Road Cycling

[grahamw48]

Thanks Les....will try that....hate running though, so pushbike it will be.

I've broken so many bones in the past, including neck, that it must be payback time.

Breakages to date:
Elbow...twice.
Wrist once.
Fingers x 4.
Shoulder.
Neck.
Nose.

The biggest accidents I actually came out unscathed....getting knocked off my bike at 16 by someone doing 40mph (concussion and cuts and bruises), walking of a cliff at 14 and falling 40ft onto rock ( just winded), and somersaulting an open-topped car about 5 times at 70mph (uninjured).

[les_taxi]

[grahamw48]

That's clever.

- Just off to walk around the kitchen to make lunch now.

[johncar54]

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[Dedworth]

Glucosamine Sulphate does work without a doubt
I used to get stiff fingers and joints plus have arthritis in right knee (due to years of Sunday league) but I found taking Glucosamine Sulphate really works
Funny I have just taken up walking/slow jogging to get fit and loose weight and starting to feel benefits after 2 weeks already.
Bloody hard to get back into it but I'm using an app on the phone called Runkeeper and it is great for tracking how far you been/average speed/calories burnt etc.

Theres one I've got on my Blackberry called Sporty Pal which ties in with google maps - its free and also available for droids. I do my cycling on a mountain bike (20 year old Raleigh one of the last to be built in Nottingham) - not as much as I should - did the pub and back last night

[Peanutz]

@Les
I used Runkeeper before but it was on my husband account- I think I will create one for me now. Runkeeper is really good it tells you everything you need to know with your activities

[Peanutz]

Living in the cycling city of York....the kids had to be suitably equipped.
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Beautiful happy kids

[grahamw48]

The little one (my boy) is now a very fit 17 year-old.

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My stepkids have grown up happy and healthy too.....both at Uni' now.

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[les_taxi]

@Les
I used Runkeeper before but it was on my husband account- I think I will create one for me now. Runkeeper is really good it tells you everything you need to know with your activities

Yes it's fantastic and now has a voice and calls out how you are doing as you run/walk/cycle etc.
Best motivator I have and when I have finished it posts my results to facebook so people encourage me when they read them

[grahamw48]

Will it call an ambulance when I have a heart attack ?

[les_taxi]

Will it call an ambulance when I have a heart attack ?

[Doc Alan]

The benefits of exercise are well enough known to every member . At least half an hour a day is commonly recommended. It's now thought that this is better for most people than extreme activities such as full marathons. It's impossible, however, to suggest a regime which suits every member in our two countries with such different climates. We have a wide range of ages and general health ! Some may find gym membership or going to a swimming pool suits them, others prefer to work out at home. Motivation and enjoyment are so important.
I take at least an hour of exercise daily, cycling twice a week, swimming four times a week, and walking every day.

Vitamins are only needed where the diet is inadequate - their use as general "pick-me-ups" is of unproven value. The fad for mega-vitamin treatment is unscientific, expensive, and can be harmful. Just eat a balanced diet, and don't exercise too soon after eating.
How glucosamine acts is not understood - there is limited evidence it is effective ( and then only for symptomatic relief of mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee). In fact the Scottish Medicines Consortium does not recommend it for use in NHS Scotland. Side effects include nausea, abdominal pain, indigestion, diarrhoea, constipation, headache, fatigue, raised blood cholesterol and more . A placebo might be safer !

[johncar54]

Doc Alan, Maybe I could register as a miracle.

Prior or taking glucosamine I was getting pins in my ankles and knee joints (after 30 plus years of running, having started when I was 33) I was also very aware that when I was walking in bare feet that the bones of my feet were 'cracking.'

I started taking 750mg of glucosamine a day and within a short time (maybe a few months) was aware that I no longer had pains in the knees or ankles and that my feet were no longer make cracking noises.

I don't know if taking the glucosamine has improved the ankylosing sponiditus, or whether I just am lucky with that.

I have not been aware of any side effects from using the glucosamine.

Incidentally, it is recommended by many well known athletes, and as they do not recommend a particular brand I would assume they do not get any financial incentives thus probably believe what they say..

[Peanutz]

@Graham

Your kids looks happy and beautiful! Your son eeheeemm! Verrryyy good looking!

[Peanutz]

Guys,

I was thinking just to make this thread happy and active- would you like to post your daily/weekly/monthly sporty activity up and share with to us? and we can discuss/debate and brag about it

It doesn't matter what kind of sport activity you do walking,run,swim whatever it is it would be great to share it with everyone.
I just created my account in RunKeeper- I will be posting my cycling activity soooon!
We are getting ready for a ride on Sandbanks-Studland-Wareham-Hamworthy-Poole- approx 25-30 mi

Watch this space!

[KeithD]

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[Peanutz]

Anyone looking for free photo storage, and I STRONGLY recommend you use it as a backup, use SNAPFISH

I just created an account on the fishy snappy thingy

[worthingmale]

I do a lot of mountain biking now, about 4 times a week for about 30 miles.

Love it, getting into the country side, not thinking or worrying.

Problem is the weather has been so bad I might have to look into road biking or a spinning class

[grahamw48]

I just created an account on the fishy snappy thingy

I thought it was a phishing site...

[les_taxi]

Guys,

I was thinking just to make this thread happy and active- would you like to post your daily/weekly/monthly sporty activity up and share with to us? and we can discuss/debate and brag about it

It doesn't matter what kind of sport activity you do walking,run,swim whatever it is it would be great to share it with everyone.
I just created my account in RunKeeper- I will be posting my cycling activity soooon!
We are getting ready for a ride on Sandbanks-Studland-Wareham-Hamworthy-Poole- approx 25-30 mi

Watch this space!

Maybe start a new post Graham with a new title something like' Members fitness report'

[grahamw48]

Oh eck.

[Peanutz]

I wonder if this link will going to work- Just to share you the route we did today

http://runkeeper.com/user/BeezPeanutz/activity/39992067

[Peanutz]

Maybe start a new post Graham with a new title something like' Members fitness report'

Yeah! that's a good idea Les! I think it will help to encourage everyone to do outdoor excercise and share the pain

[les_taxi]

I wonder if this link will going to work- Just to share you the route we did today

http://runkeeper.com/user/BeezPeanutz/activity/39992067

Yes the link works-Well done that's a good distance and lot's of calories burnt off too

[Peanutz]

I do a lot of mountain biking now, about 4 times a week for about 30 miles.

Love it, getting into the country side, not thinking or worrying.

Problem is the weather has been so bad I might have to look into road biking or a spinning class

I would suggest road biking
You can get rain jackets and over shoes now that will keep you dry and warm in rainy/cold weather

[Peanutz]

Will it call an ambulance when I have a heart attack ?

Actually it's a good idea- you may suggest to invent some sort of wire connected on your chest and on the device. Brilliant- actually that can be invented and sell to elderly people or NHS- elderly can be connected into a phone to monitor their heartbeat and alarm can be sent directly to GP's if someone is having a heart attack.

[grahamw48]

Maybe if I just wire the dynamo set into my Coronary Artery ?

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[Peanutz]

Yeah it may work


Where do you get those funny animated smilies? I like them!

[grahamw48]

Click on it, right click 'save as' and it's yours.

[KeithD]

I can cycle downhill no problem