Cycling is really good for our body. It helps to get stamina. It helps us to reduce our body weight.

I used to do cycling daily before but now it is not possible daily, as we cannt travel long distances through cycle and it need lot of energy.. :lol: But no one knows how much calories it burns and how good it is ..neetu has solved the problem and educated us.. :)

Benefits Of Cycling

Heath Benefits

* Cycling minimizes the risk of coronary heart disease. Essentially an aerobic exercise, it gives your heart, blood vessels and lungs a workout, thereby reducing the risk of heart problems.
* A few miles of cycling per day assure trimmer and toned muscles. This is because your upper thigh muscles, backside and calf muscles all get to workout.
* Pursuing cycling helps a great deal in building your stamina. It enables you to carry out your day-to-day activities more effectively.
* For people, who are on the heavier side, cycling can prove to be beneficial. It manages weight and helps in getting rid of increased waistline and bulging fat.
* The pleasure and satisfaction attained while riding a bicycle alleviates all the stress, anxiety and depression of a person.
* This might come to you as a surprise, but cycling ensures a control in the level of blood pressure.
* Cycling enhances the overall fitness level of a person. It makes you breathe deeper and perspire more, thereby leading to a feeling of enhanced body temperature.
* Cycling has found to be effective for treating people diagnosed with diabetes and cancer.

Cycling is always thought to be one most effective exercises.We must encourage it in a big way to conserve energy and for its apparent health benefits!

Apart from health reasons, cycling is nil fuel vehicle and completely pollution free. I once read that in a European city, the corporation has provided free bicycles for all to use. One has to pick up a bicycle from road and to leave somewhere on road after using so that some one else may use it.

Cycling and swimming are the best exercises that one can follow if possible.

Abid Areacode wrote:
[quote]Cycling and swimming are the best exercises that one can follow if possible.[/quote]

When cycling and swimming are not possible, jogging or brisk walking may suit.

I still have my cycle which i used for commuting between my college and house.Thanks for the link,Neetu. :) :)

All the benefits of cycling It’s a proved practice that cycling brings many benefits: tones muscles, keeps joints healthy and efficient and heart trained, helps the circulation, improves lung capacity. In addition, it allows to dispose of the extra kilos.

You can feel an elevation instamina even after wek of cycling. I regularly do it for 7 kms daily in the morning.