Cyclists at risk for bone loss

Really?

it evolved around hippies fisting antics.

Which of us riding daily in London's famous London doesn't get impact on their joints??

That said, I'm always way more tired after walking five miles than I am riding five miles.

you burn more calories walking 5 miles than cycling 5 miles.

I heart my bike.

Ride a harder five miles.

Isn't the action of pushing down the pedal on a bike with a decent sized gear the same as doing weight training when you push yourself up after squatting with weights on your shoulders?
Go get some shoulder weights.

this is rubbish.

they thought all this heavy weight loading would prevent bone loss in space (microgravity = no loading = bone loss) so made a load of the astronauts do resistance weights and all that jazz, but recent research suggests that the majority of 'bone strengthening' signals come from low impact, high frequency loading, as youd get every day in a gravity environment. theres a guy called rubin at NYU whos been testing all this by putting birds on those vibrating plates you see at the gym. obviously microfractures and all that from weightlifting, high impact sports helps add bone density, but you dont lose bone by not doing the high impact stuff.

this is rubbish.

they thought all this heavy weight loading would prevent bone loss in space (microgravity = no loading = bone loss) so made a load of the astronauts do resistance weights and all that jazz, but recent research suggests that the majority of 'bone strengthening' signals come from low impact, high frequency loading, as youd get every day in a gravity environment. theres a guy called rubin at NYU whos been testing all this by putting birds on those vibrating plates you see at the gym. obviously microfractures and all that from weightlifting, high impact sports helps add bone density, but you dont lose bone by not doing the high impact stuff.

Now, I know I wouldn't get bone loss from watching birds on vibrating plates.

true, it'd be a good lab to work in

(the whole mineral loss thing makes sense though)

Being a student of Biomedical Science I must agree that without stimulus bone mass does decrease.

You don't need to be a student of Biomedical Science to know this. I sell frickin' wine and I've known since rope climbing class in junior school

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Which of us riding daily in London's famous London doesn't get impact on their joints??

Helps you develop an iron gooch but not much else i think.