Lockdown, Winter, Norway & Me

Lockdown continues during the winter in the Norwegian Capital. How do I keep active and positive in these tough times? Well, no matter the temperature the humble bicycle is keeping me going both physically and mentally (although long rides are indoor only)! Big plans for the channel and big plans for the summer (05:58). But in the meantime, watch out for the tramlines whilst cycling!

PLANNING ON BIKEPACKING/BIKE TOURING IN NORWAY?
LIVE Q&A MARCH 9TH 20:00 GMT+1 (EUROPE) 19:00 (UK)

BTW: What’s the coldest you’ve cycled in and do you cycle in Winter?

00:00 Day in the life of MatthewNorway
05:58 Message to My Subscribers

#CyclingWinter #NorwayWinter #Lockdown

don’t do this guys okay don’t do this okay it’s -12 you don’t need to 
sunbathe it’s not recommended uh winter in norway yes it’s a little bit 
cold but it doesn’t stop me cycling i try to cycle throughout the 
year do you cycle in the winter i don’t go on long rides don’t get 
me wrong i only cycle in the city area maximum maybe 30 minutes because when 
it’s minus 12 outside you can’t really sustain cycling for longer than that it 
doesn’t matter what you wear trust me and of course i cycle indoors during 
this during the winter period it’s so so important to maintain my fitness you’re full 
you’re full so i’m gonna try to squeeze on if not you just have to throw someone out okay 
so if you’re thinking about coming over to norway this summer and you want to do some cycling 
in this country this is not belgium this is not holland this is not denmark there’s going 
to be some climbing and you want some climbing because that’s going to give you the views 
that’s going to give you the rewards okay so my recommendation is start to train now if you’re 
not already the road to lisbon has had an effort it’s just up and down climbing just 
up down up down but we’re today guys i’m just gonna cycle for 15 minutes i’m just gonna 
knit down to where i work and i thought well then you might as well join us see what a day in the 
life of matthew in norway is like so you fancier so make sure you wrap up warm guys because it’s 
going to be a bit chilly on the old bike let’s go there’s one little problem cycling in oslo and 
that’s the tram lines i decided to buy myself a bike with wheels that fit perfectly into them 
tram lines and when your wheel goes into one of them charm lines you come to a complete stop 
and you might think wow that’s good then i don’t have to use my brakes the only problem 
is your bike comes to a complete stop but you continue moving and you go sometimes over the 
handlebars and then land on the ground in a very awkward and uncomfortable position and it gets 
even better because sometimes if you’re lucky there may be people everywhere what usually 
happens is everybody stops what they’re doing and they look directly at you while you’re on the 
ground in pain and agony and then what do you do well you do the only thing you can do 
you get up you get on your bike and you continue cycling as if it was no big deal 
even though half your leg is missing skin they don’t have a same foot in norwegian but 
in english there’s a saying it’s called a her so this is where the king lives that’s 
his house nearly as big as mine but not quite oh [ __ ] oh [ __ ] but um where i am right now is that i’m a place 
that i work this is one of the gyms i work at as a trainer and as a coach this is 
beanie hat beanie hat hair are you ready so in this corona lock down i do a lot of online 
classes for individuals and for groups and for businesses and i could do them at home but i 
mean you know you’ve got to get out the house so i come down to the gym that i work at and i 
get to use the facilities here while it’s closed i get to cycle you get to run you get to do 
strength training so i am one lucky bunny oh my god what 85 kilos what what’s going on so i thought that was quite 
funny but maybe you didn’t i don’t know but guys i just want to mention starting in march 
and probably in april may if it’s successful a q a a live q a maybe for about 90 minutes 
where you can ask whatever questions you want and i will try to provide as much information 
as possible about traveling around norway on a bike or whatever it is you’re going 
to do here in norway i have obviously a huge amount of knowledge and experience on this 
country and i want to be able to help you guys so early march i’ll let you know in advance 
the date and the time and when it’s going to be but look out for that in addition to that you may 
be wondering what am i going to do this summer in regards to bike packing i’m planning on doing 
a massive trip over the scandinavian mountains so the longest mountain range in europe and it’s 
going to be crazy the elevation gain is out of this world it’s basically up down up down up down 
with climbs up to 1 340 meters above sea level so yeah i’m gonna have to make sure that one my 
bike is as light as possible and two my legs and my fitness is in premium condition because last 
summer i was not in premium condition and i had a very heavy bike and i did struggle and i want 
to make sure i’m in better condition this time so if you want to know about my training regime right 
now what i’m doing to get myself to that level and maybe could do a video on that as i have a huge 
amount of experience in fitness and in training so let me know in the comment section if you’re 
interested in bike packing training and i’m trying now to do at least one to two videos a 
week it’s a lot of work but i just want to keep piling them out especially now as we’re going 
to come into spring in the next month or so so you get as much information as possible and 
fingers crossed that they open the borders in the summertime that’s all we can do is have our 
fingers crossed all right guys thank you so much for watching as always and i will see you in the 
next one sooner rather than later had a bra cheers atlantic ocean mode