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Did You Bike to Work This Week?
Today ends Bike to Work Week, with many cities all over the country celebrating Bike to Work Day today.
A new Swedish health study found that commuters who drive to work run (no pun intended) a significantly greater risk of having a heart attack compared with folks who power themselves to work, either on foot or by cycling. Just a little food for thought if you're entertaining the idea of pedaling to work regularly in the future.
Speak Up: Crazy Commuting
I am a big fan of biking to work. Commuting via bike can seem perilous on busy city streets, but new research show that the more people ride bicycles on city streets, the less likely they are to be injured in traffic accidents. It seems that motorist drive more safely in the presence of cyclists and pedestrians as well.
Bike to Work Day
The merry month of May offers so many wonderful things. Aside from bringing you flowers, May is National Bike Month. I love my bike and I love a chance to be public about this love.
Did you BIKE TO WORK this week?
It is Bike to Work Week and many cities sponsored Bike to Work Day today (or yesterday). So I wanted to check in and see if any of you biked to work this week.
Did you BIKE TO WORK this week?
Bike to Work Week
Today is the first day of Bike to Work Week, culminating in Bike to Work Day on this Friday, May 18th. So if you didn't bike today, no worries you still have 4 more days. Well, you really have the rest of your commuting life to bike to work if you subscribe to the "Today is the first day of the rest of your biking life."
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Get Paid to Bike to Work — Maybe
In January of this year, bicycles were added to the list of qualified modes of transportation to receive tax free benefits, previously just forms of mass transit qualified for the tax break. If biking to work is your standard commute, you could receive up to $20 month, tax free, too, from your employer. You can use that annual $240 to buy a bike, get some replacement tubes (urban biking leads to many flats!), or to invest in a new helmet.
Tomorrow Is Bike to Work Day!
If you're interested in experimenting with a two wheel commute, let me remind you that in the Bay Area, and elsewhere around the country, Thursday, May 14 is Bike to Work Day.
If you can't ride the whole way you can try to bike part of your commute — because something is better than nothing for both you and the environment. In many other cities, Bike to Work Day is Friday — check the League of American Cyclists for listing of events by state.
Fittingly Green: Bike at Least Part of Your Commute
Biking to work is good for your health and good for the planet since your bike won't emit harmful pollution. If your commute is too far to go all the way on your wheels, then just bike some of the way. Pack your bike in your car, drive part of the way, then park your car, get on your bike, and finish the commute on your seat.
Pass Gym Time With Healthy Competition
Watching TV, listening to music, and perusing magazines are all great ways to pass the time when you're on a cardio machine, but even those can get boring. They also require a bit of attention, compromising a good workout — you can't turn pages while doing sprint intervals. When you need a little motivation, utilize your fellow gym-goers and compete with a stranger.
Booty Work: Part Two
So last week I told you about five exercises that'll tone your butt, hips, and thighs. Don't forget that many types of cardio also work your rump. Here are five types of exercise that not only tone your lower body, but they burn calories too, which will help you tone up all around.
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