People start cycling for a number of reasons: to improve cardiovascular health, build muscle or just to improve their general fitness. However, although the physical benefits of cycling are widely documented, what is often forgotten is how much it can help our mental health too. According to statistics from The International Stress Management Association, stress…
A survey by Cycleplan, which aimed to understand the health benefits people experienced after taking up cycling discovered that three-quarters of respondents noticed an improvement in their mental health. A third of the 971 respondents said cycling reduced their stress levels and made them feel more relaxed, with 8% even saying it helped with their…
The benefit of exercise on your lungs is no secret. While this is widely acknowledged, cycling has often been left out of the conversation due to many believing it did more harm to your lungs than good. The culprit? Air pollution. Although no one can deny a cyclist will be exposed to a certain degree…
People start cycling for a number of reasons; to improve cardiovascular health, build muscle and, of course, to get the athletic body of their dreams. The health benefits don’t just stop at keeping our body’s well-oiled machines though. Many of us don’t give much thought to our mental health because the signs and symptoms can…
Cycling – on Britain’s roads especially – is perceived by many as dangerous. While to a degree this may be true, it’s not cycling itself that is dangerous, but rather other road users who increase the risk. Compared to other forms of aerobic exercise – like running for example – cycling is very low impact…
No matter who you are, heart disease is a very real risk – it’s the biggest killer in the world. In the UK, it will kill 1 in 10 women and 1 in 7 men, and someone will die from it every eight minutes. Not only that, but it costs the NHS £15 billion a…
A common reason people start cycling is to get fitter and lose weight as a result of being more active. By now, we’re all too familiar with the mantra that to lose weight we need to burn more calories than we consume. So, burning as many calories as you can during your bike ride will…
You’d struggle to find someone whose life hadn’t been affected by cancer in some way. This is why we’re constantly inundated with messages from the NHS to take measures to both decrease our chances (such as not smoking) and spot the early signs if something sinister is happening to our bodies. Well, funnily enough, a…
For all the benefits that cycling has, its ability to help you lose weight is among the most well-known. In fact, a recent study revealed that cycling is the best way to combat the UK’s obesity epidemic. Researchers found that the average man who starts cycling to work instead of driving achieves an average weight…
