unclemurdoch said:Well, then. If anyone else is looking forward to increased fitness, in
addition to dexterity, as a result of this interest of ours, I'm here
with good news.I wore a heartrate monitor yesterday for the 40 minutes a was able to
practice. Even just practice freemounting (with limited success, I
might add) got my heart rate into the high 140's. Actual riding got me
up to the high 150's and upwards. I averaged 144bpm for the 40 minutes
and could've gone longer if I'd had the time.I'm rather excited, myself. It takes an awful lot more effort running
to get up that high in the rates, to maintain that average and I dread
it. On the other hand, I can't wait to get out and play on the uni and
it does good things for me, what's more.Finally, a true motivation to exercise, and the reaping of fitness
benefits from having fun. Huzzah!
I'll have to burst your bubble a bit and let you know that once you're
good at unicycling, it takes a lot less energy to do, and your heart
rate won't get elevated just by simple riding and freemounting.
There are still plenty of unicycle activities which will crank your
systems up; riding MUni uphill will remain a cardiovascular challenge
forever.
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tholub
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