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Active people increase

  • 13-05-2017 7:22am
    #1
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭


    What's the craic with all these people out jogging, running and cycling all of a sudden. Fair play and all but it's fcukin irritating having to avoid killing them on the roads. Then it's all plastered over facebook about whatever race they've competed in. Big pat on the back lads. Jez.


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  • #2
    MilesMorales1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,431 ✭✭✭MilesMorales1


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  • #3
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,217 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Apart from the annoying cyclists, I think its great that people are being more active and getting fit. There aren't as many ladettes now either compared to 10 years ago.


  • #4
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Kill them and them post it on Facebook, that'll show them


  • #5
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    I blame boards and the couch to 10k thread


    Before that, nobody knew how to get off their ass and run


  • #6
    longshanks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭longshanks


    Active people... Increase
    Say it in Optimus Prime's voice
    Autobots... Transform


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  • #7
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    longshanks wrote: »
    Active people... Increase
    Say it in Optimus Prime's voice
    Autobots... Transform
    I always preferred the decepticon. They were cooler and weren't goody goodies .


  • #8
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    jamesbere wrote: »
    Kill them and them post it on Facebook, that'll show them
    That's a very real possibility, minus the posting it on facebook part.


  • #9
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    What's the craic with all these people out jogging, running and cycling all of a sudden. Fair play and all but it's fcukin irritating having to avoid killing them on the roads. Then it's all plastered over facebook about whatever race they've competed in. Big pat on the back lads. Jez.

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  • #10
    bluewizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭bluewizard


    Its good to be active. Yes, it can be annoying sometimes when a person (thinking exactly what??) runs on a street having a perfect footpath next to them, but overall its fantastic. Activity, apart from obvious benefits to the body also helps to maintain better mood and prevent early stage of depression.


  • #11
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,456 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    Apart from annoying cyclists.
    It's OK - you don't really annoy me that much....

    I took up cycling seriously on moving to Ireland 10 years ago. I was in my mid-late 40s, and heading rapidly towards diabetes. Numerous operations on my back over the previous 15 tears or so had led to a sedentary lifestyle and an ever-increasing girth.

    I then lost nearly 40kg over a couple of years. I started my racing career at 49. I've participated in national, European and World Masters championships. I've had one or two setbacks, but I'm healthier now than at any other time in my adult life, and could well have added a decade or more to my life expectation.

    I also use my car less, and as a result reduce traffic congestion for the rest of you....


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  • #12
    philstar
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    its all Aldi & Lidl's fault with their fortnightly sports promotions

    when all i want to do is buy a six pack and a giant bag of crisps for the evening telly, they're tempting me with all this get-fit malarkey, the nerve of them


  • #13
    bluewizard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 62 ✭✭bluewizard


    Beasty wrote: »
    I took up cycling seriously.

    I confess, as a driver I used to go mad about cyclists. I was soo bloody dumb, I admit with shame.

    We are all people, the drivers, the cyclists, the pedestrians. We all want to get safely from A to B. We should see a human in others, not an anonymous "cyclist" or "a driver". We all have names, families and hobbies. Think about it next time you're about to snap on the road. Love more, hate less.

    Apologies for the slight OT.


  • #14
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    begbysback wrote: »
    I blame boards and the couch to 10k thread


    Before that, nobody knew how to get off their ass and run

    What thread is that? I've gotten so fat I need to lose it.


  • #15
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    What thread is that? I've gotten so fat I need to lose it.

    Couch to 5K thread - was a huge support for me when I started running last year. Couldn't recommend it highly enough.


  • #16
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    The OP reminds me a bit of this OP: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057737608


  • #17
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    While it's great to see so many getting active, it is an interesting change in our culture.

    I drove up to a viewing point on a mountain local to me a few weeks back and a cycling event passed through. The amount of podgy, lycra clad, middle aged men heaving their considerable mass up the slope atop a spindly little bicycle was a sight to behold. I just thought what a change in Ireland. A generation ago all these guys would be spending their Sunday in the pub and the only exercise they'd be getting would be walking across to the bookies.


  • #18
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Agricola wrote: »
    While it's great to see so many getting active, it is an interesting change in our culture.

    I drove up to a viewing point on a mountain local to me a few weeks back and a cycling event passed through. The amount of podgy, lycra clad, middle aged men heaving their considerable mass up the slope atop a spindly little bicycle was a sight to behold. I just thought what a change in Ireland. A generation ago all these guys would be spending their Sunday in the pub and the only exercise they'd be getting would be walking across to the bookies.
    Hardly a genration ago if they are how you describe them ;)


  • #19
    please helpThank YOU
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
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    Great Picture very Positive looks good.:):cool:


  • #20
    greencap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Agricola wrote: »
    While it's great to see so many getting active, it is an interesting change in our culture.

    I drove up to a viewing point on a mountain local to me a few weeks back and a cycling event passed through. The amount of podgy, lycra clad, middle aged men heaving their considerable mass up the slope atop a spindly little bicycle was a sight to behold. I just thought what a change in Ireland. A generation ago all these guys would be spending their Sunday in the pub and the only exercise they'd be getting would be walking across to the bookies.

    The most important thing is that they're happy in their personal sport/hobby/leisure activity, even if it is on roads built for serious/business/infrastructure purposes.

    Anyone who says different is a negative nelly.

    discussion/2058195983/russia-threadbanned-users-in-op/p3135

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  • #21
    Fighting Tao
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    greencap wrote: »
    The most important thing is that they're happy in their personal sport/hobby/leisure activity, even if it is on roads built for serious/business/infrastructure purposes.

    Anyone who says different is a negative nelly.


    :confused:
    Are they on motorways and railway lines or something?

    Foot, horse (and cart) and pedal bikes were on the roads long before motorised vehicles came along.

    It's great to see so many trying to improve their health. It saves the country a fortune in health costs. If everyone did a bit more exercise we would all benefit.


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  • #22
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,037 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    A lot of people are doing non physical jobs sitting on their arses from nine to five every day so would need to do this


  • #23
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    The OP reminds me a bit of this OP: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057737608
    Why thank you. I agree with the OP from that thread too. I think that a lot of this stuff and the constant posts on facebook are a bit of attention seeking/craving validation from others.

    I do my bit for charity anonymously.


  • #24
    please helpThank YOU
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭please helpThank YOU


    There is Fantastic walks in Ireland like Curraghchase Forest Park Walks in co Limerick. Walking in very good for the mind and its free I have seen a lot more people walking in last few years. than before which is Great and healthy positive and its free.


  • #25
    greencap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    :confused:
    Are they on motorways and railway lines or something?

    Foot, horse (and cart) and pedal bikes were on the roads long before motorised vehicles came along.

    And what.

    Open sewers and widespread turf burning also came before the car.

    discussion/2058195983/russia-threadbanned-users-in-op/p3135

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  • #26
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    greencap wrote: »
    And what.

    Open sewers and widespread turf burning also came before the car.

    And what? Roads aren't owned by people in motorised vehicles. It's great seeing people on foot and people on bikes use them to improve their health. It also sets a good example to children. They see that they can go outdoors rather than sit on their tablet or games console.


  • #27
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    And what? Roads aren't owned by people in motorised vehicles. It's great seeing people on foot and people on bikes use them to improve their health. It also sets a good example to children. They see that they can go outdoors rather than sit on their tablet or games console.
    Many folks running on hard surfaces like roads are going to have serious problems with their joints in later life though, especially those that started late.

    My main gripe isn't that people are exercising in the outdoors, although some cyclists can be very annoying, it's the fact that they need to share all this stuff on their news feeds and seem to be seeking approval from God knows who.


  • #28
    greencap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    And what? Roads aren't owned by people in motorised vehicles. It's great seeing people on foot and people on bikes use them to improve their health. It also sets a good example to children. They see that they can go outdoors rather than sit on their tablet or games console.

    Its great til the news stories. Which, as per Darwin's law, are plentiful.

    Anything on the footpath I'm all for. But I'm fairly confident that as the decades pass cycling on the roads* will go the way of smoking in pubs, or burning rubbish.
    It just makes no sense to prioritize sport over safety.

    Why not road dancing. A fair comparison. Let's dance on the inside margin of busy roads.
    I mean dancing was around before cars.

    *built specifically for motors, as this isn't 1732

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  • #29
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Many folks running on hard surfaces like roads are going to have serious problems with their joints in later life though, especially those that started late.

    My main gripe isn't that people are exercising in the outdoors, although some cyclists can be very annoying, it's the fact that they need to share all this stuff on their news feeds and seem to be seeking approval from God knows who.

    That can be easily resolved. Stop following them. I've done it for any friends that believe in psychics, pyramid false nutrition schemes etc. Alternatively you could go to the extreme and go off social media altogether.


  • #30
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    greencap wrote: »
    Its great til the news stories. Which, as per Darwin's law, are plentiful.

    Anything on the footpath I'm all for. But I'm fairly confident that as the decades pass cycling on the roads* will go the way of smoking in pubs, or burning rubbish.
    It just makes no sense to prioritize sport over safety.

    Why not road dancing. A fair comparison. Let's dance on the inside margin of busy roads.
    I mean dancing was around before cars.

    *built specifically for motors, as this isn't 1732

    How about seeing cyclists as people like you in your metal box. You are a person too and believe it or not a cyclist is very unlikely to kill anyone but themselves. You have a few tonne weight that can plough through other people in your way. You have the ability to drive safely in order to ensure everyone is safer. Countless journeys are made by people on bicycles everyday without resulting in death or even minor injury.

    There are people using all modes of transport. Just because people aren't using your preferred one does not mean you have any more rights on roads then them.

    Nice to see that this thread is turning into the almost daily anti-people on bikes thread.



    As for the roads built specifically for motors.....in Ireland we call them motorways . People on bikes, people on horses and people on foot aren't allowed on them. Most of the road network was based on old tracks and roads that were there before motorised vehicles.


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  • #31
    greencap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭greencap


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    How about seeing cyclists as people like you in your metal box. You are a person too and believe it or not a cyclist is very unlikely to kill anyone but themselves. You have a few tonne weight that can plough through other people in your way. You have the ability to drive safely in order to ensure everyone is safer. Countless journeys are made by people on bicycles everyday without resulting in death or even minor injury.

    There are people using all modes of transport. Just because people aren't using your preferred one does not mean you have any more rights on roads then them.

    Nice to see that this thread is turning into the almost daily anti-people on bikes thread.

    I do take care around cyclists.

    However, on the few occasions that I use a bike myself, I'm very deferential because I know I'm the problem/obstacle, I'm using an infrastructure designed for something else.
    Most cyclists though are under the impression that because the law, because donkey carts, because whatever, that reality will adjust to them.
    Outside of personal disagreements its a dangerous and illogical practice.

    If cycling was new it would be outlawed. A safety engineer wouldn't recommend it as being legal.

    discussion/2058195983/russia-threadbanned-users-in-op/p3135

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  • #32
    huddlejonny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 403 ✭✭huddlejonny


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    How about seeing cyclists as people like you in your metal box. You are a person too and believe it or not a cyclist is very unlikely to kill anyone but themselves. You have a few tonne weight that can plough through other people in your way. You have the ability to drive safely in order to ensure everyone is safer. Countless journeys are made by people on bicycles everyday without resulting in death or even minor injury.

    There are people using all modes of transport. Just because people aren't using your preferred one does not mean you have any more rights on roads then them.

    Nice to see that this thread is turning into the almost daily anti-people on bikes thread.



    As for the roads built specifically for motors.....in Ireland we call them motorways . People on bikes, people on horses and people on foot aren't allowed on them. Most of the road network was based on old tracks and roads that were there before motorised vehicles.

    It's the sunday morning cyclists two abreast, yakking away to each other, oblivious to people in their metal boxes trying to pass them safely that gets up my nose. So there, safety first!


  • #33
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    For all the bad things about social media, it's got people active - that pic of you climbing a mountain or running an iron man is a lot more interesting than you slumped over a bar stool.


  • #34
    Jobs OXO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 887 ✭✭✭Jobs OXO


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    What's the craic with all these people out jogging, running and cycling all of a sudden. Fair play and all but it's fcukin irritating having to avoid killing them on the roads. Then it's all plastered over facebook about whatever race they've competed in. Big pat on the back lads. Jez.

    Only excercise I like is giving herself an aul lash of the sexy stick !


  • #35
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    huddlejonny wrote: »
    It's the sunday morning cyclists two abreast, yakking away to each other, oblivious to people in their metal boxes trying to pass them safely that gets up my nose. So there, safety first!

    Have you considered that they do that to protect themselves from unsafe overtaking?

    Credit to Moflojo for posting this image previously.415264.jpg


  • #36
    [Deleted User]
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    It's the walkers/joggers wearing headphones oblivious to their surroundings and other road users that annoy me! Apart from that, great to see so many taking exercise in our lovely green countryside.


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  • #37
    Beasty
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    greencap wrote: »
    If cycling was new it would be outlawed. A safety engineer wouldn't recommend it as being legal.
    You could say exactly the same about private motorised vehicles. Indeed when they were first introduced someone had to walk in front warning people with a red flag. Of course if some motorists were a little more careful everyone would be a lot safer.


  • #38
    carzony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭carzony


    Mostly I think it's the pressure to look good now. My Facebook is just full of people who are on diets, gym programmes, tanning, teeth whitening ect.. I actually think people are starting to develop a very unhealthy obsession with all of this exercising.


  • #39
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,456 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    carzony wrote: »
    Mostly I think it's the pressure to look good now. My Facebook is just full of people who are on diets, gym programmes, tanning, teeth whitening ect.. I actually think people are starting to develop a very unhealthy obsession with all of this exercising.
    So if someone offered you a pill that would allow you to lose a bit of weight, have a healthy outlook and prolong your life for a few years you would not be interested?


  • #40
    carzony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭carzony


    Beasty wrote: »
    So if someone offered you a pill that would allow you to lose a bit of weight, have a healthy outlook and prolong your life for a few years you would not be interested?

    My point is that I think most of this is actually for show and not for health reasons as you stated. I also believe the constant pressure for people is a bigger incentive rather than being healthy.

    If it was for the health benefits then fair enough but social media is driving this which is very sad.


  • #41
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    carzony wrote: »
    My point is that I think most of this is actually for show and not for health reasons as you stated. I also believe the constant pressure for people is a bigger incentive rather than being healthy.

    If it was for the health benefits then fair enough but social media is driving this which is very sad.

    I'd think that social media is highlighting that people need more exercise. It is not driving anything to do with being more active. It's impossible to get someone to move when they don't want to.


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  • #42
    carzony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭carzony


    Fighting Tao wrote: »
    I'd think that social media is highlighting that people need more exercise. It is not driving anything to do with being more active. It's impossible to get someone to move when they don't want to.

    Having people post every time they lift a weight is driving this and it's extremely common especially among young lads now.


  • #43
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,205 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    carzony wrote: »
    I actually think people are starting to develop a very unhealthy obsession with all of this exercising.
    I think it's great - someone who is out exploring the world, hanging off cliffs and cycling across a country is a more interesting and rounded person. I think younger people are investing more in experiences, and less in things, and good for them.


  • #44
    Fighting Tao
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,492 ✭✭✭Fighting Tao


    carzony wrote: »
    Having people post every time they lift a weight is driving this and it's extremely common especially among young lads now.

    I'd love to see research behind it because people are inherently lazy. It takes more effort to get up and do something active than to sit watching TV. Maybe you are just friends with a certain type of person that annoys you on Facebook.


  • #45
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,456 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    carzony wrote: »
    My point is that I think most of this is actually for show and not for health reasons as you stated. I also believe the constant pressure for people is a bigger incentive rather than being healthy.

    If it was for the health benefits then fair enough but social media is driving this which is very sad.
    My experience is very much the contrary. There are certainly some people who wish to give the appearance of following a healthy lifestyle, and they may be the sort of individuals you are alluding to.

    As a member of one of the larger cycling clubs in the Greater Dublin area, and observing the sort of activity discussed in various forums on this site I feel I have some experience of the uptake in certain activities over recent years. I know of many who have taken up cycling as a recreational activity to regain/maintain fitness. I know others who have gone a bit further and started doing training for triathlons. I know what it takes to do a 200km cycle in the Wicklow mountains. I know what it takes to do a 2+hour bike race.

    The numbers now partaking in such activities has increased significantly over the past decade. These people are very committed to their physical activities/sports. Yes there is some drop-out, but that's typically as people move on with differing priorities (family commitments being a good example), but I am also seeing many, many people returning to these activities having taken a break for those sorts of reasons. Most actually continue to do these sports, possibly at a reduced level, but knowing the long term health benefits they bring (and I've had various tests in annual medicals over the years which are showing the improvements in my heart and lung capacity)


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
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    I've been noticing this for the last few years. Obesity is rarer now than during the 2000s too.


  • #47
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    That's a very real possibility, minus the posting it on facebook part.

    It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if that happened.


  • #48
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,217 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Beasty wrote: »
    It's OK - you don't really annoy me that much....

    I took up cycling seriously on moving to Ireland 10 years ago. I was in my mid-late 40s, and heading rapidly towards diabetes. Numerous operations on my back over the previous 15 tears or so had led to a sedentary lifestyle and an ever-increasing girth.

    I then lost nearly 40kg over a couple of years. I started my racing career at 49. I've participated in national, European and World Masters championships. I've had one or two setbacks, but I'm healthier now than at any other time in my adult life, and could well have added a decade or more to my life expectation.

    I also use my car less, and as a result reduce traffic congestion for the rest of you....

    Good for you.


  • #49
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Being hungover isn't as ok as it used to be. A paracetamol and a glass of water did the job. Now hangovers are full of regret and self loathing.

    Saying that, I would never EVER consider exercising on the weekend.


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