Weight Loss, Muscle Building and Other Health Benefits of Cycling

For the longest time, the only option we’ve had when it comes to staying fit is working out at home. Cycling can reduce the mortality rate in diabetic people The aforementioned study, published in the journal Diabetologia, included two questionnaires, which were given to the diabetes patients 5 years apart. The results of the study showed that people who did not cycle before the first questionnaire but started cycling later showed a 35% reduction in mortality rate. Cycling can help in maintaining weight Cycling helps in increasing your metabolic rate and, therefore, accelerates the process of burning fat and building muscle in the body. Cycling can help in building muscles When you pedal downstroke, you engage the gluteus muscles present in the buttocks, the quadriceps present in the thighs and the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles present in the calves.