Hey guys I am doing a Project for health class and need to do an interview of someone on my topic (I obviously chose unicycling) and I would like to ask a few questions
1.) What are some of the health benifits of Unicycling, and long term effects?
2.) How long have you been riding, and what got you started?
3.) how much time do you put into practicing each day and what keeps you intersted and wanting to ride?
Thanks for your help you guys,
Ducttape
I am not sure about first question but I can answer other questions.
I have been riding for 11 years. I started to ride unicycle because my friend rides unicycle around my house, also some Japanese people experience of ride unicycle in physical education class include me. 
Probably, unicycle is one of the good exercises for people.
When I was in the unicycle team in Japan, I usually practiced 3 or 4 days a week, 3 hours a day.
what keeps me interested and wanting to ride??
Well, I saw other unicyclists rutine in the competiton, then someone create new tricks or new coreography, that’s makes me keep riding unicycle.
Hope my comment help your helth project!!
Good luck 
-Kaori
I’m getting better exercise than on a bike as i’m always pedalling. Also better balance and motor co-ordination.
4yrs now and what got me started was the fact that when i was bike riding. I was mostly riding with the front wheel up. Hence the reason why i love unicycling more. 
2-4 hours a day if i’m not working. What keeps me going is the fact there’s no limit to what you can learn and that there are always to learn. Like right now i’m learning barefoot wheelwalking and stopping with my barefeet :D. The fact that i learned how to skate mount on a unicycle also surprises me and my friends to this day.
Hoped this also helped you my friend.
Take care from your good buddy
Hazmat
ur not pro
Maybe not now, but someday i will. 
Why do you need help from people paied to unicycle? Any normal ridder can help you 
Edit: not sure all the guys in the title are pro
Lol I think he just needs people that are really into unicycling, if you want to get technical Spencer is pro, Forrest is pro, I could be considered it… What defines a pro rider…Someone once told me it was you had to be sponsored and or been payed to ride…Well Spencer and I are sponsored, got paid to ride at six flags, Forrest is Sponsored, gets paid to do demos at Fairs…So really anyone who has been riding for a couple years or more that is really into the sport can help him out…But one of the best to help ya would be Kris, hes been riding since he was 12 and still one of the top. He could tell ya the most about health benifits…
The reason I put “pro” into quotes was because I am using the term loosley to defone anyone who is a leader in their area of riding or is sponsored/ gets paid to ride places or do demos. so anyone who can answer my questions is welcome to reply… I put “Calling all you “pro” riders Kris, Shaun, Jeff, Ryan ect.” because I am especially looking forward to hearing from them, as they are the ones who most of the outside community knows about.
Being that most of my unicycling is anaerobic (trials and intense DH muni) I don’t feel that I get any health benefits from riding. As for long term effects, I find my knees are slowly deteriorating… I think it’s time to see a doctor 
I’ve been riding for over four years now. I started riding when I discovered that my roomie had been storing a unicycle in our garage… he never rode it much. Curiosity got me on the uni, and the fun kept me riding.
Some days I only ride to and from work, a total of about 10 minutes. I try to “session” a few days a week, usually 1-2 hours of riding. There’s always a new trick I want to learn, or a new trials line I want to perfect, so there’s never an end to my inspiration… although when my interest wanes my fellow riders are always there to get me back in the game.
Calm down everyone!!! I have arrived!!!
Even though it may not benefit your cardio systems, it’s still an awesome workout for the legs and core muscles, right?
yeah if a friend gives me £1 to prove I can ride, that will make me pro!
I know im not a pro rider, or sponsored by any uni company’s, but I have been riding for 4 years now, and can answer these questions.
Getting into trials really helped my endurance and toned my leg muscles. They didn’t get any bigger, but they have improved. I used to have troubles doing trials for long periods, my legs would get tired, and I would start to breath rather heavily. Now my legs dont become tired anymore, and my breathing has become more controlled while doing any activity.
I have also gained a better reaction time, not just while unicycling, but for everything I do now.
Now that I ride a coker, I have burned up to 2500-3k calories on some of my ride, so it will keep me thin and get rid of excess body fat. I try to ride at a high cadence for at least 20mins in my ride to workout my heart and to gain better breathing and a lower bpm.
We learned some freestyle stuff, just the basics. Mainly just used them to ride point a to b. I ended up taking a break because my uni broke, and I had no money to repair it. Finally got it fixed, got into it again, and found about trials, and for the past year, I have really been into unicycling now.
Other than that, I just ride whenever, sometimes for a few mins, sometimes for a few hours. I just get out there whenever I can.
What keeps me riding is my love for the sport. I dont care if I am doing a 50 mile ride through the country side, a sweaty trials ride, riding with my friends and just goofing off, or just riding to get somewhere faster. As long as I can ride, I am good.
Being sponsored doesn’t prove diddily squat.
Mike
I’m def. sore after some rides… but I don’t feel that it’s a “proper” workout. I’m only training the muscles used for unicycling, and even then I’m only training them through the range of motion one experiences while unicycling. It’s unicycle-specific training… and specific to the riding that I do.
I feel I get better workouts in the gym, where I work my muscles in a wider range of motion and with better control over the resistances I experience.
never said it did, I put that in as something that makes people on the outside world think of “pro”, you know hat I mean?
Now I think that is close to what he was lookin for, like said before, Jerrick is to new riders like Firemen are to kids lol I guess il do his questionaire as well…
1.) What are some of the health benifits of Unicycling, and long term effects? Benifits of unicycling is just the same as biking, increases your endurance, and helps to lower your body fat keeping you in a top phisical condition. Long term effects are the same as anyone who keeps care of there body, having a healthier body will give you a longer life, and keeping it up will help to keep you young. Unicycling is a great form of excersize. A downside is to that of the more extreme generation that are prone to unjuries such as myself. I have had doctors inform me that I am highly susceptible to arthirtis due to a massive amount of injuries, but that is a risk of all extreme sports…
2.) How long have you been riding, and what got you started?
I began riding 5 years ago when I was in 6th grade, I started riding because I broke my arm playing soccer at school. Since I could not ride my bike(handlebars) and i dont like not being active, I decided to finally try unicycling. My brothers had an old juggle bug unicycle that they have long since forgotten and givin up riding. Well no hands required and a fun cycling challenge, seemed like a great way to pass time til I could bmx ride again. Who would have thought that I would be hooked on that and barely touch my bike anymore.
3.) how much time do you put into practicing each day and what keeps you intersted and wanting to ride? I ride as much as my schedule and weather allows me to. Generally 2 hours or more 3 days a week. I practice all styles of riding(cept freestyle) So somedays I go for a 12mile ride around town on rugged dirt roads, some days I practice flatland in a parking lot, some I jsut hop on obstacle in my 2.5 acre yard, and when I have the time I love to drive to the mountains and hit up some of the craziest trails I can find. I keep interested by doing more than one style and allways trying to excell in them, I also have a fear of being fat again so I choose to be active and unicycling is a fun way to do this.
Well I dont have much more to add, but you could PM Kris Holm, he is Danger uni. and Terry is 51 still riding so he could help ya out to, Muniaddict. Hope any of this helped!
Plus I think I found more ‘inner-balance’. My rests during practice sessions were maybe kind of meditations. While at other moments you sometimes divert negative energy into positive aggresion (when forcing yourself to do the skills you don’t dare, or simply can’t but just have to do). I always prefered to practice individually, as I’d liked to talk, scream, sing, wistle or be frustrated or excited all the way. I remember I for that reason could be furious when bypassing people started to spectate (by default I interrupted my sessions untill they moved on).
And what about long distance or muni bytheway, that relaxes the mind much more that doing some boring fishing I’d say.
Well plenty of mental and physical health topics under the search button. I don’t think that question is limited to just “pro’s”.
11 years. Always wanted it. An article in the local newspaper of a guy who was bitten by an aligator made me visit that particular circus to ask for an address to buy myself a unicycle (as google.com did’nt excist yet). A unicycle group from the Tjech Republic teached me for a week. The day they were gone I suddenly was able to ride.
I hardly practice anymore. But there were years I practiced 6 days a week with each day a minimum of 3 hours (and sometimes even up to 7 hours). By now I only could wish I would be able to make such hours.
Believe me; as non-pro you have much much more time for practising new skills. Cause when unicycling becomes your only income you hardly have time to practice anymore. For that reason the "I"UF dropped the rule that “pro’s” were only allowed to compete in the expert class.
Have the urge to expand capabilities. Suffering a critical health at age 19, basicly facing death, I was happy each day I did woke up. The knowledge that tommorow you maybe can’t do the things anymore you were able today. I forgot a bit, but once again I realize health is a blessing you should cherish and enjoy as much while you can!
Have another look; pro is written like “pro”.