HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU BURN BIKING?

What are the health benefits of biking?

Here are the potential health benefits of biking;

It can aid in weight reduction especially high intense cycling, as it speeds up body metabolism, usage of excess calories, and fat burning.
Helps boost leg strength and overall body fitness with less stress or pressure on the joints and muscles.
May improve heart health by regulating cholesterol levels.
Biking outside can enhance cognitive functioning and mental health and ease negative psychological moods.
Enhances cardiovascular fitness, joint mobility, immune and overall wellbeing.

How does biking use calories?

Biking involves using body muscles that demand energy supply to workout. This makes the body convert the excess sugars and fats to the energy molecule ATP suing the oxygen you inhale. During biking, more calories are burned when the body converts the carbs and fats into ATP molecules to provide the needed energy. The faster you ride the more calories you burn.

What’s the difference in calories between slow and steady vs. fast and intense?

You are likely to burn more calories when biking at a faster and higher intense rate than when biking slowly. Most researches indicate that slow and steady biking can burn around 250 – 300 calories, while fast and intense biking burns 372 to 495 calories depending on your body weight.

What’s the difference in calories between stationary biking versus biking outside?

People can burn 210 to 260 calories from stationery biking and 255 to 377 calories from outside biking.

What factors are involved in calculating calories burned?

The number of calories you burn depends on your weight, type of biking, and metabolic equivalents.

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The work of a family doctor includes a wide range of clinical diversity, which requires extensive knowledge and erudition from a specialist. However, I believe that the most important thing for a family doctor is to be human because the cooperation and understanding between the doctor and the patient are crucial in ensuring successful health care. On my days off, I love being in nature. Since childhood, I have been passionate about playing chess and tennis. Whenever I have time off, I enjoy traveling around the world.