Well having been forced to use our free York Fitness bike donated by my 79 year old father last year it has kept me active during a 2 week quarantine after returning from Cyprus and it has become quite addictive. Using my wife’s new Xmas present, a Garmin Venu fitness watch I have found that having it set to tension 4 (1 is very easy and 8 is very hard) on the bike I have managed 223km in exactly 10 hours on the bike and today used 1,050 calories to cover 46km in 2 hours ( I now do 30 minute sessions), the watch tells me my peak heart rate at the end of the session is 68BPM and resting heart rate an excellent 49BPM.

@shyVRS245

I think you need to check your heart rate at peak and resting with some other device.

21 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@shyVRS245

I think you need to check your heart rate at peak and resting with some other device.

It's a £350 watch George. Perhaps I'm a lot fitter than you.

I have a few of the devices from different manufacturers and they are what they are which is not cheap.

 

You are very very fit if exercising and that is correct.

I did 1 years of trials for a diabetic research and had to wear their devices and i cycled 5,000 miles plus in that 12 months, my heart beat, blood pressure was pretty good then and is the same now.

Finally nearly 2 years after the end of the research i am now on the medicine that i was part of the research for and am coming off some of the medicines i have been on but did not need during the research year.   I knew that i was in no way on the placebo. 

 

 

 

Edited 19 November, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

36 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@shyVRS245

I think you need to check your heart rate at peak and resting with some other device.

 

He forgot to mention its an electric bike.....or maybe his £350 watch is a fake off ebay.

 

Anyone with that low peak heart rate is not really exercising more than the gentlest walking.

 

 

@xman

A static exercise bike. 

 

Funny how when you are on an electric bike people say that is cheating.

My cycling is not all on electric bikes, & was not in 2018, not that that matters does it if you still need to cycle and you have one leg.

A bit of assistance when cycling can change were you might go like up steep hills that would mean walking if on a pushbike, you are still getting exercise.

Edited 19 November, 20205 yr by e-Roottoot

54 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@shyVRS245

I think you need to check your heart rate at peak and resting with some other device.

 

Maybe he is over 152 years old George, either that or he dreamed his pretend cycling session.

 

My theoretical 100% heart rate is 159 bpm which I regularly exceed when running or cycling and can remain above for one hour in the right conditions, on the 400m track I have hit 200 briefly several times and 203 once but only a peak of 195 with the cardiologist beside me during an epreuve d'effort.

 

My Garmin watch was proved to be fairly accurate on that day against the calibrated laboratory instruments but I only use it as a comparator to back up how I feel (listen to your body) a fellow runner older and far fitter than me has an identical watch & his HR is always much lower, when we swopped watches it jumped 25 and he set a 1km record on mine that I will never ever come close to!

Dependant on the Shy ones height and weight 68bpm maximum maintained for 2 hours would equate to around 225 calories and not 1050.

 

He would consume more lying on the settee watching the Tour de France and pressing the remote control button

32 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@xman

A static exercise bike. 

 

I really do worry about your inability to pick up humour

@xman

As you me and @shyVRS245know, you are just getting a dig in.

Dynamic duo

George some on here can't believe the truth because that is a difficult concept for them and someone who is happy having not been to work for 30 days must really irritate that type of person. Target is now 320km because I have managed 44km on Wednesday and 46km today over 4 x 30 minute sessions.

Two 30 minute sessions so far today and a further 23km so now up to 246km and should hit 270km by the end of the day. Some people talk about exercise and like the NIKE advert others JUST DO IT.

Who would have thought that taking a holiday would result in a bicycle that goes nowhere replacing an obsession with BHP and fuel economy?

 

How many MPG does 68 bpm MHR equate to?

2 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Who would have thought that taking a holiday would result in a bicycle that goes nowhere replacing an obsession with BHP and fuel economy?

 

How many MPG does 68 bpm MHR equate to?

Who gives a flying ...... what you think. You always sound so bitter whatever you type.

This wasn't a thread for exercise bike stats. It was a thread to give feedback on the OP's comments.

 

To achieve a thusand calories burn, thats on my watch a 17km walk with 500+m of ascent and descent over 3hours, and thats only 665. We used to sell those old exercise bikes...

 

To be honest, ferris buler, some blocks, a gto and a power drill on the gaugue sprang tio mind.

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

Who gives a flying ...... what you think. You always sound so bitter whatever you type.

erm I do

 

I care what everyone posts and how they post. No one is anyones senior by any measure. Oh except me... hehe, I alwys forget that in my utopian dream for a forum...  There are many thoughts for what I read when you've typed. This is as close to me revealing them as you'll get, because:

We want to make BRISKODA as enjoyable as possible for the majority of our members.

Yet with thousands reading and hundreds posting every day, we of course need rules to help keep the place running smoothly and protect our broad range of users. So here are a few key pointers to take into account when using the forums. We have also adopted some simple posting guidelines to help you.

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So please be a good fella and you know, don't be that guy ;)
 

35 minutes ago, ColinD said:

erm I do

 

I care what everyone posts and how they post. No one is anyones senior by any measure. Oh except me... hehe, I alwys forget that in my utopian dream for a forum...  There are many thoughts for what I read when you've typed. This is as close to me revealing them as you'll get, because:

We want to make BRISKODA as enjoyable as possible for the majority of our members.

Yet with thousands reading and hundreds posting every day, we of course need rules to help keep the place running smoothly and protect our broad range of users. So here are a few key pointers to take into account when using the forums. We have also adopted some simple posting guidelines to help you.

Summary: Be kind and respectful to each other.
https://www.briskoda.net/forums/guidelines/

 

So please be a good fella and you know, don't be that guy
 

Colin we all respect there are about a dozen people on here who goad, blatantly taunt me (bully me if you want it more clearly) and they report it when I respond in kind. I am not the problem just the one they like to pick a fight with. I didn't ask non cyclists to comment on my 259km in 11.5 hours over the last 12 days or comments about me buying cheap knock watches on ebay when the truth is it was bought from PC World (mac recently had a pop at them) for £200.

21 hours ago, shyVRS245 said:

 

 the watch tells me my peak heart rate at the end of the session is 68BPM and resting heart rate an excellent 49BPM.

 

I think you need to be upping your peak heart rate shy for a good cardio workout..... Ideally upwards of at least 85 bpm. Should be roughly 50% of your max.

68 bpm max for 30 minutes at average around 14 mph workout is pretty low.

 

Calorie burn is about average for 2 hours exercise by my reckoning, so good.

Yes though, (to Colin) good idea to incorporate different sports, topics and especially general health and tips....

Thanks good to have positive advice for once. Don't start sweating until 20 minutes and evidence that I am getting fitter is 3 days ago it was taking me 30 minutes to cycle 10km but earlier today I reached 10km after 23 minutes which is a big improvement. Didn't realise Lee was a keen follower of cycling.

2 hours ago, ColinD said:

This wasn't a thread for exercise bike stats. It was a thread to give feedback on the OP's comments.

 

To achieve a thusand calories burn, thats on my watch a 17km walk with 500+m of ascent and descent over 3hours, and thats only 665. We used to sell those old exercise bikes...

 

 

And assuming you were doing it vigourously I bet your average heart rate was double the whole time what Shy believes his MHR was.

.

 

My Garmin watch is calibrated to go into alarm if my heart rate while exercising drops below 97bpm or goes above 160.

 

He has either misread the figures or the HRM is completely foutu, in any case the numbers cannot possibly stack up WRT heart rate, duration and calories expended but he cannot entertain the thought.

Well after 29 minutes of the fourth session wearing the wife's Garmin went flat out for 60 seconds and recorded a peak 116BPM. Wednesday did 44km, yesterday 46km and today 48km all in the same 2 hours (now 12 hours total). Total distance cycled 271km in 12 days. If I was allowed outside without incurring a £1,000 fine then I would be on my mountain bike but that would illegal.

Beta Blockers lowers your heart rate apparently....

31 minutes ago, Tilt said:

Beta Blockers lowers your heart rate apparently....

that they do, as, iirc, they include a vasodilator affect so help open up the arteries to allow more flow at lower pressure. (i could be wrong on that bit, im not on them and it a while since i read about them).