Do you know the health benefits of cycling?

The main reason why cycling is favored by the public is that many of its advantages are incomparable to other sports.

For example, riding a bicycle is a systemic aerobic exercise, which can effectively exercise the brain, heart and other human organs.

❑ Most of the muscles of human beings are concentrated in the legs, while cycling is to keep the legs moving continuously.

In addition, we will use our hands, wrists and back muscles when cycling, which is equivalent to a whole body exercise that can increase heat consumption.

For example, in the Tour de France, the most famous cycling event in the world, an average athlete consumes 5000~8000 kcal (kilocalories) of heat every day.

❑ Free riding, more scenery also takes an hour.

The distance you ride a bike is 5 times that of walking and 2~3 times that of jogging.

That is to say, you can see more outdoor scenery by bike.

As long as the weather is fine, we can decide the destination of riding according to our mood.

Unlike other sports such as swimming and basketball, they are limited by the venue and time.

Therefore, cycling is a fairly free sport.

❑ Activate the brain.

Riding a bike requires high skills: · Keep the balance of the bike · Step on the pedal · Pay attention to the road conditions, choose a safe route, and turn the handlebars at any time · Operate the gear shift device flexibly when going up and down a slope ｜ Exercise with excellent effect When riding a bike on the general road, we should also pay attention to other road signs, observe the state of surrounding motor vehicles and pedestrians, and have sharp eyes, Be able to notice the dangerous causes such as empty bottles and potholes in the front of the road.

In short, when riding a bicycle, you need to see and hear from all directions, and be able to instantly identify all kinds of information received by your eyes, ears and nose and act accordingly.

Therefore, cycling is also a sport that can activate the brain and make people smarter.

Aerobic exercise can take in enough oxygen, which is an effective exercise to burn and store fat.

Our body is composed of more than 200 skeletons.

The muscle that covers the skeleton is skeletal muscle, which is composed of aerobic muscle called slow muscle fiber and anaerobic muscle called fast muscle fiber.

Among them, the main energy sources of aerobic muscle are sugar and fat, while the energy sources of anaerobic muscle are sugar.

The amount of glycogen stored by muscles is limited, and all glycogen will be consumed during intense exercise.

In this way, aerobic muscle will continue to consume the stored fat in order to keep exercising.

However, only if we continue to exercise for more than 20 minutes can we use aerobic exercise to burn fat in our bodies.

❑ Advantages of bicycle aerobic exercise The standard of general exercise intensity is how many times the heart sends blood within 1 minute, that is, the number of heartbeats.

Cycling is a very effective way to maintain the heart rate that meets the aerobic exercise standard.

When a certain exercise intensity is maintained, the muscles in the body will generate heat energy, which will increase the body temperature.

At this time, the human body will automatically sweat to reduce body temperature.

The main component of sweat is water.

A 60kg person who loses 1L of water can emit 597.11 calories.

Of course, sweating is not the only way to reduce body temperature, and the water and heat that people excrete in the process of breathing should not be underestimated.

The speed of cycling is relatively fast, and cyclists are often blown by the oncoming wind, so the sweat is easy to evaporate.

Therefore, although our body temperature may rise sharply when we ride a bike, the evaporation of sweat can ensure that the human body maintains a comfortable body temperature, and the advantages of aerobic exercise are reflected here…