BIKING EXERCISE ...for overall physical fitness and weight loss

Riding a bike provides protection against many forms or ill health such as high blood pressure, diabetes, various forms of heart disease and obesity.

The key is to enjoy biking and not constantly be at the stage where you are virtually out of breath. If you are breathing heavily, but not completely out of breath than chances are you are getting the most benefit of biking as an aerobic exercise.

Regardless if you are a casual biker, a beginner triathlete, or an Ironman, biking within your aerobic capability is the best path to achieving optimum benefit from biking and in the process increase your fitness and endurance level.

A twenty minute bike ride to and from work might not seem like much, but over the course of a year it would most likely burn off the equivalent of 12-14 pounds of fat if you factor in how many calories per hour biking burns off.

So it's easy to see why taking up triathlon is such a great choice and how beneficial it can be for your overall health and fitness.

Just imagine the positive impact biking has on the people who are involved in triathlon well into their 50's, 60's, and even 70's.

Whether a senior is biking on an exercise bike, a wind-trainer, or out on the highway, the strength and co-ordination required makes them more subtle and stronger and reduces the chances of injury from falls. Falls that might normally result in fractured hips that never seem to heal and get better.

When you think about it, cycling is an exercise that can be taken up by the majority of the population regardless of age, gender or athletic ability.

That's one of the reasons why triathlon is one of the fastest growing "mainstream" sports in the world.

You can be a six-year-old "kid of steel" triathlete or a 70-year-old Ironman and enjoy the benefits that come with regular exercising that come with swimming, biking, or running.

Even if you choose to exercise in the comfort of your own home and avoid the rain or heat, you can still get the benefits of biking exercise in your living room in front of the television.

I remember one year in particular when I did about 97% of my bike training for Ironman Couer d'Alene in my living room. I actually had a two movie work-out. Depending on the length of the movies that particular biking exercise workout was somewhere between 4 or 5 hours.

Come to think of it, my bike time that year was only about 15 minutes different from all the years I cycled hundreds of miles out on the highway.

When you are getting set for your race, take care of the chain on your bike when traveling.

The oil on the chain attracts dirt and dust like a magnet and the oil and grime on the chain will often get all over you as well when unloading and loading.

I have a great new product available on my site that was first used by Tour riders including Lance Armstrong.

Have a look at the chain-condom. It's a great idea and quite inexpensive.

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