Are You Ready to Hit the Road?

Cycling is a great combination of strength, agility, speed and balance training that will help increase your conditioning for both aerobic and anaerobic exercise, as well as improve your strength for cycling related muscle groups.

The main focus of your cycling workout is the training of the heart and respiratory system. Riding at a challenging pace will increase your heart rate quickly to aerobic levels.

Muscle groups, such as the quads and gluts, get great benefits from cycling. However, the best exercise plans will also include other cross-training activities that will ensure a balanced workout for all parts of the body. Combining cycling with activities such as swimming, running and resistance training will promote a balanced, healthy body.

While one may think that you could easily injure the legs or knees from cycling, that is not the case. The cyclist is more likely to have an injury to the shoulder. This is due to the fact that the cyclist bears the majority of his body weight on the arms while leaning over the bike, in addition to the fact that a fall from a bike will often leave one landing on their upper body. Reaching out one’s arms when falling is the natural instinct.

Therefore, it is important for cyclist to wear the proper protective equipment, as well as perform supplementary exercises for the upper body, particularly the arms and shoulders.
Core strength workouts will help keep the gluts and midsection strong and help avoid fatigue while cycling.

If you are getting ready to take up cycling, it is important to have the core strength necessary for getting on and staying comfortably on your bike during the ride. If your body is not prepared, you may find the experience unpleasant and discouraging.

BOOTCAMP 619 workouts promote the core strength necessary to take on any new fitness activity. Come join us to find out how to get the balanced, healthy body and fitness plan that you need to get ready for enjoying all your outdoor summer activities.