On 15/08/2013 12:21, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:08:45 +0100, Brian Robertson
wrote:

On 15/08/2013 11:18, JNugent wrote:
On 15/08/2013 10:41, Bertie Wooster wrote:

JNugent wrote:

Is cycling the only known form of exercise?

Flogging a dead horse is an alternative form of exercise.

So contrary to what some people would have you believe, cycling is
certainly not the only form of exercise?

I quite understand that you might not feel able to say "yes" to that.

I quite understand that he may have considered it a rhetorical
question.

If he did, he was wrong again.

There are some who seem to "think" that cycling is the only means of
exercising. They are are as wrong as you suggest him to have been.

What's so difficult about accepting that cycling is not the only - or
even anywhere near being the best - form of exercise?

Almost as stupid as thinking that driving a car is the only credible
form of transport, huh?

As for being the best form of exercise, of course cycling is the best
form of exercise for those who do it. The best form of exercise for
anyone is the kind that they enjoy and are therefore likely to continue
doing.

I think that swimming is best - cycling a close second.


Not if you don't enjoy swimming. I don't like swimming, so I am unlikely
to stick with it and derive long term benefit from it.