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oh no...hardcore bikers have lower bone density

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:01 pm    Post subject: oh no...hardcore bikers have lower bone density Reply with quote

From the NY Times:

"Is cycling bad for the bones? A number of intriguing studies published in the past 18 months, including Smathers’, have raised that possibility — an issue that has special resonance now, with this weekend’s start of the 2009 Tour de France. Certainly, the toll of broken bones among top-level racers is high. Famously, Lance Armstrong broke his collarbone this year, while Christian Vande Velde, another of America’s premier Tour hopes, fractured six bones, including three in his spine, during a crash at the Giro d’Italia in May...."

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/is-bicycling-bad-for-your-bones
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

uh, maybe doping is bad for the 'ol bones.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 1:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

uh, or maybe going really fast and then accidentally smashing in to things increases your chance of breaking bones, like all the millions of car crashes every year
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another problem you run into is that biking is not a high impact sport. Your bones don't get the conditioning they need like if you run. Basically your bones get kinda soft if all you ever do is sit in a sadle. So, just don't ride like lance.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iridetoobs wrote:
Another problem you run into is that biking is not a high impact sport. Your bones don't get the conditioning they need like if you run. Basically your bones get kinda soft if all you ever do is sit in a sadle. So, just don't ride like lance.



yep, crosstraining is a good idea.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the real lesson in all of this is just to play more bike polo and you'll be fine.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was thinking big stompy dance party, but that might work too.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmm... and driving everywhere doesn't do the same?

Common sense and/or a logical thought process can do wonders for many people.
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