+1 for Deacon Patrick's comments. My own (not exhaustive) research has supported this conclusion.
On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 2:19:13 PM UTC-4, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > I haven't looked at this study in particular but something I've noticed is > common with many exercise studies is they test sedentary subjects over a > fairly short time period. Interval training emerges at the top every time > and seems attractive because it is short/intense. But the few studies that > I've seen that examine aerobic exercise (aka, what everyone did before > mechanical engines) show it is foundational to good health. Combined with > interval training, it most closely matches how humans have lived for > hundreds of thousands of years. What isn't good for us is chronic cardio > (racing everywhere). > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 7:38:57 AM UTC-6, islaysteve wrote: >> >> This is very interesting to me as I fall into the age category studied, >> and my exercise level of right now could be classified as "sedentary." For >> those of you who have not read the article, one conclusion is that the >> "interval" training described seemed to be the most beneficial for our age >> group. Since I have a bike set up on the trainer in the basement, I can >> implement that plan immediately. That type of training could of course >> also be done during an actual bike ride, even if it does go against "just >> ride" ; ). Something to think about. >> Cheers, Steve >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 10:08:18 AM UTC-4, Addison wrote: >>> >>> Given the interest in cycling and aging amongst this group I thought >>> this story/study might be of interest: >>> >>> >>> https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/well/move/the-best-exercise-for-aging-muscles.html?mc=aud_dev&mcid=keywee&mccr=dommob&kwp_0=367955&kwp_4=1372898&kwp_1=605799&referer=http://m.facebook.com >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Addison Wilhite, M.A. >>> >>> Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology >>> <http://www.washoeschools.net/aact> >>> >>> *“Blazing the Trail to College and Career Success”* >>> >>> Educator: Professional Portfolio <http://renorambler.wix.com/portfolio> >>> >>> Blogger: Reno Rambler <http://reno-rambler.blogspot.com/> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
