Riding improves health

Ugarte

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I never really thought of motorcycling as calorie burning exercise but apparently we can burn up 300 extra calories per hour depending on our own weight and the weight of the bike and other factors such as wind, curves, etc. Nice to know this. I would rather ride than walk or run or pedal or row or ? Also, according this article there are many other health benefits other than the obvious psychological benefit........

Of course drinking a six pack or a half fifth of whiskey to relax after the ride is going ruin all that calorie burning, but I guess that is where discipline comes in.....

http://goodworkswellness.com/how-motorcycle-riding-improves-physical-health/
 
It's funny you should post this.
riding home from Modesto Ca today between the wind and the Semi trucks coming the opposite way I was getting tossed around pretty good

As soon as I got back into town I stopped by the local watering hole and did a little tossing myself in the form of whiskey and beer
 
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Whiskey and beer, my favorite! Its hard not to drink after a vigorous ride. I always pack bourbon in the saddlebags on overnighters. But the way I figure it, if you ride ten hours that is 3,000 calories so it is no big deal to put down 800 calories of booze in that instance.
 
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Which did you prefer, the ride, or tossing yourself afterwards?

Then again, it's probably better that we don't know.
 
don't know to much (or care to) about calories all I know riding sure helps my attitude that's why my plate says THREPY
 
"Its hard not to drink after a vigorous ride" i have a few riding buddies who say " its hard not to drink during a vigorous ride!
 
idk said:
Which did you prefer, the ride, or tossing yourself afterwards?

Then again, it's probably better that we don't know.
Click to expand...

The two aren't necessarily exclusive of each other, let's just say I had a good day all the way around
 
Wait a gull-darn minute here!

" Folks who ride motocross or race motorcycles can burn up to 600 calories per hour; the rest of us burn around 200-300 calories per hour. Not bad! (Note to passengers: You burn zero calories per hour while riding passenger on a cruiser, and potentially up to 50 calories per hour while riding passenger on a sport bike. Maybe it’s time to consider getting your own bike!)"

200-300 calories per hour is what everyone burns just knocking around. Unless you're racing around the streets at 150 mph, you're not getting the 600 calories. True, you can do leg presses by backing the R3 up hill but who the heck would do that? The whole point of having an engine is to make life easier.
 


The article indicated it was motocross riders who get the 600 cal burn, not street cruisers. We burn about 90 calories an hour just lying in bed, more just farting around the house, and even more, apparently, riding a motorcycle. If that was not true riding would not be tiring like it is, especially in windy condtions, and curvy roads.
 
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