Unconventional exercise

I have cycles at -14 without a problem.
there is no winter in London

Your nose doesnt function so well as a bacteria filter in cold weather. .

Hmm are yo sure? Mine defiantly runs more, surely resulting in trapping more particulate to which bacteria would be attached and potential filtering more bacteria.

Also is just inhaling bacteria enough to causes a lung infection? By this I mean we must all inhale lots of bacteria but we rarely get an infection. Does there have to be an underlying weakness in the lungs or injury? Smokers tend to have more chest infections but I thought that is due to the weakened cilia being less able to clean the lungs? That being the weakness on top of the inhalation of bacteria.

Genuine question, I'm no biology expert.

I've also heard of a minimum temperature, where exercise, causes the body more harm then good.

I know it's a magazine article (so not exactly the best reference) but that appears to be false.

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267-269-7442-0,00.html

What's your commute distance SF?

a couple of Km's.

I spend more time getting my winter gear on, then cycling.

The road around the lake, that supplies our drinking water, is'nt salted. So has a compact snow layer on it all winter. This is really nice to cycle on with studded tyres, although the frozen lake functions as a massive heat sink. It is often 5 - 10 degrees colder around the lake.

Burpees X10
Jump Lunges X20
press ups X10
crunches X10

do 3 sets of that. once a day 6 days a week.

second week add more on.

Hmm are yo sure? Mine defiantly runs more, surely resulting in trapping more particulate to which bacteria would be attached and potential filtering more bacteria.

Also is just inhaling bacteria enough to causes a lung infection? By this I mean we must all inhale lots of bacteria but we rarely get an infection. Does there have to be an underlying weakness in the lungs or injury? Smokers tend to have more chest infections but I thought that is due to the weakened cilia being less able to clean the lungs? That being the weakness on top of the inhalation of bacteria.

Genuine question, I'm no biology expert.

No, not sure at all. Reduced function of the nose is part of the reason people get more colds in the winter at least (I read lots, but remeber poorly).

Somewhat connected....
I have recently discovered that my one year old has astma. I asked the doctor if we should keep him indoors during colder days (say minus 5 - 15). The doctor did'nt see any reason to unless he was already ill. So the extreme cold is possibly less harmful to our lungs then we imagine.

I know it's a magazine article but this appears to be false.
http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267-269-7442-0,00.html

I did'nt like the quote myself. There are simply too many variables. But I am frequently told that this is true (by very unqualified people though). I do get the cough mentioned in the article, and have dismised it as a side effect of the cold dry air, and not a sign of illness (It only lasts less than an hour).

No, not sure at all. Reduced function of the nose is part of the reason people get more colds in the winter at least (I read lots, but remeber poorly).

I read an newspaper article last year about a paper that suggested that the increase prevalence of viruses in the winter was more due to people spending more time inside together mixing with more people in warm damp environments where the virus could transfer between hosts easier resulting in increased risks.. Again this was however a newspaper article about a scientific paper and newspapers don't always interpret scientific papers correctly.

Somewhat connected....
I have recently discovered that my one year old has astma. I asked the doctor if we should keep him indoors during colder days (say minus 5 - 15). The doctor did'nt see any reason to unless he was already ill. So the extreme cold is possibly less harmful to our lungs then we imagine.

Quite possibly. Mammals exist in very cold environments. What repertory physiological adaptations they have to cope with the cold I don't know, perhaps an elongated nasal passage?

I did'nt like the quote myself. There are simply too many variables. But I am frequently told that this is true (by very unqualified people though). I do get the cough mentioned in the article, and have dismised it as a side effect of the cold dry air, and not a sign of illness (It only lasts less than an hour).

I always hypothesised that that the cold weather cough is more an initial spasm to muscles due to the cold air which passes after a while as your blood flow adjusts.

**Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter **
The answer, they say, has to do with the virus itself. It is more stable and stays in the air longer when air is cold and dry, the exact conditions for much of the flu season.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/health/research/05flu.html

Mind you, if you eat the biscuit...

That's a good mix of carbs and protein. The perfect recovery meal surely?

What are your tips for vigorous exercise in the home?

You haz iphone? I like this for days when I want a quick blast of exercise. I tend to save good workouts to come back to again. Even if you're not going to use the workout that day, it is worth looking as you can put them onfile for another day. No fancy stuff required.

http://workout-of-the-day.com/

Oh, and skipping. Quite a lot harder than it sounds, you do need a bit of space to do it in though.

**Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter **
The answer, they say, has to do with the virus itself. It is more stable and stays in the air longer when air is cold and dry, the exact conditions for much of the flu season.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/health/research/05flu.html

Interesting. The only thing I would say is that in the UK we don't have dry cold weather, even when it is cold, it's is usually still humid. So even though the mechanisms would hold true the study would hold less relevance in the UK as the increased stability of the virus would be less marked in our damper climate.

This still dose not solve the bacterial infection case proposed by DFP.

I read an newspaper article last year about a paper that suggested that the increase prevalence of viruses in the winter was more due to people spending more time inside together mixing with more people in warm damp environments where the virus could transfer between hosts easier resulting in increased risks.. Again this was however a newspaper article about a scientific paper and newspapers don't always interpret scientific papers correctly.

Ha!
This my usual reply to the neigh sayers."'well stay in your, warm, moist, bacteria incubators and swap germs. I'm off out for a jog/cycle"

I always hypothesised that that the cold weather cough is more an initial spasm to muscles due to the cold air which passes after a while as your blood flow adjusts.

It is a specific cough that comes on after extreme cold weather exercise.

I don't know about you but it feel pretty fucking dry right now.

I don't know about you but it feel pretty fucking dry right now.

Not sure what the humidity is right now but even if it is dry the existence of a low humidity day dose not mean that the UK has cold dry climate. It has a maritime climate, i.e mild and wet.

edit: humidity is 78% today, not dry. http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/8

Ha!
This my usual reply to the neigh sayers."'well stay in your, warm, moist, bacteria incubators and swap germs. I'm off out for a jog/cycle"

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Ha!

It is a specific cough that comes on after extreme cold weather exercise.

interesting.

Can I just say that this thread contains some nice split post quoting.

Keep up the good work.

It is a specific cough that comes on after extreme cold weather exercise.

Sometimes called "sprinter's lung" and caused by the sudden and deep intake of bitterly cold air into one's lungs.

Something you suffer from, Clive?

Sexy time ftw

no-one has topped this, yet.

@ cliveo

Is that what it is? taking in too much cold air at once, it feel like a chest version of a brain freeze?

Sexy time ftw

You want it, he/she runs away, you give chase. Could be on to a winner here.

If you like donkeys, that is.

Tiswas. I am in awe.

Sometimes called "sprinter's lung" and caused by the sudden and deep intake of bitterly cold air into one's lungs.

I thought it was this...

The reason, of course, is that the human body is adapted, after surviving five major ice ages, to heat air quickly as it passes through the nose and mouth. In fact, the one legitimate lung condition that troubles runners in cold air doesn't come from the cold. In his 10 years of working with Nordic skiers at the U.S. Olympic Committee training facility in Lake Placid, New York, exercise physiologist Ken Rundell, Ph.D., found that as many as 50 percent would develop "skier's hack"--a transient cough--during or after training.
In subsequent research at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Rundell proved that the dryness of cold air causes the "airway narrowing," a term he prefers to the more common "exercise-induced asthma." To diminish this problem, Rundell suggests using a scarf that will trap your natural water vapor when you exhale, and then allow you to "recycle" it when you inhale
A buff helps, but makes your mouth + jaw damp. Which then gets cold.

Sexy time ftw

If I had to wait to exercise till the missus was in the mood I'd be as big as a house.