What exercise has more impact on the body? Cycling or running?
Running.
Running.Cycling is about as low-impact as it comes.
>>66209Running fucks with your joints.
>>66210How much riding does one have to do in order to compete with an hour's worth of running? Twice as much?
>>66211Did I say otherwise?
>>66214No, but I'd prefer not to have aluminum/teflon/plastic joints when I'm fifty hence my queries regarding both venues of exercise.
lowest impact is swimming really, burn tonnes of cals too
>>66216You do want to get in some sort of impact work, though. Longtime cyclists end up with lower bone density than runners, especially if you're female. Add some jumping jacks to your workout.
>>66225Is there a way to increase bone density or once it's gone it's gone since I'm well past puberty?
regardless of impact required dont you have to do like double the amount of cycling compared to running?
>>66228>Add some jumping jacks to your workout.....You can increase bone density after puberty, just do some things that have impact (running, etc.) and also weight training will increase bone density.
>>66235I thought that was the case but I was hoping to get a cite before I begin my regimen.
>>66212well i did read, averagely in a city, with stop signs/lights, a cyclist can go five times the distance with the same energy (calories used) as walking.