Does Bike Commuting Everyday Count As a Workout?
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- Опубліковано 14 вер 2019
- With the hot summer weather and constant rainy season in Japan, I've been taking it a lot more easy on my daily bike commute. Because of this, I've felt like I haven't been getting enough exercise in and have been wondering if I should work out extra in addition to my daily 40km bike commute.
What do you guys think? Is bike commuting alone in itself enough of a workout?
Do you mix in extra workouts on top of bike commuting, or add extra intervals during your ride?
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What do you guys think? Is bike commuting alone in itself enough of a workout?
Personally, I don't give a rat's ass about performance. I just ride my bicycle because it's fun, I get some fresh air, and even just casually cruising through the scenery keeps me from turning into a fat slouch. I believe purely from a health perspective, moderate exercise is better for you than constantly pushing yourself to perform harder (in the long run, anyway).
I think commuting casually does maintain a minimum level of fitness, even if you aren't doing intervals or interested in performance cycling.
Even though bike commuting is in low intensity, I still think it is a workout.
if your over 60 and your moving , it counts as a workout !
If everyone would commute to work by bike general health would be much much better so yes definitely count as a workout
Japan is so beautiful in america all i see is 4-6 line highways and roads with people driving the biggest trucks they can afford even if they have to sleep in them.
life changes and so does our focus, we can always come back to something we love...
I think people come at it from totally different viewpoints. For me it’s just about forcing myself out of the car to ride. 5 miles on my commuter bike each way makes me feel good when I know I was tempted to sit still driving. So every commute by bike is a success in that way, and I feel like it’s a pretty good workout for me relatively speaking.
Anything you do that requires energy is a workout.
Japan looks so much better than here in the US.
I use my commute as a workout when I'm going back home. There are 5 ways to go home, from 12 to 14 km, lots of hills and ranging since 25 min to 40 min. I'm very happy when I do 1 second less, like wow, world record. By the way, I have 3 bikes and I like to change the bike I ride almost everyday. There is a huge hill near house, the challenging time, focus on the pace, the breath, the strength, every move in the cycling counts. Please do more videos. You live in a wonderful country. Cheers from Brazil.
Well that’s different. I think it depends on your fitness level on weather or not it can be considered a workout. I started at 340lbs with a 12.5 mile one way commute, so 25 miles a day. At 340lbs I lack the fitness level to simply ride that much 5 days a week. So I purchased an E-Bike one that only has a peddle assist option no throttle. My goal is to ween myself off the motor as I drop weight and my fitness level increases. I’ve only just started and even with the motor helping me I’m still sore as hell.
I cycle 3 days a week and use that as a work out, 2 days on the moped, which gives me the energy to cycle on the weekend. When I cycled 5 days a week like you, I also didn’t cycle much at the weekends.
no just a workout, one of the best kind of workouts
Walking around for 30inutes is healthy for the heart and for most people better than some hard gym workouts. Same with bike, it’s great for heart, mood and energy levels. Love your vids man!
Great to watch your commute, this one seems quieter and mostly off road. The same here in the UK a little cold when I left for work at about 7am but soon got warm after few miles. Today's commute was 25 miles each way and I did put some effort in on certain sections. Lovely and warm on the way home...
Well, what got me into cycling was just commuting to my university on daily basis which is 1.5 km away.
hi, im daily commuter.. back then when im working at the office about 5-6km from home one way, with weekend be holiday i still can enjoy cycling on weekend, doing grandfondo and stuff, but now i got another job about 13km one way, and got only one holiday a week, i got a wife and daughter.. i dont have much time and energy left for cycling as hobby anymore, so now a bike is just a tool for me to stay in shape and take me from a to b..
Thank you for bringing this topic up.