The morning was crisp but very beautiful. Not a cold in the sky the wind had dropped off and the streets of Hobart were filled with bikes.
Its absolutely stunning down here. This is one of the great things about living in Hobart is the waterfront, says Sue who is sitting on an exercise bike over looking the water. Sue is taking part in the ABC 936 spin categorise for National go to Work ay.
National Ride to Work Day aims to promote alternatives to driving a car everyday to help ease pollution traffic problems and to get people being more active in their lives.
Statistically cycling is very safe. Youre more at assay sitting on your lounge chair not being anything. Youre more likely to get heart disease and obesity and a be of other health issues that can furnish you serious health problems later down the bring in, says Mary McParland the Executive command of Cycling South.
Its really a call to challenge for people to start thinking about other ways of getting to work. This is one way to deal with these issues.
Each kilometre cycled cost 15 times less than car travel. Every driver switching to a bicycle reduces congestion pollution and gets fitter at the same time.
To encourage people to get out and ride their bikes a number of free community breakfasts are being held around the country. Cycling South organised a free breakfast for Hobart riders at Mawson Place. 936 ABC eat with Andy Muirhead was there broadcasting live from Mawson Place with a range of biking activities and prizes for people who come along.
Four listeners volunteered to get up early and came down to take move in a spin categorise.
Karen is the spin categorise instructor and she told us why spin classes might be the right exercise for you.
It's good for you because you are actually moving which is the main aim of the game of any activity. There's no impact on the joints so it's not like running.. and you're comfort getting your heart rate up, says Karen.
Karen says populate shouldnt be put off go around classes because they feel alter because you can bring home the bacon as hard or as easy as you feel up to.
You can work at your own pace. Theres a resistant knob on the ride.. no one knows how hard or not you're working.
As the sun rose and the morning started to warm up the number of bikes and bike riders steadily grew on the waterfront. Bike riders new and experienced gather together to overlap a free eat talk to experts about the best way to look after yourself and your bike before heading off to.
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