> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/06/15 Sun PM 08:01:18 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT Motivation > > Bob W wrote: > > Good luck - you can do it! > > > > You may find jogging more efficient than cycling. If you work up to 20 > > minutes jogging every other day you will lose a lot of weight very > > quickly. > > Bob's right on this. Cycling's much easier on your body when you're > starting out. The trouble is, that one of cycling's main attractions, > its efficiency as transportation, works against you when you're trying > to lose weight, especially if you have limited time available (or aren't > yet in good enough shape to put in a lot of time every day yet). > > I have a lot of friends who are triathletes or duathletes and they have > always told me they regard one hour of running to be equivalent to 4 > hours of cycling. I didn't believe it until I started cycling myself > (I'm training for a 100-miler in the Blue Ridge near GFM in two weeks): > Cycling is a really efficient form of transportation, which makes it, by > definition, an inefficient way of burning calories. > > My advice would be to use cycling as a way to train up to some running. > Mont importantly, find some people to work out with on a regular basis. > Camaraderie and friendly competitiveness are a *big* help!
Plus, it's always useful to have someone on hand to call the paramedics. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
