This post is much like your post about needing to eat so you don't bonk while riding but that you don't like to eat before you ride.......
FWIW, I cracked 3 vertebrae while sledding with my kids in 2008. Back pain entered my life afterward and like you, I didn't "like" to exercise. I rode my bike and walked and tried all manner of "bike fitting" to alleviate the back pain that has become associated with riding. After years of dealing with intermittent "spasms" and seemingly random events that triggered excruciating back pain, I read about strengthening my core and decided to direct some focus in that direction. My take away is that the core strengthening worked/works for me. Instances of back pain are pretty much a thing of the past and if I do get a twinge it is not long lasting. It has also improved my riding in that I don't have to rely on my hands as the sole means of support for my upper body. Pick 2 or three things that you can rotate so as to not get too bored and if something doesn't work for you, be open minded enough to try something else. If you need motivation just think of exercise as a "tax" to be paid on your relatively cushy lifestyle vs. the many billions of others on the planet who do not have the luxury of choosing "exercise" or not. If they don't exert themselves, they will not be around very long..... On Monday, November 16, 2020 at 12:56:12 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > I should be doing more of other sorts of exercise besides cycling anyway, > but what brings this to mind is that my lower back -- center, just above > hips -- has been moderately painful off and on for the last 7-10 days; I > think that the cause or occasion was insufficient muscle tone while > spending too much time all at once bent over working on the Monocog and > other things; this exacerbated by bending over too forcefully a couple of > times afterward to reach things on the ground (dog shit, if you must know). > It's not more than mild, and for a long time I've been stiff down there > after sitting (I do try to sit straight) or bending, and it has been worse > in the past; generally my back is fine, thank God; but I'd like to nip it > in the bud. > > Besides cycling, I do pushups, but that aside, I despise "exercise." I've > heard, read, and felt when I do it that simple walking is a good all-over > exercise and that, in particular, it strengthens your core -- of course, it > will do this only moderately but moderately is all I want. > > Can anyone comment on walking for general health and, in particular, to > keep your core in basic tone? I have noticed that, when I walk more, my > trunk and legs feel less "tight." > > Once again, I am not likely to do stretching or any methodical program of > exercise, so advice in regimens is likely wasted effort. (That's why God > invented bikes, fer heaven's sake!! To make "exercise" -- and "saving the > planet" -- fun.) > > If anyone has general useful information on lower back pain, I'll be > grateful to hear it. > > Next question: Can anyone recommend an inexpensive large backpack for > grocery runs? It should hold, and hold with reasonable comfort to the > wearer, at least a full paper grocery sack's worth of groceries, including > the weight of cans and bottles. Longest distance loaded will be 1 mile -- I > have 1 grocery store 1/4 mile away, another 7/10 mile away, even though I > live in a bosque enclave. > > I just walked to and from the further one -- Sprout's -- and carried home > 36 lb of groceries, 29 lb in a very large Timbuktu courier bag; not the > best method. Carrying 36 lb of groceries on a bike is a lot easier! But the > wheels of my grocery bike are waiting at the bike shop for the rim tape > needed to make the Naches Pass tires tubeless. > > Patrick "18.53 minutes per mile outbound empty, 23.04 minutes per mile > return under load" Moore > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/20b79cb5-3ec0-4743-9de9-a26f22083d07n%40googlegroups.com.
