Originally Posted by adipe

going faster on a bike makes you safer because higher speed vehicles drivers have more time to notice you when they overtake you.

but you need to expect the unexpected: drivers coming from side streets not noticing you. many people do not look for much time sideways and very easily miss noticing you. that's another reason for taking the lane. both for space of maneuver in case you are not noticed and for being more visible for those who are obliged to wait for you to pass.

so... an e-bike can be better in traffic but not for slow traffic because its harder to handle tight spaces between tighter vehicles at a slower pace.

exercise can be more productive in a short time by exhausting yourself quickly. high intensity exercises do not need much time and should be done alternating recovery with intense bursts. you don't really need more than 10-20 minutes with recovery times being in that time frame included.

also, when proteins (muscles) are formed the body needs all the constituent amino acids for those proteins but also energy in the form of ATP that is produced by lean (red) muscles. you need energy available for the muscle building output to occur and that energy should not be by eating junk.

you need to think before you eat that some food is best taken in the morning and some food is best taken before bed.
oats are best in the morning, sweet potatoes are best before bed.

avoid NaCl like plague... except for storing food like cheese, tomatoes etc.

if you study nutrition you need not remember to exercise. in fact exercise is not very productive if you feel distressed when exhausted. runner's high is a natural response when you are healthy and able to exercise to the point of exhaustion. cats do not exercise much and yet... they are very agile.

people have been indoctrinated that they are fat because they are lazy. in fact fat people are lazy to think about alternatives in regards to eating the right way. bad bacteria in your gut keep you captive and you feel good taste for food that make you keep the bad stuff. good bacteria do not kick you when they die. after cleaning and healing the guts you can more easily prefer healthy food. the industry does not want you eating simple and healthy, the industry wants to sell you complicated and addictive food. exercise is not the way out, exercise is useful in short, intense burst if you want to develop muscles, not for fat loss. yo yo diet. burn many calories now, fat gets out of adipose tissue, persistent organic pollutants (POP) come out as well (fat soluble), body remains distressed after exercise, unable to get rid of them, they go back stored in fat. yo yo. excreting the POP requires a healthy gut. taurine and glicine are required to conjugate some substances in order to be able to excrete them without absorbing them back. bad bacteria deconjugate and eat the glicine. voila. no taurine... glicine is wasted. taurine is produced from cysteine which is required for other detoxifying activity in the body - glutathione.

you don't need much exercise, you need safety on the road. never become exhausted on the road. you will be in danger because any sudden need to maneuver will catch you exhausted and therefore bad accidents can happen. become exhausted in more safe circumstances.

a bit offtopic... but not really unuseful info. you surely can't neglect nutrition and it's very much connected to exercising. who needs long, distresful exercise? nutrition is more of an answer. an e-bike is better for safety reasons and for not inhaling all that stuff that is exhausted by cars, more concentrated on the road, right?

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remember, pressure cooked sweet potatoes in the evening and lactofermented (you don't need milk although it's useful but only when raw, you need a starting culture that has the right lactobacillus bacteria, think probiotics) oats in the morning can help you much more than the exercise you will surely be able to do eating this as a main course daily. mix a spoon of coconut oil (useful to inhibit yeast cultures taking over) in the oats (250g) before the 12h of fermenting and mix some flaxseed in green tea (about 750g water/tea, green tea is useful to inhibit bad things like listeria monocytogenes). your mileage may vary. exercise your brain as well preparing this.