Coronavirus lockdown and exercising outdoors

[T-Bob]

I work in an office environment and I'm always ASTOUNDED at how many people walk out of the stall and straight out the door!!!!!!

 

And I have to touch the door handle that they have just touched.

 

I just open it with my mouth... no touchy touchy germs germs. 

[T-Bob]

And in other news it also seems that the zombie apocalypse plague can be passed through intercourse. It is ruining all the fun. Darn grinch virus is worse than a mad old grandmother.... wash your hands, don't cough out loud, wash your food, clean your surfaces, don't play on bikes, don't go out late, you're not allowed to the pub, I hope you're not sleeping around. Grrr. 

[Duane_Bosch]

And in other news it also seems that the zombie apocalypse plague can be passed through intercourse. It is ruining all the fun. Darn grinch virus is worse than a mad old grandmother.... wash your hands, don't cough out loud, wash your food, clean your surfaces, don't play on bikes, don't go out late, you're not allowed to the pub, I hope you're not sleeping around. Grrr. 

Felatio is fine tho. Tell your wife.

[T-Bob]

Felatio is fine tho. Tell your wife.

 

Can I say you're a doctor and it's medical advice? 

[Duane_Bosch]

Thought for the weekend.

 

Imagine if the police were this proactive when a real crime was in progress.

 

[Dirt Tracker]

An excerpt from a round table discussion on exercising, masks and the rest. Seems sensible but is never going to be happening in any city without opening more areas up. 

 

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Because breathing harder may release more virus into the air, Ben Levine, physician and director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, told NPR we should double our distance while exercising outside.

 

Are you shedding a large flume of virus on your bike?

Alex McDonald In short, yes. Taking deeper and harder breaths when exercising likely causes more viral shedding, especially if exercising outside where the wind can blow and dissipate the virus. Taking that into consideration, it is likely that due to increased viral shedding individuals that are exercising should probably be more than 6ft apart.

 

Jessalyn Adam We don’t have an answer. The recommendation of staying at least 6ft apart under normal circumstances is actually based on what we know about the flu. While coronavirus behaves differently, we’re doing our best to make inferences.

 

That said, experts are recommending that while running you stay at least 13ft away from others. To minimize the risk as much as you can, put as much space between yourself and others as possible while biking.

 

Do you need to wear a mask if you’re on a mountain trail?

Adam If you’re totally alone or just with people from your own household then that’s fine to go without. However, if there are other people on the trail, wear your mask as you approach and while passing and do your best to try to put as much space as you can between you and the other person. If the terrain doesn’t allow you to put a lot of distance between yourself and the other person, turn away while passing so you’re breathing in the opposite direction.

 

If you’re just passing another person and particularly if you’re just walking and not breathing heavily then I think it’s pretty low-risk.

 

Kelley Vargo The purpose of the mask is more to prevent you from spreading the virus as opposed to keeping you from getting it. If you are feeling sick or “off” you should forgo going on a public trail. Consider exercising at home until you’re feeling OK, because this isn’t just about protecting yourself from the virus – we also don’t want to infect other people.

 

Does exercising with a mask provide performance benefits?

Vargo Training with a mask, especially a homemade mask or an N95 mask will not replicate the effects of altitude training. If you really want to get an edge on your cardiovascular performance as it relates to altitude training, you should train at high altitude.

 

Jessalynn Adam is a double board certified specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation and primary care sports medicine

 

Alex McDonald is a family physician and former pro triathlete

 

Kelley Vargo is exercise and nutrition sciences faculty at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University and the founder of Sweat and Social Distance

[eddy]

There's a few steel I-beams supporting the roof structure, so I take out my chain and lock. 

 

It's a mahoosive chain (went to Builders, chose the thickest chain they had at the time (and which they don't stock anymore) and told them to cut it while I watched. They battled, properly. So that chain wrapped in 2 layers of old innertube, with one of these boys as a lock

 

 

Which is why all bikes weigh 20kg.

 

15kg bike + 5kg chain;

  7kg bike + 13kg chain...

[DieselnDust]

I learned that your max HR is a pathetic 170. Are you 78 or something?

220-(my age X fudge factor)

[ChrisF]

Which is why all bikes weigh 20kg.

 

15kg bike + 5kg chain;

7kg bike + 13kg chain...

Now try a 23kg ebike, half ton spare battery ... and a boat anchor chain ....

[eddy]

Now try a 23kg ebike, half ton spare battery ... and a boat anchor chain ....

Dis nie ek wat gesê het dat jy 'n Harley Davidson moet koop nie...

[ChrisF]

Dis nie ek wat gesê het dat jy 'n Harley Davidson moet koop nie...

Kick a man when he is down ....

[Shebeen]

We tend to chastise the Karen's on Facebook and other platforms.

 

But they are actually way more "brave" than most of us on here. At least they use their true names.

 

We are actually quite pathetic, sitting here behind our pseudonyms, acting brave and calling others out for whatever behaviour doesn't align with ours.

 

Feeling good that: "Well I showed him" 

 

I'm just a little bit over it for today.

 

Keep the rubber side down okes.

I've had my real name behind my profile since a heated debate like this way long ago.

got called out by someone who wasn't anonymous and then decided i didn't want to sit behind a pseudonym.

 

makes you way more accountable for what you put here.

[Rigardt@Scott]

Now try a 23kg ebike, half ton spare battery ... and a boat anchor chain ....

They just need to put a key ignition on those ebikes, no one can carry or pedal them away if they aren't on anyway. No need for a lock

[ChrisF]

They just need to put a key ignition on those ebikes, no one can carry or pedal them away if they aren't on anyway. No need for a lock

Really dont want to spoil a good story with facts ... still worth nothing the current ebikes dont suffer the same gearbox drag the previous model did. Last Saturday I did the first part of the ride with the motor switched off. Going downhill, even a slight gradient you overspeed the motor assist quickly.

 

Maar jy gaan bars as jy daai gewig teen n bult wil uittrap sonder die motor ....

[Rigardt@Scott]

Really dont want to spoil a good story with facts ... still worth nothing the current ebikes dont suffer the same gearbox drag the previous model did. Last Saturday I did the first part of the ride with the motor switched off. Going downhill, even a slight gradient you overspeed the motor assist quickly.

 

Maar jy gaan bars as jy daai gewig teen n bult wil uittrap sonder die motor ....

I know... just pulling your leg

 

A friend of mine climbed Saaltjie in Jonkers on a V1 Spez Turbo Levo after the battery died. Heavy, but not unclimable. He still did it faster than I do on a normal bike. Then again he has a 380Watt FTP and him and the ebike still weighs less than me and my normal bike.

[CAAD4]

I just want to know when we can legally stop cowering away in our homes and feeling guilty about buying a coffee at Seattle.

You can't have it all in Hout Bay Bud. Some say there are at least two operating Seattle's in my surrounding cocoon, and another 2.5km out of it. Fuel license, coffee ( fuel for cyclists) license.