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And according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlife , the first 20 minutes of moderate exercise is worth 2 microlif
by aoeusnth1 8y ago
And according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlife https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlife , the first 20 minutes of moderate exercise is worth 2 microlifes (or -2 micromorts).
At 15 miles/hour, the means the first 5 miles of biking costs you about 0.25-0.5 micromorts of accident risk and gives you +2 microlifes of fitness.
Riding in a car, on the other hand, incurs accident risk AND has effects on fitness.
- photojosh 8y ago23x sounded pretty high, and indeed the GP's Wikipedia article cites 23x as one option from the original 1979 work, or 11.5x as a more recent one. The latter seems much more reasonable, and a quick look at stats for Australia suggests current stats put it at something like 6-10x. But the more interesting article to me was [0] which presents a study that says around 30% of "cycling" deaths are due to natural causes such as heart disease. [0]: https://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2015/09/01/is-it-just-vehicles-or-are-mamils-killing-themselves-too/ https://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2015/09/01/is-it-jus...
- fyfy18 8y agoThe key part of your clickbait article is this: > It also signals that older males need to be mindful that vigorous cycling – as with any form of exercise – can be fatal if the rider has a serious medical condition like heart disease. It’s likely though that the exercise benefit of cycling prevents many more premature deaths from disease that it causes. It would be interesting to break down the statistics on cycling to seperate those who cycle to commute, and those who cycle for leisure. I’d assume they have vastly different mortality causes.