{"id":37840,"date":"2021-04-22T13:52:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=37840"},"modified":"2021-04-27T12:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:38:43","slug":"5-reasons-to-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/5-reasons-to-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Start Cycling Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cycling is a low impact, effective form of exercise that can provide you with many physical, emotional and mental health benefits. This post contains the top five reasons why you should include cycling into your healthy lifestyle routine.<\/p>\n

Cycling is Good for Weight loss<\/h2>\n

If you want to lose weight, cycling is an excellent form of physical activity to burn calories. It increases the metabolism and burns excess fat efficiently and effectively. If you cycle for one hour at approximately 10 miles per hour, you should burn an extra 260 calories.<\/p>\n

Cycling is suitable for people who need to lose a significant amount of weight because it’s low impact and less strenuous on the muscles and bones.<\/p>\n

If you want to lose weight<\/a> but your fitness levels are low, consider riding at a high speed for 30 seconds, and at a slow and steady pace for one minute, repeat ten to fifteen times.<\/p>\n

This type of exercise is called high-intensity interval training<\/strong><\/a>. To lose weight and increase fitness, you only need to push yourself for 30 seconds at a time.<\/p>\n

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