an exercise bike. My stamina during exercise is terrible and I think that although an exercise bike feels like a cop out it may be a good way of building my stamina before taking to the roads?
Well this thread raised both my eyebrows.
I'm back cycling about 3 years now after 15 years away.
I done a small bit of road and MTB racing back then, I'm 45 now so it was time to get fit again after little to no exercise since I almost lost my leg in an accident 11 years ago and to this day I still have the metal to repair the leg in the leg so pain is an issue, I also lost my big toe as gangarine set in.
The net result is no football or even running for me ever again
Cycling was the only real means I had left.
I'm now fitter than I have been in 11 years, I cycle anywhere between 100km per week in the winter to 300+ km per week in the summer.
Only yesterday I done a solo spin into the high hills 30k from my home place, climbed about 600 meters and a round trip of 84 k @ an average of 26.3 kph.
The day before that I done a solo 30k spin @ 30kph which is close to my max ability.
I really like these short 30k spins at maximum effort, great too when you don't have much time.
Cycling for me has been a fantastic way to get fit again, every summer I participate in 5-6 sportive events of anything from 100k to 150k plus do weekend spins with my local club if I can manufacture time.
While far from a top rider where I'm at now was something I could only dream of when I set out on this wee journey 3 years ago.
My advice is get out there and pedal, age is never a barrier for cycling,,
Keep Her Lit !!!
Doing cycling with a high fat, low carb diet is something I would never try if you want to loose weight. You could of course still avoid gluten on a high carb diet. Even the organic dairy products are not really healthy at least based on experience. Since I started slowly cutting out meat from my diet I am feeling quite a lot better. My girlfriend also tried a low fat diet for some time which resulted in her having basically no energy to do anything else beside work.Hey Bram, You should check out a really great book called "grain brain" by Perlmutter. It's about how you can best replace carbs with saturated fats, and how it will make you mentally sharper and healthier. There's also a lot of info about diabetes, How it is caused and what you can do about it. The book explains that having diabetes has also a negative impact on the brain in the longterm, not only on the body. One of the best ways of dealing with it is to change your diet drastically into a high fat low carb diet.
It has been scientifically proven an E-cig does more damage to your body than an ordinary cig. Just quit and go cold turkey style. Character is needed but with the right support you can build on that. 50% less chance on cancer if you quit young.I moved to an e-Cig about 2 years ago, don't feel the need to smoke tobacco at all anymore, BUT think I'm more addicted to nicotine now than I was when I was smoking, am probably a heavier "vaper" now than I was a smoker
I have managed to reduce the strength of the nicotine liquid I'm using quite a bit, but still use my e-Cig too often and I want to quit, as am waking up each day with a withdrawal headache. Think cold turkey is probably the one way from here, though last time I tried it I hardly slept for two nights, had a constant headache and then foolishly cracked...
Any tips for getting through the first 3 days of nicotine cold turkey?