6 Reasons Cycling Boosts Weight Loss

If you're feeling the effects of overindulging, you'll want to hop on your bike instantly after learning these six reasons cycling is so effective at helping you lose weight.


Selene Yeager |

You’ll want to hop on your bike instantly after learning these six reasons cycling is so effective at helping you lose weight.

It Trains Your Muscles to Burn More Fat

Cycling, especially long, steady rides, builds hundreds of thousands of capillaries in your legs, which means you can deliver more oxygen-rich blood to your working muscles. Your mitochondria (the fat-burning furnaces in your muscle cells) also get bigger, so they can use the increased influx of oxygen to burn more fat and produce more energy.

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