[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Winter is for mountain biking! It's slow enough and in the woods that you can stay warm just fine, with the right gear. Will On Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 9:55:20 AM UTC-5 Patch T wrote: > Where I live I don't need to park it completely, but I do ride less. My > yoga practice (specifica

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Where I live I don't need to park it completely, but I do ride less. My yoga practice (specifically hot Vinyasa with Pilates and occasional cardio elements) cadence then increases in the winter. It has significantly strengthened my core, increased flexibility/balance/body awareness, improved my

Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Roberta, Leah has been working on me about Apple Fitness too. I think she should be getting commissions from Rivendell AND Apple fitness! I know strength training is the missing piece... maybe it's time we sign up all together... RiveSister fitness On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 11:25:39 A

Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

And, the difference is... Leah is super fit and I have a hard time getting up hills. On Friday, December 22, 2023 at 2:25:39 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > I do. I do bug her. We have Marco Polo so we video message every day, so > I’ve had plenty of chances. She is a long-sufferin

Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I do. I do bug her. We have Marco Polo so we video message every day, so I’ve had plenty of chances. She is a long-suffering woman, is Roberta. I have a 103 week workout streak on Apple Fitness and maybe I just really want someone else to be on it so I can say, “Ugh, did you do that upper body work

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I can ride in the winter, but choose to go only if 35 - 40 degrees or warmer and the sun is shining. Basically, that means going from commuting every day to riding on most weekends, only. Walking, hiking and I'll be starting weight lifting soon. I might get back into yoga. I did love that.

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

A good friend once said: 'If it doesn't end in a cord of wood or a barn full of hay, it ain't exercise!' I would add a cleared driveway. Ha! Winter around here brings lots of snow and the following exercise: clearing a 450m driveway (Thank you Honda!), splitting wood (Thank you Blaze King!), sk

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Well I live among hills, lots of hills, nothing but hills ! So I go walky walky, on the roads and through the forest, up and down and all around. I live outside the city so this small subdivision of homes has always been closer to rural than any semblance of an organized neighborhood. It's a fr

Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

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Re: [RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

+ 1 for walking, dog or no dog. I've lived within 15/100 mile of a Defined Fitness gym for 20 years and have never joined, and I attribute my youthful good looks to the 10 years I caught back from the slow-down of the temporal continuum during the 1 winter season I tried riding a stationary trainer

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I started using an indoor trainer and Zwift for winters when we moved to Seattle. I must say that I am enjoying it more than I thought I would - and the irony of upright rivendell on an indoor bike trainer only makes it more fun :) It's a pretty low cost option to try (can generally find used t

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I bend an elbow and walk the dog. Oh, and if there's any snow, there's shoveling to be done. On Thursday, December 21, 2023 at 10:22:37 AM UTC-6 Tim Bantham wrote: > I live in Upstate NY, not too far Leah from our friends at Analog Cycles . > This translates to lots of snow, long winters and a

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

I live in Upstate NY, not too far Leah from our friends at Analog Cycles . This translates to lots of snow, long winters and a lot of time off the bike. I do ride indoors on Zwift but the real game changer for me has been yoga. I practice LYT yoga. It was designed by a physical therapist and is

[RBW] Re: Winter exercise switch-up for bike riders

Mrs Bubba and I signed up at Orange Theory. It's a small class studio, and it is expensive, but we're gaming the system a little bit. It is definitely aimed at the HIIT thing and focuses on heart rate. In a 50 minute workout, the target is to get 12 or more splat points, a splat point is 1 m