Fitness Guide

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Cycle Commuting
There's no doubt that cycling to works helps your fitness however I have found that it's easy to not use this time well. My concentration can easily go and I think of work issues or the family and not about my work rate, very soon I'm doing a lot of coasting and nothing towards my fitness. If I focus and work hard and keep peddling (cycle computers/heart rate monitors are a great aid for this) my fitness improves.
I can still let my mind wander but I have to keep on track with the effort. I find the right level is where I can't speak without breathlessness. To test this I try and say this phrase out loud, "Slasher Preston and Uncompetitive Al in a K2 going backwards" if I'm at the right effort level it's pretty incoherent.
We've showers at work - which I need as it's 10 miles each way - but I also have a pull up bar to put in the door frame and allow for a little upper body work. I do some toes touching and trunk rotation twists to loosen me up as well. Robin Oakley Herts LCO