Originally Posted by PeteHski

I think the jury is still out on this. Phil Cavell touches on this subject in his excellent book “The Midlife Cyclist”. It’s a fairly recent (2021) book and very well researched, with input from medical professionals involved with cyclists. It even includes case studies of what can potentially go wrong if we over do it. This reminds me that I need to re-read his book as there was so much good info to digest.

But the bottom line is that staying on the sofa is far more damaging than anything we do on the bike!