Does biking cause aggression?
05-02-07 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by labrat_62
I think it is a combination of things, the acute testosterone increase, adrenaline levels increase (especially when excited climbing, or dodging traffic) which makes you both more aware and alert to what is around you, but also more prone to react. Following these longers periods of excersize, there endorphines are released by the brain, giving a feeling of relaxation, with the purpose of dulling post workout pain.
To test this, smoke a bowl, then go ride, do you still get all agressive?
To test this, smoke a bowl, then go ride, do you still get all agressive?
I know pot is good for me. It helps me turn creative and busy energy into positive plotting/planning/future-investing thinking. It helps me relax. I'm a lot more fun to my wife. And I can vaporize and avoid the evils of smoke in the lungs, but one of the points of acute, intense exercise is to boost testosterone levels. This helps mediate muscle hypertrophy. Growth hormone is also increased. I also mostly exercise between work and work so it's a definite no-go.
I'm almost certain that if I got high and tried to ride, I wouldn't be able to reach the intensity that I do when I'm "sober". I wouldn't really want to. I also can barely ride without crashing sober. I'd hate to add something like that to my already sorry riding skills.
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05-02-07 | 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by recursive
Riding chills me out.
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05-02-07 | 06:53 PM
#54
Originally Posted by recursive
Riding chills me out.
I'll admit that I get pissed off and aggrevated from time to time due to certain things, but I know it's probably unintentional, so I turn any aggression to the pedals instead.
05-02-07 | 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by MIN
I get aggro when I ride. If a car cuts me off, I sprint after them just to yell at them. When I'm not riding, I get irritable. I can't say I felt this way before the season started. No, I'm not doping.
Is there a physiological explanation for this? More testosterone? Adrenaline?
Is there a physiological explanation for this? More testosterone? Adrenaline?
WHAT KIND OF DUMB POST IS THIS! ARE YOU AN IDIOT!!!!
*does that answer your question?*
Acually I find cycling relaxes me. Gives me a chance to vent off some steam.
05-02-07 | 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by wfrogge
WHAT KIND OF DUMB POST IS THIS! ARE YOU AN IDIOT!!!!
*does that answer your question?*
Acually I find cycling relaxes me. Gives me a chance to vent off some steam.
*does that answer your question?*
Acually I find cycling relaxes me. Gives me a chance to vent off some steam.
05-02-07 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ratebeer
Interesting take. I'm not sure what the hypothesis is here though.
I know pot is good for me. It helps me turn creative and busy energy into positive plotting/planning/future-investing thinking. It helps me relax. I'm a lot more fun to my wife. And I can vaporize and avoid the evils of smoke in the lungs, but one of the points of acute, intense exercise is to boost testosterone levels. This helps mediate muscle hypertrophy. Growth hormone is also increased. I also mostly exercise between work and work so it's a definite no-go.
I'm almost certain that if I got high and tried to ride, I wouldn't be able to reach the intensity that I do when I'm "sober". I wouldn't really want to. I also can barely ride without crashing sober. I'd hate to add something like that to my already sorry riding skills.
I know pot is good for me. It helps me turn creative and busy energy into positive plotting/planning/future-investing thinking. It helps me relax. I'm a lot more fun to my wife. And I can vaporize and avoid the evils of smoke in the lungs, but one of the points of acute, intense exercise is to boost testosterone levels. This helps mediate muscle hypertrophy. Growth hormone is also increased. I also mostly exercise between work and work so it's a definite no-go.
I'm almost certain that if I got high and tried to ride, I wouldn't be able to reach the intensity that I do when I'm "sober". I wouldn't really want to. I also can barely ride without crashing sober. I'd hate to add something like that to my already sorry riding skills.
my point exactly, the post ride high is there because of the chemical release in the brain, but you don't get that during the ride, so that you can be alert and hyper-responsive. By getting stoned and going for a ride, you bypass the adrenaline /testosterone spike, and imitate the post ride euphoria. hence the more relaxed, but slower ride. but not the aggressive, eff the car going by mentality. personally, i like getting mad at the car, i go faster trying to catch up
05-02-07 | 08:49 PM
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No. it totally chills this hippie dudes. later.
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05-02-07 | 09:03 PM
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Riding also usually chills me out, but I hate agressive cagers.
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05-03-07 | 06:15 AM
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What's a cager? Is this the cadger (a bum) of years past? A codger (old crazy person)?
In the old days, cagers were basketball players.
In the old days, cagers were basketball players.
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05-03-07 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by ratebeer
What's a cager? Is this the cadger (a bum) of years past? A codger (old crazy person)?
In the old days, cagers were basketball players.
In the old days, cagers were basketball players.
05-03-07 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by recursive
Riding chills me out.
05-03-07 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by PDay
I think a cager is anyone driving a car. Its a stupid name given by those who love the environment for those of us who actually need cars to get around. I hate the term myself.
Oh yeah, and sorry for loving the environment, enjoy your cage.
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05-03-07 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by kemmer
The word is not some enviro-hippy term, it is used extensively by motorcycle riders too. It's a pretty apt description of what a automobile driver is: trapped in a cage.
Oh yeah, and sorry for loving the environment, enjoy your cage.
Oh yeah, and sorry for loving the environment, enjoy your cage.
