How Cycling Boosts Your "Love Hormone" WTAF?

How Cycling Boosts Your "Love Hormone" WTAF? | GCN Show Ep. 585

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Scientists have found cycling boosts your love hormone otherwise known as oxytocin. How does this affect your mood? Could cycling improve your social or even love life? In cycling shorts, the first openly gay man to cycle around the globe and Mathieu van der Poel signs another 10-year Canyon deal.
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00:00 Intro
02:00 Exercise boosts levels of oxytocin
09:55 Cycling shorts
10:01 Paying respects to Chris Barker
10:32 NEW segregated bike path in Dumfriesshire
11:25 First openly gay man to cycle around the globe
11:54 Mathieu van der Poel signs 10-year Canyon deal
13:22 Vittora release new tires
14:38 Strava release best efforts feature
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16:57 Hack/bodge
22:54 Caption competition 👉 @camelbak
25:53 Comment of the week, 30:53 Coming up on GCN,
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 450

@gcn Місяць тому

Share with us why you love cycling 😍

@ulrichwinkler722 Місяць тому

I lost almost 40kg and found love. What can I tell: all those long endurance rides paid off ;)

@Jari1973 Місяць тому

I do sports for my male ego.. Because I would look better in the eyes of women.. Because I could protect my life better..

@thesimracer Місяць тому

Please do a compilation of the best out-of-context quotes at the end of the year

@jmax9782 Місяць тому

I loved sports as a kid but I wasn't very good at them. Got my first road bike at age 12 and all of a sudden my scrawny body and long thick thighs became a noticeable advantage! I loved to explore and travel long distances on my red Raleigh and forty seven years later that joy is still there. That cycling buzz never gets old.

@richardburgess5865 Місяць тому

Just cos!

@HoldenDoesBikeStuff Місяць тому

I was diagnosed with severe Major Depresson Disorder a 2 years ago. I was a mess and my life wasn't really worth much at the time. My friend introduced me to cycling and it has changed my life forever. I can't remember feeling this good ever in my life. Bikes will save the world, I have no idea how... but I know they will.

@andysteadman8851 Місяць тому

Caption - Si says that the GCN water bottles will arrive soon

@Katcycle Місяць тому

Brilliant!

@JUACee Місяць тому

Need it to go with my hat

@kokonanana1 Місяць тому

Please define “soon”!

@scottjohnson6056 Місяць тому

You beat me to it! Perfect!

@its-lazlo-to-you Місяць тому

And here I thought I had an original idea. You get my vote. ...enjoy your GCN water bottle 😂

@julianallen515 Місяць тому

Caption competition; "Hey Lotte, did you hear Simon Richardson has a sock sponsor?" "It must be Giant".

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🤣

@marcuspartridge11 Місяць тому

Hello GCN! This is Marcus from Southern California (8 year viewer) with a contest idea. As much we all love your trips to exotic and beautiful cycling destinations (Italy, France, Mallorca, etc), most of us don't live in such amazing locations. BUT, I'm sure many of us are proud of where we live and the relatively great places to ride! For example, I live in a boring town called Banning, CA (NOT a prime destination for cycling tourism I can assure you), but we are surrounded with beautiful 10,000 to 11,000 foot snow covered peaks, low traffic roads, incredible mountain biking trails that are minutes away, Big Bear Lake is only 1 1/2 hours drive, and challenging climbs within 1-2 miles of my house. So, my idea is that you start a contest where viewers write in and pitch their home towns for 1 or 2 GCN presenters to come and visit! If you do come, I vote Si. Thoughts?

@goshirago Місяць тому

I love this idea because they could give a shout out to your local bike shop, too!

@rbonn3880 Місяць тому

Yes, I met my significant other on a group ride 10 years ago, pulling her through a nasty headwind and sharing a beer afterwards. We've been together ever since!

@gcn Місяць тому

🤗

@spinnersf Місяць тому

I met my significant other on a group ride too! Of course we broke up on a group ride a few years later. Oh well. Oxtocin comes, oxytocin goes... Still friends, though! 🙂

@justwillup Місяць тому

Thanks for mentioning the passing of Christopher Barker. A true legend of Australian cycling.

@prestachuck2867 Місяць тому

My wife and I met in 2010 at a club ride. I ordinarily would never have been there. I lived some thirty miles or so away. I had no car at the time (bicycle and motorcycle only), and there was plenty of great riding in my own area. But a friend kept trying to get me to go to that particular ride, and one day finally showed up to drive me and my bike out there. There was this really attractive woman in the club who immediately won my attention not only with her beautiful eyes and incredible physique, but also her fabulous sense of humor, and unusual sense of cycling fashion…which I guess sort of fell back into the humor category. A week later, she brought her bikes into the shop I was managing, for new tires….at closing time on a Sunday. We began dating almost immediately afterwards, and married two years later. We’ve taken a lot of great cycling road trips, ridden many charity events, and watched a lot of races both over the internet and in person, together. We still ride bikes together every chance we get, and we still watch The GCN Show together every week.

@JonCannings Місяць тому

This is brilliant ❤

@gcn Місяць тому

This is amazing! Sounds like fate 👌Thanks for supporting what we do 🙌

@artistglyn Місяць тому

The saga of the water bottles hads reached a point where you should just ask another supplier.

@gcn Місяць тому

They'll be worth the wait 👌

@DB-sj8km Місяць тому

Contract is already signed probably. But yeah this is ridiculous. Also, camelback doesn’t make big enough bottles so they’re already out for long rides.

@allanfoster6965 Місяць тому

We miss the App. 😢😢😢

@gcn Місяць тому

So do we 😢

@mrcycling7007 Місяць тому

I found love in my cycling group. We had a lady join our group and her and I would do extra kilometres after the group’s ride. Then we started riding together ourselves and on one ride I told her at coffee that I wanted to kiss her while we were at a lookout on the ride. She said that she had been wondering what that might be like. Three and a half years on… ❤

@JonCannings Місяць тому

Love it!

@gcn Місяць тому

Love to hear it 🙌 May there be miles of open road ahead of you!

@andlum83 Місяць тому

I’ll do the zone 2 training experiment. 20 years no sport, 7 years of having kids and 4 years of home office. and recently bought an orbea terra to fight the kilos. :)

@lovemesomedetail Місяць тому

What happened to the kids after those 7 years? You gave them back?

@gcn Місяць тому

This is great to hear! Best of luck with it

@maxsievers8251 Місяць тому

Now let's applaud the first man openly living in a house number 11 to 20 and who's favorite dish is Spaghetti with tomato sauce cycling around the world.

@justinschultz4325 Місяць тому

That brief segment of the show was utterly pointless.

@WarHammerWH Місяць тому

Guys, the microphones aren't performance enhancing. They do NOT sound better.

@erich8258 Місяць тому

I don't think they're worth the silly look, but they clearly have a more detailed sound with a wider frequency range.

@traderz13 Місяць тому

The sound is also out of sync now

@Mis0ph0nia Місяць тому

@@traderz13And theres an annoying static noise too now.

@galenkehler Місяць тому

Static, heavy breathing, distorted frequency... it's not great

@shaun7163 Місяць тому

They do

@JustSayNotoGravel Місяць тому

Caption comp: "phew, big route today!"; " Nah, it was just a liddle trek!!"

@gcn Місяць тому

Ayy! Nice one 🤣

@samwatts6590 Місяць тому

Caption competition: ‘hey have you heard Dan Lloyd is restarting the Cervelo test team’…… ‘PHAHAHAHAHAAH’

@Wills_world813 Місяць тому

Caption “Hey did you hear Lance hates seeing people happy”

@centeredcycling.isbipedalt9544 Місяць тому

It’s the generational change that gives me hope for the future. Lance was an American Boomer Capitalist who succeeded at the game with the rules of play at that time. Winning at all costs is an American Boomer Capitalist mantra. Don’t hate the players, hate the game and nurture the change to the world we want to see. It is such a refreshing difference and I think Lance recognizes that.

@ramsden35 Місяць тому

I get a buzz/high after every ride. Really does help with mood.

@gcn Місяць тому

Sounds great! Does it matter what style of ride you've been on?

@fionahunt8530 Місяць тому

My aunt & uncle and my mum & dad met through their local CTC group (now Cycling UK) back in the early 1950s. A total of perhaps 135 years of marriage between them. Beat that!

@brianridley1102 Місяць тому

The Mic's are still hideous 😂

@gcn Місяць тому

But the sound is ♥️

@galenkehler Місяць тому

@@gcnno it doesn't. All the audio has static and consonant pops. Sounds a bit like someone's talking loudly straight into your ear.

@prestachuck2867 Місяць тому

@@gcnJust get some pop filters for those mics. They are worth it.

@vacuumbrainbimbo Місяць тому

@@gcn Get rid of the unnecessary mics! Trying to solve a problem that never existed.

@daz4627 Місяць тому

@@gcn Wrong. It still sounds the same... especially as most people listen to it on crappy computer speakers... lose the mics.

@adedee4781 Місяць тому

Guys. Please ditch the mics !

@frednew687 Місяць тому

I once found a mouse swimming round a bucket of water in my garden. It couldn't get out. I reached in to give it a hand and it very socially ran up my arm and jumped from my shoulder into the grass. (Don't worry, the bucket got emptied.)

@bikeanddogtrips Місяць тому

Swimming mice? I now have Christopher Walken talking in my head. 2 mice fell in to a vat of cream. The first mouse drowned but that second mouse - he kept swimming and swimming until he churned that cream in to butter and climbed on out.

@prestachuck2867 Місяць тому

Hahaha! That’s a good one! I could just hear him telling that story!

@gcn Місяць тому

Think we all read that in his voice 🤣

@Richard-Mac Місяць тому

Is the mic broken, what is that hissing sound?

@ElRoberto182 Місяць тому

Something is definitely off. Sounds like someone's cooking a fry the whole way through the episode.

@paulberry5686 Місяць тому

Caption competition "look it's Dan Lloyd in white bib shorts"

@JonCannings Місяць тому

😂

@gcn Місяць тому

Nobody wants to see that... again 👀

@Ok_rouleur Місяць тому

I didn’t like the new sound, so I compared with old shows, and clearly the sound of the new mikes is metallic and muffled, and it’s harsh to the ears, through my AirPods. It may be better for the podcast, but doesn’t suit UKposts. Sorry to be negative, I hope that you can take it as « constructive criticism » :-) the show is still entertaining !

@gcn Місяць тому

Thanks for the feedback 🙌 We're always keen to hear from the community on how we can improve 🙌

@alfredongos Місяць тому

#CaptionCompetition: After racing, Lotte Kopecky didn't even have a Lidl of that Oxytocin...

@barrysimpson9645 Місяць тому

I found love on a bike ride! I fell in love with my bike!

@JonCannings Місяць тому

Like so many of us 👍👍

@robbie6638 Місяць тому

Two things: 1. A good friend met and married a lovely lady who he met on our Monday road ride. 2. I love cycling, of all types, because of the freedom and time to think.

@mommamooney Місяць тому

I didn’t find love by cycling, but love is what got me cycling

@JonCannings Місяць тому

❤

@gcn Місяць тому

Oooo do tell us more! 👀

@mommamooney Місяць тому

It’s been quite a journey but my husband has been an avid cyclist for many years. It just wasn’t for me. I have my own chapter in Ollie’s Big Book of Cycling Excuses with pain being the biggest one. I’d end any ride with a massive headache. Then we found GCN. Watching with him was how I could share an activity that he loved with him. After a couple of years you all made me want to explore the world by bike. After watching Hank’s works record attempt I decided that I was not trying the hard thing so I couldn’t fail and the husband was in the middle of cancer treatments, so I decided to give it another go. I thought that if my time with him were to get cut short, I’d rather be doing the thing he loved and wanted to share with me and not regret faffing about. I got a bike (4x smaller than his), no headaches. I still need a bike fit to fix some numbness issues (scheduled 4/7) and I’m deep into training on Zwift so I can ride a couple of his favorite rides in my favorite places. The future looks bright, both for the couples rides and the health outlook

@mommamooney Місяць тому

@@gcn It’s been quite a journey but my husband has been an avid cyclist for many years. It just wasn’t for me. I have my own chapter in Ollie’s Big Book of Cycling Excuses with pain being the biggest one. I’d end any ride with a massive headache. Then we found GCN. Watching with him was how I could share an activity that he loved with him. After a couple of years you all made me want to explore the world by bike. After watching Hank’s works record attempt I decided that I was not trying the hard thing so I couldn’t fail and the husband was in the middle of cancer treatments, so I decided to give it another go. I thought that if my time with him were to get cut short, I’d rather be doing the thing he loved and wanted to share with me and not regret faffing about. I got a bike (4x smaller than his), no headaches. I still need a bike fit to fix some numbness issues (scheduled 4/7) and I’m deep into training on Zwift so I can ride a couple of his favorite rides in my favorite places. The future looks bright, both for the couples rides and the health outlook

@mommamooney Місяць тому

@Aussie_stu Місяць тому

Give Si a bodge for running butyl inner tubes after he has spent years along with GCN singing the praises of, 1. Tubeless set ups, 2. Latex tubes, and 3. TPU tubes. What about the rolling resistance Si?

@___Bebo___ Місяць тому

Butyl tubes give the best ride quality out of all those options IMO. I like TPU better myself, but I miss how butyl hit potholes. They should come out with a thicker TPU tube that dampens road hits a little better. Up the 45g cyclocross tube to 55g or something, I'd buy it.

@gcn Місяць тому

I think you might be confusing me with other presenters! I don't think I've ever even talked about TPU tubes! And I'm happy rolling whatever on my road bike, it's off road where I'm tubeless through and through. Cheers, Si

@wspmjw Місяць тому

What does your orientation have to do with an endurance event?

@gcn Місяць тому

It's all about representation. Cycling has historic issues with this. People like Andrew are going a great deal to change the sport for the better 🙌

@JimKJeffries Місяць тому

2,763 days of living off a bicycle: nothing has contiributed more to my mental health. Ride more

@JonCannings Місяць тому

❤ this!

@rhodesprinting8652 Місяць тому

The quick cut to Ollie, “boring antisocial mice” 😂

@easy2prononce Місяць тому

now the sound is not better than before you get those 400$ hipster mics. but that is to be expected, when you set them up like this (to far from the speakers mouth). please just go back to your previous shotgun mic audio setup. the sound back then did not need to be improved.

@marick791 Місяць тому

Also need to dial the lighting down a bit too, looks like a flood light 😂😂

@alfredongos Місяць тому

#CaptionCompetition: Lotte: "Come on Chiara! Don't tell me Elisa's joke makes you laugh a Lidl !..."

@ericcoxtcu8037 Місяць тому

That opening montage was amazing.

@gcn Місяць тому

Glad you enjoyed it 🫡

@Roboturnerlol Місяць тому

Came here to say this, love the new format. Matches my excitement level for the GCN show every week

@markcowell8096 Місяць тому

My missus took up cycling just 3 years ago and now drops me regularly during the seasons (Oct-March) 100km Sportives down here in Cape Town. She has also bought herself a fancy pants Liv with all that Di2 stuff etc, whereas I've always been a 2nd hand 1st gen tech man! Trust me, in these circumstances, the love hormone needs to come in pints to maintain a happy road cycling marriage!

@cd66061 Місяць тому

The love hormone does come in pints doesn’t it? #beergoggles 😉

@gcn Місяць тому

Great to hear the two of you bonded over cycling 🙌 Do you think it makes the both of you better cyclists? Bit of friendly competition

@markcowell8096 Місяць тому

@@gcn Definitely! But more importantly, because we now both cycle, the bikes go on the back of the car for our frequent South Africa road trips and when there is a formal race, we make a weekend away. I certainly cycle more regularly (and as a result have become a fitter, better cyclist), now that my wife has joined the fraternity.. PS spectacular cycling down here in the Western Cape (with a great sportive season Oct-March). GCN should come down for a taste

@galenkehler Місяць тому

Sound is off, you need to back the mics away so you dont just hear them breathing into it.

@blahblah24304 Місяць тому

I tried 100g of carbs per hour for a 90 minute turbo session. Unfortunately it was haribo and I'd finished it all within the hour.

@gcn Місяць тому

😂😂

@chrisridesbicycles Місяць тому

Haribo training from the childhood on is what I think makes me consume 120g/h without any problems.

@alinespinelli4197 Місяць тому

It made so much sense to me, when you talked about the different feelings you get on a long effort versus short intensity training ! I was watching your video while I had just chosen to not join my BF on a longer ride outside, and did a interval training indoor instead. I was feeling very low before training, and just after, on a "High", I really felt that I had made the right choice ! I was feeling great. I dont always come back as happy from a longer ride 😂.. Thanks for this video, loved every subject (and I'm not just telling you that out of my high 😂)

@whatwelearned Місяць тому

I know it's been said before, but VDP in that white world champ's kit and the white Aeroad just looks so good. Born to do it!

@gcn Місяць тому

He's looking pretty sharp right!

@ItsBugsy Місяць тому

Yes it's annoying. The more I cycle, the more I fall in love with GCN presenters.

@gcn Місяць тому

We love you too 🙌

@mrabresnahan Місяць тому

The oxytocin triggered by this episode did not offset my hatred for those damn microphones

@gcn Місяць тому

Love hate relationship? 😵‍💫

@bikeanddogtrips Місяць тому

mice are actually pretty good swimmers - just like rats. They can swim and tread water for up to 3 days and can even swim under water for a few mins.

@midcenturyadventures Місяць тому

I met my partner on a group ride! We've been together 13 years and still ride together every Sunday. Also, I'm definitely one of those people who feels the "cycling buzz" - moreso with intervals or short, fast rides than long, slow distance. (Long slow distance makes me "slightly grumpy" like Simon.) I do a GCN Training video once a week, and it's always a mood-booster.

@wrench_n_ride8159 Місяць тому

When I used to bike commute to work, I was always in a better mood versus when I had to drive. My wife even noticed the difference.

@stevemawer848 Місяць тому

Don't take up ballet, Si, the best you can hope for is to graduate with a 2-2. 🙂

@richardclinker813 Місяць тому

Glad you liked my tailwind tip. It does feel great when you finish a ride and you're smashing your overall average speed. 😂

@etoyocthebackwardscoyote3572 Місяць тому

Caption competition: "Did you hear Simon Richardson is taking up ballet?"

@allanfoster6965 Місяць тому

He had to give up the modern and tap. Something to do with ankles. . . .

@Dwarfboy666 Місяць тому

“Love on a local group ride. Livin’ it up as my tyres go down” The unrecorded B side of Aerosmith’s classic

@bulletprufrodo Місяць тому

If i forgot about the mics, i remembered them when Si could not show his shirt. I still dont know what his shirt looks like.😂

@gcn Місяць тому

Sweaty! That's what they look like 😂

@keithmillard7883 Місяць тому

l'enfer du Nord (Paris Roubaix)

@derekwilbraham9828 Місяць тому

Those microphones have to go. Can’t see your lovely T shirts

@gcn Місяць тому

Don't worry. Head to gcn.eu/shop to see the t-shirts up close 😁

@vacuumbrainbimbo Місяць тому

@@gcn or get rid of the unnecessary mics!? Trying to solve a problem that never existed.

@konstantinpapoutsidis6076 Місяць тому

Riding with friends with about the same fitness levels is enjoyable whereas diffrent levels of fitness can be stressful to the weaker rider 😢

@KevinAxt-om5on Місяць тому

#CaptionCompetition - "Hey, Chiara, why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other Si!"

@will44bott Місяць тому

I can genuinely relate to this. Since starting to ride and run and therefore becoming fitter, I've become MUCH more of a social person. It does help that I run with a club based in a craft beer and pizza bar though....

@ZeroSeriesMMX Місяць тому

Caption: "Hey girl, this is the last week we'll hear talk straight outta Bottlegate from the GCN folks."

@oneilwolfe407 Місяць тому

My Oxitocin is through the roof . My new Orbea arrived. First ride 👌😊 thank you GCN

@jackregier5246 Місяць тому

Thanks for the video

@gcn Місяць тому

No problem! It's our pleasure

@rob-c. Місяць тому

23:57 That’s basically how Carlton Kirby pronounces it anyway 😂

@robbchastain3036 Місяць тому

Caption: "Did you hear that Dan brought his old Raleigh moped to a bike race?" 😀

@seattlegrrlie Місяць тому

Interval training definitely gives me a huge high. Just have to get past the point of "can't do this anymore"

@gcn Місяць тому

That's part of the fun though isn't it! Pushing through and enjoying this part of the journey 🙌

@CerahHedrick Місяць тому

Connor looking like Bambi on Ice, bawahaha 😂

@wrench_n_ride8159 Місяць тому

Caption competition: a big laugh from a Lidl joke.

@jamestoday2239 Місяць тому

Oxytocin.....cycling has always been about escapism and getting naturally high through exercise for me as a way of coping with life, so I've definitely noticed that long slow rides don't give me what I'm after in that regard compared with a short and vigorous workout type ride. Something that really becomes apparent when trying to adopt recommendations like the zone 2 riding mentioned on other videos. So, riding for mental well being like I do maybe doesn't fit in with the type of riding that people 'without issues' would be recommended?

@s4iforshort Місяць тому

Those mice doing swimming were probably just comparing their swim speed and segment times.

@rebelkallus Місяць тому

I'm catching up on this while warming up for a high intensity training session on a exercise bike in the gym 💀

@markhoward1573 Місяць тому

I am more social after a high intensity workout... But to be fair that could be because Im bragging about the high intensity workout 😂😂

@cruachan1191 Місяць тому

captioncompetition: Hey Chiara, have you heard Si's Scottish accent? Seriously Si, that was worse than James Doohan in Star Trek. 🤣

@wuzihuzi Місяць тому

Explains why I feel so shit when I miss groups rides.

@polarvoidx6366 Місяць тому

Caption, did you see that Bambi bloke riding the wrong sections of the Paris-Roubaix 😂

@ggold3357 Місяць тому

100% experienced the post ride "high/buzz". Even more so than after running. Even after my long rides, after which I'm completely knackered, I still feel mentally good. Haven't found extra "love" on my rides though... which my wife appreciates 😉 Overall though, if I don't exercise on the regular I get to feeling low. Need the bike and the weights to make sad voices go away.

@peterhowe-si8fg Місяць тому

I thought we had votes the new mics off the island. Maybe they sound better in studio but no difference watching. And Si might get injured doing a face plant into his. What was the tally on comments?

@alanfreeman7932 Місяць тому

Caption competition:- Have you seen this picture of Dan wearing white shorts

@MartinBentancour Місяць тому

Caption: it takes a Lotte of effort not to laugh at Lance’s comment about riders hugging it out

@Aeroasduck Місяць тому

I met my wife at a triathlon club. We used to train together and our first date was a bike ride.

@Tayto16 Місяць тому

Caption- Cillian told them he was “training”. They fell for it.

@JeffsSwims Місяць тому

"Hey did you hear that Camelback GCN water bottles for the winner of the caption contest will be here this week!!!"

@adamgwaltney2798 Місяць тому

Keep it hip with the times and call Rider's Rizz.

@brannmacfinnchad9056 Місяць тому

If this video gets 5,000 likes, Si will record his beginning ballet classes.

@JonCannings Місяць тому

😂

@tgulick123 Місяць тому

Short High Intensity Training - the perfect acronym

@lynnehiscock Місяць тому

My husband doesn’t come home full of the love hormone, but he is full of beer!

@gcn Місяць тому

😂

@prestachuck2867 Місяць тому

Is his name Daniel Lloyd?

@JonCannings Місяць тому

@@prestachuck2867😂😂😂

@iainperkins3281 Місяць тому

I watched a program on daytime tv where they measured peoples heart rate when they looked a certain colour schemes and changes into their homes. Oxytocin and dopamine are released when you make postive changes to your house and this was measured by the experiment. That got me thinking I wonder if buying a new bike intially, due to the same chemicals being released into the blood stream, would improve someones performance. So is it that Olly's new found form could be corrulated to all the new bikes he gets to ride? Would be a very interesting video to watch on how much a bike that someone asphetically likes, improves how they perform on it even if it does not have any extra tech to support the improvement.

@thomasdavidbassett483 Місяць тому

The Merkx hour record has to be ridden on the same bike as Merkx rode. Chris Boardman had to have a frame made by Terry Dolan.

@artist-teacher Місяць тому

Caption: "They said Discovery+ would be just as good as GCN+"

@enteekay4087 Місяць тому

I wish Strava would also add like blue PR badges for personal best of the year..

@ashaw1016 Місяць тому

I do now incorporate plenty of zone 2 into my training. But the lack of buzz after doing it is a major detractor

@alantaylorfarnes Місяць тому

That keyboard looks incredible. I really want one.

@gcn Місяць тому

Great hack right! Taking that Zwift messaging up a notch 👌

@stephenyoung5368 Місяць тому

CAPTION "Hey Ciara, did you hear Si is thinking of taking up ballet...... with those ankles?"

@Trissb1988-- Місяць тому

Yes, exercise is good for you it definitely lowers stress.

@Mis0ph0nia Місяць тому

It might be true that "love hormone" and all the other things might sprawl when doing exercise.... for some. Im in the category of people that struggles with "severe" mental health issues, and altho i like going out on my gravel bike, my MTB or just taking a walk in the forest, as is often the "band aid" cure regarding sport and mental health issues, the process of just "getting there" and having to be social etc., is often more of a deterrence than a motivation. Yes, we are all different and not all with mental health problems face the same issues or degrees of the same issue. But i just wish that the "go out and get some fresh air" attitude could be changed, cause that line more often than not, does the opposite than what it might be ment as.

@AmvC Місяць тому

In germany, you can get a soothing high from April 1st on 😊 no pedalling needed, but in combination, it could make for a very relaxing and fun time afterwards 😊