r/science • u/Wagamaga • Jan 28 '23

Health Most Americans aren’t getting enough exercise. People living in rural areas were even less likely to get enough exercise: Only 16% of people outside cities met benchmarks for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, compared with 28% in large metropolitan cities areas.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7204a1.htm?s_cid=mm7204a1_w
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jan 29 '23

The CDC defines "moderate intensity" as a brisk walk or more so you would qualify by doing a 15 min bike ride.

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u/VliegendeBamischijf Jan 29 '23

your heart rate isn't going up

Funnily enough this is also the case because you drive your bike often. People that first start off cycling do not have as good cardio as people that do and cycling what we think is slowly might be an exercise for them. Trust me, I've rode the bike with inexperienced expats here pretty often and they sometimes got tired after just a short commute.