By Kyle Piraino
Something that I have done lately that I never thought I would do
in a productive manner is ride a bike. I have recently started riding a
commuter bike to and from work and it is one of the best decisions I
have ever made. Living in a city, there are so many positives to riding a
bike to work I do not understand why more people do not do it.
You always hear about people complaining that they do not have time to exercise. It's always too early to get up and too late to do it when you get home from work tired from a long day. Well then what better way to take advantage of time you would normally spend sitting on a subway? Getting your exercise on your commute with a commuter bike saves you time and makes it productive.
A new bike costs a pretty penny I will admit. But that money is almost immediately made up for with not only the money you save on your commute, but the money you would save on a gym membership as well. You only have to give money to the bike once, and the lack of monthly MTA cards and the gym membership will easily save you enough money for it to be worth it.
The major issue with the thought of exercising before going straight to work is that you will be sweaty and uncomfortable for the rest of the day. In a city, you do not come up with as much of a sweat as you would think. The city streets are flat which makes biking easy enough that you do not have to take a shower and change your shirt by the time you get to work.
Overall, you'd be crazy not to invest in a bike. It makes getting to work much less stressful between the lack of traffic and amount of money saved. You get to work with exercise under your belt feeling good and with a lot of offices becoming more casually dressed, the suit problem is less apparent. I enjoy it enough that I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get moving in the morning and get some good exercise on the way home.
You always hear about people complaining that they do not have time to exercise. It's always too early to get up and too late to do it when you get home from work tired from a long day. Well then what better way to take advantage of time you would normally spend sitting on a subway? Getting your exercise on your commute with a commuter bike saves you time and makes it productive.
A new bike costs a pretty penny I will admit. But that money is almost immediately made up for with not only the money you save on your commute, but the money you would save on a gym membership as well. You only have to give money to the bike once, and the lack of monthly MTA cards and the gym membership will easily save you enough money for it to be worth it.
The major issue with the thought of exercising before going straight to work is that you will be sweaty and uncomfortable for the rest of the day. In a city, you do not come up with as much of a sweat as you would think. The city streets are flat which makes biking easy enough that you do not have to take a shower and change your shirt by the time you get to work.
Overall, you'd be crazy not to invest in a bike. It makes getting to work much less stressful between the lack of traffic and amount of money saved. You get to work with exercise under your belt feeling good and with a lot of offices becoming more casually dressed, the suit problem is less apparent. I enjoy it enough that I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get moving in the morning and get some good exercise on the way home.
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