What are the benefits of riding a bicycle?

Nowadays, with more and more means of transportation, bicycles, which rely on human power, are still a popular means of transportation. Because this type of transportation not only does not require electricity but is also very energy-efficient. From a scientific point of view, riding a bicycle has many benefits to the human body. Below, I will tell you some of the benefits of riding a bicycle to the human body.

Fitness effect

(1) It can prevent brain aging and improve the agility of the nervous system. The results of modern sports medicine research show that cycling is a heterolaterally dominated sport. Alternating pedaling with both legs can develop the functions of the left and right sides of the brain at the same time, preventing premature aging and neglect.

(2) It can improve cardiopulmonary function, exercise lower limb muscle strength and enhance overall endurance. Cycling has the same endurance training effect on internal organs as swimming and running. This exercise not only benefits three pairs of joints and 26 pairs of muscles in the lower limbs: hip, knee, and ankle, but also works the muscles in the neck, back, arms, abdomen, waist, groin, and buttocks. The joints and ligaments also get corresponding exercise.

(3) Can help lose weight. When riding a bicycle, due to the periodic aerobic exercise, the exerciser consumes more calories and can achieve significant weight loss effects.

(4) Can improve sexual function. Cycling 4-5 kilometers every day can stimulate the secretion of estrogen or androgen in the human body, enhance sexual ability, and contribute to the harmony of sexual life between couples. ·

(5) It can prolong life. According to survey statistics from relevant international committees, postmen have the longest life expectancy among all kinds of people in different professions in the world. One of the reasons is that they often ride bicycles when delivering letters.

Cycling can not only help you lose weight, but also make your body more shapely and attractive. People who lose weight through exercise, or who exercise while dieting, have better and more attractive figures than those who only rely on dieting to lose weight. I don't know how to describe "more charming", but the fact is that the strong muscles brought by exercise and the slender ankles trained by cycling are much better looking than dieting that makes you haggard and veiny! Proper exercise can secrete a hormone that makes you cheerful and happy. From experience, we know that cycling can produce this hormone.

Therefore, we can go outdoors more often and invite three or five close friends to ride bicycles. This can not only help us lose weight, strengthen our bodies and improve our immunity while riding bicycles, but also broaden our horizons when we are outdoors. It can also help promote friendship among people when interacting with classmates, friends or strangers.