Cycling a health benefit as fun to the cyclist. It can as well be turned into a session for family bonding to enhance the relationship of family members. Here are the detailed health benefits of cycling:
Weight management- It manages weight by burning of excess fat, muscle weight and increasing of bone mass. Steady cycling increases the metabolic rate thus burning up to 300 calories.
Improves the health of the heart. Cycling is among physical activities that increase the rate of the heartbeat as well as breathing. This improves blood circulation in the entire body. It also strengthens heart muscles and lung muscles. This lowers the risk of cardiovascular diseases it burns excess calories that may be deposited as fat.
Strengthens your bones. In the process of improving your strength and sense of balance and coordination, your bones will become get stronger as well through an increment of bone mass. This reduces the risk of fractures from possible future falls.
Cycling boosts your mental functioning and health. Cycling puts your brain function at peak for hours. The brain acts as command and control center of your entire body. It controls your coordination during the cycling process. As you cycle, more blood is pumped into brains, thus supplying enough oxygen and nutrients. This will improve the health of your grey matter in the brain.
Improves your bowel movement in the digestive system reducing the time taken for indigestible food materials moves through the large intestine. In effect, it reduces the quantity of water absorbed into the body, this makes the stool softer, hence, preventing the occurrence of constipation.