By George Faulkner

Excellent health is based on aerobic strength, flexibility and fitness. All of these are significant. For a healthy heart, any type of aerobic exercise is good and more people should have a go at it these days. Normally, this needs movement that is continued over a period of time and that uses the power of your arms and legs. This kind of work out makes your heart work harder. Aerobics causes your body to burn fat for energy and use oxygen. Cycling is a good example of aerobic activity. That’s why I ride a bike.

Cycling is an excellent exercise program for people with high blood pressure or heart disease. Research shows that cycling is actually better for reducing blood pressure than more intense activities like jogging.

Eventually, it strengthens and conditions your heart.

The American Heart Association and the American College of Sports Medicine recommends cycling, for healthy individuals and low-risk cardiac patients.

Cycling has following overall health benefits:

• Increases your endurance by strengthening your heart muscle due to stamina training
• Your flexibility is increased as it is low impact sport it gives you flexibility without injury
• Stimulates sexual desire
• The muscles that supports the joints are strengthened by prolonged activity
• The extra oxygen in the blood and brain improves your memory and attentiveness
• Keeps you in shape through general exercise
• Reduces stiffness and ache by movement of muscles and joints
• The ability to perform daily tasks is enhanced by the ability to inhale more oxygen and use this oxygen more efficiently
• It just makes you feel good
• It reduces sleep disorders and improves your overall sleep pattern
• Increase your confidence
• Reduce nervousness

This century is certainly a century of fear and doubt, but with cycling for fun and fitness you can alleviate some of the pressures and stresses you gain from life in general. A relaxing ride after work or school can reduce the stress of the long day down to a minimum.

How about biking when you are depressed?
Instead of sulking around indoors when you are depressed how about going out there and going biking instead;seeing the beautiful world out there just for you? How about feeling that cold breeze on your face? How about your body realizing all those happy hormones while cycling which are natural pain killers? How about taming all those mountains? How about chasing the sun by biking towards it? All of your depressed feelings will simply wash away once you have been on a long bike ride and return relaxed and refreshed.

Boy does it feel great, trust me.
Do you remember how many sports and games you played as kid? Do you remember how many times you fell while learning to ride your first bike? You didn’t give up on it then and it felt great, no? Let’s pedal back to the time of cheery delight. Cycling is the best way to have fun while staying healthy and fit. And age is no barrier to biking. Who knows? Who you might meet along the way

Celebrate National Bike Week

–About–

By George Faulkner – George is a keen cyclist and enjoys nothing better than spending time with his family on a family bike ride. He manages a website devoted to cycling in all its glory and has lots of information which is freely available for you to use. He covers most aspects of cycling on the website and more is added each week to grow the site into what George wants it to be. The website is http://www.CycleInfoSite.Comand you are most welcome to sign up and receive a great 83 page eBook on cycling just for joining my list. – Take care now and George wishes you all the best and happy cycling.

Source: Cool Biking Zone – Your source for great cycling, sports and fitness articles!

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