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A Beginners Guide To A Bicycling Program For Exercise And Fitness

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Although running has been identified as a premium method of fitness, cycling training provides similar benefits without the intense pounding of feet and legs. The benefits of cycling, however, are fairly similar in terms of cardiovascular fitness and exercise. A cycling workout will increase respiration and heart rate to comfortable levels and improve overall conditioning. …

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Performance Fitness Testing For Cyclists – Know Where You Are to Move Forward

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One of the big secrets of high performance training is regular fitness testing. This article will give you the tools to test yourself and evaluate what the results mean. Testing will give you your anaerobic threshold, a good indication of aerobic fitness and,if you have a way of measuring, your power at threshold. You can …

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Cycling Lower Back Pain – Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

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Cycling is often recommended as one of the best exercises to build strong body. It strengthens all the important organs, hands, arms, shoulders, chest, back, hips, thighs, knees, legs and feet. Strangely enough, cycling also causes lower back pain and several other health problems. It nullifies all the benefits that it provides to the cyclists. …

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Bike Riding for Weight Loss – Tips for Beginning A Bicycling Plan

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If you are one of those people who leisurely pedal around the block or over a flat stretch of scenic road, you’ve probably been riding for sheer pleasure. Riding bikes for pleasure is a good form of aerobic exercise. But unless you map out a plan to “push yourself,” you probably won’t lose much weight. …

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Endurance Cycling – How to Feed on the Bike For Maximum Performance

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So you’ve done the training and your nutrition leading up to the start line was dialed in. That can all go out the window if your on-bike nutrition plan isn’t solid. Your body has enough stored carbohydrate to a few hours but after that you will run out of gas if you aren’t feeding on …

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