The bicycle is often overlooked as a piece of exercise equipment.
Most people use bikes for joy rides in the park or as a means of
transportation on a nice day. Think again. That bike you have hiding in
your garage needs to come out this Spring season!
Benefits of Cycling
A bicycle workout can do wonders for your health and fitness. Whether
you are training for a competitive bike ride, a triathlon, wanting to
lose weight, or just to simply improve your health and fitness, the bike
can help you! A bicycle workout is great because you can do it almost
anywhere. Grab your bike and start riding.
Bike riding improves strength and muscle tone,
specifically in your lower body. However, riding a bike requires every
muscle group so you will be getting a full body workout. Following a
bicycle workout plan is great for those who have bad knees. The impact is much less than running or even walking.
With this 4 week bicycle workout plan you will tone up, improve your
cardiovascular health, improve your coordination, reduce your stress
level, burn a lot of calories, and feel amazing!
The Plan
Before starting this plan, here are a few terms you will seen during the workouts. These terms are exercises that you’re going to be doing on the bike.
- Sprint – A pretty simple term that’s mostly used in running but we are going to use it for this bike workout. Sprint means to pedal as fast as you possibly can.
- Uphill – For the workouts requiring a hill, be sure to find one near by! If you are using a stationary bike, you can just increase the hill right on the bike.
- Endurance – These workouts will be a bit longer than the others. Endurance rides should be at a comfortable, steady pace.
Remember to eat before and after your rides, especially those long endurance ones! Also, drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration!
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