The 5 Health Benefits of Indoor Cycling

With hotter weather and increasing humidity, most of us have a hard time keeping up with our cycling routines. But did you know that indoor cycling has proven health benefits and can help keep you fit? Check out its 5 health benefits…

#1 – High Calorie Burner
One of the best things about indoor cycling is that it sheds calories and body fat. Depending on the intensity of your workout, you could easily burn from 400 to 700 calories per session. You will need to burn 3,500 calories to lose approximately 0.45 kilos of fat. This equals five sessions.

#2 – Enhanced Cardiovascular Fitness
Indoor cycling is an intense workout that strengthens your heart, lungs, and vascular system, which enhances the amount of oxygen pumped and delivered to the whole body. The increased supply of oxygen improves energy and endurance levels during your workout.

#3 – Low Impact Exercise
The circular motion of pedaling allows for proper flexion and extension, while being gentle on the joints and ligaments. Many aerobic exercises such as running or rope skipping are high impact and place a lot of stress on your joints, which leads to pain and injury in the long-term. Indoor cycling will give you an intense workout without impacting your joints. Physicians often recommend indoor cycling to patients who are recovering from orthopedic injuries and surgeries as a safe way to regain lost muscles and normal joint functions.

#4 – Motivation
Killer music, motivational instructors and other riders will energize you and keep your endorphins high.

#5 – It’s Suitable for All Fitness Levels
You are in control of the resistance knob. The intensity of your workout will depend on your current fitness level and it’s absolutely in your control. The instructor will coach you to listen to your body and take it from there. There are a lot of mini breaks in between the tracks where you can assess how hard or easy you want to ride the next one.

(Credit: Lidija Pejovic, Co-founder at DIFC-based state of the art indoor cycling studio, cadence theory)

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