Tag: exercise

Sweating it out

Exercise reduces your risk of cancer, via the nytimes:

Parsing the men’s activity levels, the researchers determined that, after controlling for cigarette smoking, fiber and fat intake, age, and other variables, the most physically active men were the least likely to develop cancer, particularly of the gastrointestinal tract or the lung. Even more striking, the intensity of the exercise was key. The more arduous it was, the more protective it proved. Jogging was the most strenuous activity studied, fishing among the least. The men who jogged or otherwise exercised fairly intensely for at least 30 minutes a day had “a 50 percent reduction in the risk of dying prematurely from cancer,” says Sudhir Kurl, medical director of the School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Kuopio in Finland and one of the study’s authors.

I’ve been riding my bicycle for 30 to 60 minutes for 6 of the past 7 days

Bike Ride x 2 laps

I made it two laps around the park today.  It was maybe 60 degrees out. By the time I was done w/ the ride it was in the low 50’s. Everyone was wearing their fall kit, with tights and long sleeve jerseys.

I decided to wear my tank-top summer jersey.  Which I unzipped halfway into the first lap.  I went slow, and managed to avoid the pins and needles of the last ride.  I got some pins and needles going up the hill for the first time, but by that point, the sun had tucked behind the trees, and I was getting some cooler air.

I even made it a second lap.  I’ll try for three tomorrow.

The key is wearing almost nothing, riding near dusk, stripping off layers as i go, and going slow.  I can do this.