Originally Posted by
Tom Stormcrowe
Note the part about Osteopoenia. This is a degenerative disease mechanism verging on Osteoporosis. Weaker bone structure overall means a greater risk of fracture, and the cross training and supplementation offsets this easily.
Would be interesting to see the same numbers for a person who never cycles, and only walks 20m per day from house to car, from parking spot to office, sits at a desk all day, then reverses the trip home, stopping at the drive through on the way, before sitting in front of the idiot box until bed time, how are they after doing this for 20 years?
Also interesting would be to see a person who, has done the above for 15 years, then in their mid 40's decides to start exercising again, and only uses low impact (swimming and cycling), exercises. How does that compare if they add a lot of walking and some running?
Last point, people are not designed for running on pavement, so if a person only is barefoot, running in the countryside, open grassland and forest duff, what numbers would they present?