'On yer bike' says Boris...

fobose said:
I used to wish I weighed more when I was younger but I've learned over the years that I don't need to be huge to get things done. My job is mostly office based but from time to time I have to do some manual stuff if my staff are ill so for me its more about technique now. I do fly up stairs still, perk of being so light I guess :D

Maybe I will notice the weight increase when I hit 40!
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I think a lot of my weight increase is that i hardly ever go out these days where up to the age of around 44 i used to be out somewhere almost everyday of the week
 
Just a shame it's taken Covid to make the governement realise that personal health doesn't just impact the individual. It can have a massive impact on wider society.
 
Jokester said:
Just a shame it's taken Covid to make the governement realise that personal health doesn't just impact the individual. It can have a massive impact on wider society.
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There's still people on here who argue obesity doesn't have any ill effects. Remember one guy saying he's in his 40s (I think) and hasn't been unwell in ages so it's obviously rubbish.
 
chaparral said:
The scales are set to lbs

Me 10 years ago at ago of 40 :) (10 stone)
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Me now at age of 50 (13 stone) :(:o
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My waistline has definitely expanded lately due to lack of work, sites are supposed to reopen in August so hopefully it'll start to shrink again, I don't know how people manage to stay slim when they retire they must do rigorous exercise every day, either that or they don't have enough to buy food :o
 
Dis86 said:
There's still people on here who argue obesity doesn't have any ill effects. Remember one guy saying he's in his 40s (I think) and hasn't been unwell in ages so it's obviously rubbish.
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ItS jUsT gEnEtIcS bRo, I kNoW sOmEoNe WhO sMoKed AnD dRaNk SiNcE 13 aNd He lIvEd To 80!
 
Dis86 said:
There's still people on here who argue obesity doesn't have any ill effects. Remember one guy saying he's in his 40s (I think) and hasn't been unwell in ages so it's obviously rubbish.
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I wasn't aware we had any fat acceptance types on the forum, I'm sure they'll reconsider when they're laid up in a hospital waiting for heart surgery.

I'm all for promoting a healthy lifestyle, the bike voucher is a good start. I expect most people are within cycle distance of their work, even if they only did it a couple of times a week it'd have a good impact.
 
One thing i have noticed big time is that the more unfit or over weight you let yourself get the harder it is to get fit or lose weight as you get out of breath and tired to quick :(
 
I can see the logic in promoting cycling (it's already promoted all time anyway). Physical health benefit (in terms of general health and COVID risks), mental health which I think is a bit of a time-bomb what with lockdown. Gets some people out of cars meeting whatever clear air targets the government have. Helps congestion. Let's hope meaningful measures are actually delivered out of it.

I go on my exercise bike for half an hour and it's much, much easier than actually cycling. I'm more worn out after a 20 minute cycle to the station (those were the days) than half an hour on an exercise bike going faster but with a constant medium resistance!
 
Gray2233 said:
I wasn't aware we had any fat acceptance types on the forum, I'm sure they'll reconsider when they're laid up in a hospital waiting for heart surgery.

I'm all for promoting a healthy lifestyle, the bike voucher is a good start. I expect most people are within cycle distance of their work, even if they only did it a couple of times a week it'd have a good impact.
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Not sure they will care. Drinking and eating whatever you want for your whole life and then you will get whatever medical care you require for free. Where is the incentive to take even the most basic of care of yourself. Some people are scared into making a change at some point but I would wager that most still don't change their habits. They will have a health scare, be treated by the NHS, take the medication they need and get on with their lives as usual.

Without serious financial consequences, people won't take their health seriously.
 
chaparral said:
One thing i have noticed big time is that the more unfit or over weight you let yourself get the harder it is to get fit or lose weight as you get out of breath and tired to quick :(
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From personal experience of starting my quest to change from being a very unfit ~42.5 year old weighing ~95Kg in summer 2016, it's very easy to overdo things in your initial eagerness to improve and then end up "over-training," which will make at least your legs moan on every ride even if taking it easy... Which unless you are quite focused, can lead to you ditching the bike almost as quick as you started.

Even once you do get fit, things can happen in life such as injuries or ill health, resulting in significant regression. I've had my own personal rollercoaster in the last ~18 months, having cycling performance peaks obliterated through a lurgy March to June 2019 followed quickly by a knee tendon injury June to July, almost getting it all back by Feb 2020 and then a prolonged mild Covid-19 infection/after-effects from late March to at least June this year knocking me back again.

If you simply cycle for your own benefit and aren't part of a club and/or racing, it's down to you and your hunger to try and recover that lost fitness, regardless of how old you are.
 
fez said:
Not sure they will care. Drinking and eating whatever you want for your whole life and then you will get whatever medical care you require for free. Where is the incentive to take even the most basic of care of yourself. Some people are scared into making a change at some point but I would wager that most still don't change their habits. They will have a health scare, be treated by the NHS, take the medication they need and get on with their lives as usual.

Without serious financial consequences, people won't take their health seriously.
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Agreed. Which is why I'm not a fan of the reduction in VAT on takeaways.
 
Uther said:
The government estimates that two-thirds (63%) of UK adults are above a healthy weight, with 36% overweight and 28% obese.
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Mind you, it's worth remembering how they decide who's 'over weight'. I'm assuming they use BMI, which isn't particularly a good way to do it.

chaparral said:
One thing i have noticed big time is that the more unfit or over weight you let yourself get the harder it is to get fit or lose weight as you get out of breath and tired to quick :(
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Ha ha, I'm not sure I wouldn't say it was the opposite. Last year I was 21st 8lbs and could get my heart rate up over 160 quite easily and would burn loads of calories cycling because everything was so hard. Now I'm 15st and it's really quite hard for me to get my HR up that high as I'm quite fit now! Calories are harder to burn now :(
 
My desire to get out cycling certainly came back during lockdown but I was already getting my hour excercise walking the dog and my bike needed some TLC and the nearby shops were obviously closed.

I've ordered an e-bike which doesn't give you as much excercise, but it's still better than nothing.

As somebody else mentioned though we almost seem to be back to pre-lockdown levels of traffic and that isn't as appealing as the roads were back in April.

There's no way i'd get my wife cycling on the roads for instance. (Not that she is fat)
 
Freakbro said:
A good time to remind people then that the Govt £50 voucher to mend your bike is still coming, sounds like it'll be ready soon (TM)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fix-your-bike-voucher-scheme-register-as-a-bike-repairer
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I wish they'd hurry up. As per my thread in the bike forum (someone please tell me what tyres to buy!?) I have a decent bike half ready to go. Needs a clean, new inner tubes and tyres and I'd be off. If they leave it too long we'll miss the nice weather and most people won't bother.

Edit: The only problem is London drivers. My girlfriend has flat out refused to cycle around here and I don't blame her.
 
@VincentHanna most bike TLC jobs are actually not that difficult. There are so many video's online on how to do stuff these days. Buy the parts yourself from chainreactioncycles or wiggle or somewhere and sort your bike out yourself :D Once you've had a bit of practice it becomes easier each time. I have never ever taken my bike to a bike shop!
 
chaparral said:
How old are you ?
as think i stand no chance of getting my heart rate that high these days
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45 now.

Tbf, looking back now at the rides I was first doing, I couldn't cycle more than about 6 miles/30 minutes, so even averaging 150+ BPM burning big calories was quite hard. Mind you, the gains came quick when I was that out of shape... This morning I did 53 miles (123 BPM ave) and burnt 2,000 cals. I'm looking forward to this evenings kebab :)
 
fobose said:
@VincentHanna most bike TLC jobs are actually not that difficult. There are so many video's online on how to do stuff these days. Buy the parts yourself from chainreactioncycles or wiggle or somewhere and sort your bike out yourself :D Once you've had a bit of practice it becomes easier each time. I have never ever taken my bike to a bike shop!
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Looks like the government will be giving me £50 to sort it though :)
 
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