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Ride road bike for at least 3 - 4 hours at moderate to just below time trial pace. This will exhaust you, normalize your hormones, improve your mood (high from

Ride road bike for at least 3 - 4 hours at moderate to just below time trial pace. This will exhaust you, normalize your hormones, improve your mood (high from endorphins), reduce your stress, and reduce your aggression levels (adrenalin) etc. Eat to recover and feel great for at least couple of days. This is also better than indoor exercise because of the long sun and fresh air exposure. I have been doing this (cycle every day) for 24 years now. And nothing else does it for me better than this.

davidw 12y ago
+1 for going for a bike ride. It'd be nice to be able to go running, but it just doesn't do it for me. It's boring. On a bike, you're slightly removed from the world - going through it, but not plodding along connected to it. Also, you can go somewhere. It's not hard to do 50/60 k in a few hours, which means you can vary your route a lot more than running.
anon4 12y ago
Coincidentally I just got back from a longish bike ride. Another +1 from me :) It does require some upfront investment in learning to navigate your city and region on bicycle as opposed to on car, but I think it's well worth it.