If you’re looking for an affordable and accessible way to live longer, skip the pricey wellness retreats and quirky biohacks—just bike to work.
If you’re looking for an affordable and accessible way to live longer, skip the pricey wellness retreats and quirky biohacks—just bike to work.
To follow this advice, I’d end up getting my bike out of the garage, riding around the block … then going back inside to turn on my work laptop. I love working from home.
That being said, a 15 minute morning bike ride before work would still be a good idea.
When I work from home, I bike with my dog for 20-30 minutes in the morning. On office days, I only bike 5 minutes to the train station…
I used to have a wonderful 11km bike commute along the river, my favorite of all time.
That sounds pretty nice, but I’d just be happy with a system of protected trails where I live. I still ride but it can get pretty dangerous in some spots (this is why I ride with a camera and at least one means of self defense though, and a helmet of course).
I only bike with the dog on protected lines, definitely crucial!
That sounds lovely! I live in a city that has parkways and greenery along most of the river front – if that were my route to work each day, I’d find it rather soothing. Beautiful path.
You can still use the bike for shopping and the like. It’s still good to get out on WFH days.
I suppose I could. It’s not super practical, though. I don’t have panniers on my bike, limiting the amount I can carry*
Also, it’s a 20 minute bike ride to my usual grocery store - bad for cold stuff (only 5 minutes to the expen$ive local shop, TBF)*
Really, though, my wife picks up more of the groceries than I do – she has a 20 minute drive to work, and the grocery store is only a 5 minute detour by car.
*(the starred items are minor obstacles, not deal-breakers. The more honest answer is “but biking would take more time!” which … ok, is just laziness).
I have an enormous basket on the electric bike, room enough for groceries, and not even a bad ride to the store, but there is nowhere to secure it. Any half-assed locking of a bike here means no bike when you come out of the store!
I do ride to work but can park it inside the office.
From the sound of it, the cops never seem to care when it comes to bike thefts. Kind of a hidden hazard of riding.
Go get breakfast then come back and start working? I did that when I was remote and it wasn’t a 1:1 replacement for a good ride but it was still pretty good.
Breakfast is in my kitchen. A quick ride while I wait for the coffee to brew wouldn’t be a bad thing, though
With remote work I found having a routine to start and end the day help separate it, was killing some hobbies because was hard for my brain to separate them, so a fake commutes would actually probably be amazing for that.