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How I broke up with caffeine (and why I desperately needed to)

I woke at 3am, sweating profusely and wracked with pain. Aside from feeling like I’d been run over by a bus, everything from my torso down was on fire. There was not a single position I could hold that didn’t feel like I was in the rigours of cramping. The ache was deep. In my …

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Muscle cramps from cycling: Why do they happen and how can you prevent them?

Muscle cramps can be a debilitating and extremely unpleasant part of bike riding. So what causes them? And what can you do to prevent them from occurring? Before we answer those questions, have you seen the film Pineapple Express? Stay with me here. There’s a scene where one of the main characters, Saul (played by …

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Indoor cycling helps Parkinson’s patients, new study finds

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Riding on an indoor bike three days per week appears to significantly decrease Parkinson’s symptoms, according to a new study published in the Lancet Neurology. “The effect of cycling is about the same as the improvement we bring with different drugs,” Professor Bas Bloem, who led the research, told NOS. “New drugs are seen as …

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