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The article is about strength training in general. If you haven't read Starting Strength, then maybe the idea is foreign to you. Suffice it to say that lifting

The article is about strength training in general. If you haven't read Starting Strength, then maybe the idea is foreign to you. Suffice it to say that lifting heavy with progressively overloaded weight is the only way to build strength. That said, to your First point, if you live in America, you might be aware that cycling anywhere is dangerous for your health. I myself have ridden my bike many miles through dense traffic in order to get to closed roads to do fun rides and crits, but I would never give this advice to anyone in the general case! Bike infrastructure is a joke in the United States and if you're not a freak with a preternatural sense of spatial awareness, the reflexes of a cat, and a half-serious death wish then quite frankly you are only endangering your own life putting yourself next to 4000-lb vehicles driven by teenagers and distracted adults texting and changing their playlist while driving. As an avid bike rider who logs over 1500 miles a year on the bike I recommending cycling in traffic to NOBODY.

sonorous_sub 3y ago
I agree with your bicycle thesis, with the caveat that if you are way, way out in the country, where traffic is ever so light, and you can hear the lone cars that pass coming a mile away, yeah, you can have a great time safely on a bicycle. Anywhere near population density though, I would think twice about it. I rode a lot in the inner city for years, but despite the fact that it's looked down on by the local authorities, I'd just travel on the sidewalks with my "mountain" bike. In the rare case in which I'd encounter a pedestrian, I'd simply veer out of the way or halt and let them pass. Sharing the road with motor vehicles on a bicycle in the U.S.? I wouldn't do it. It's just not safe. Copenhagen it's not.
11235813213455 3y ago
I lift in a useful way, doing many useful manual tasks, helping a friend at fruit market (so lifting hundreds of kgs), carrying my own food (on a bike or walking) etc.. so I build useful compact and strong muscles, while being at a low BMI because endurance is the most important thing there There are so many opportunities to use our muscles in our daily life, without generating more pollution, without using more services like gym, their products, their space and energy while you can simply exercise outdoor, not even talking about the benefits of sun

sonorous_sub 3y ago

I agree with your bicycle thesis, with the caveat that if you are way, way out in the country, where traffic is ever so light, and you can hear the lone cars that pass coming a mile away, yeah, you can have a great time safely on a bicycle. Anywhere near population density though, I would think twice about it. I rode a lot in the inner city for years, but despite the fact that it's looked down on by the local authorities, I'd just travel on the sidewalks with my "mountain" bike. In the rare case in which I'd encounter a pedestrian, I'd simply veer out of the way or halt and let them pass. Sharing the road with motor vehicles on a bicycle in the U.S.? I wouldn't do it. It's just not safe. Copenhagen it's not.

11235813213455 3y ago

I lift in a useful way, doing many useful manual tasks, helping a friend at fruit market (so lifting hundreds of kgs), carrying my own food (on a bike or walking) etc.. so I build useful compact and strong muscles, while being at a low BMI because endurance is the most important thing there There are so many opportunities to use our muscles in our daily life, without generating more pollution, without using more services like gym, their products, their space and energy while you can simply exercise outdoor, not even talking about the benefits of sun