Cycling Advantages

Life on the road means being completely dependent on nature. Many people travel outdoors because of the compelling beauty of nature. Travelers of the road do it for the thrill, and others for soul-seeking. Nature has a strong effect on humans, whether it’s positive or negative. For example, a travel can either end in acknowledging the beauty of nature or a fatal accident. So many famous writers and philosophers write about the value of nature; Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Boris Pasternak, and many others. Life on the road has its advantages and disadvantages. This can be seen when Jon Krakauer wrote about Chris McCandless, a very famous traveler and an intelligent man, after his death in the book, Into the Wild. Chris McCandless was a

For a lot of us, we’ve lost sight of this innate need to explore the unexplored. As work, school, family, social life and everything else that drives our days continues to pull us in every direction, it’s hard to remember the last time we were able to experience something so pure. For Jimmy, he’s managed to marry these stresses into his pride and joy, the Boise Bicycle Project. As Boise’s community-oriented, non-profit promoting the personal, social and environmental benefits of bicycling, BBP functions as “a bicycle recycling center as well as an educational workspace in a diverse and non-threatening atmosphere. Through education and access to affordable refurbished bicycles BBP strives to build a stronger bicycling community.”

“Being aware of the common exercise barriers among college-age students is critical to the understanding of the underlying reasons why some individuals are sedentary.” A college environment comes with its own unique challenges to maintaining a consistent exercise regime. There are multiple aspects of life that students are required to make time for, such as school, work, friends and family. The increasing pressure to excel academically can push students to neglect their physical fitness.

Some of them are unavoidable, such as car insurance, gas, and maintenance. Others are more unpredictable: car repair, accidents, tickets, and fines can be a major problem for a student. “At Wayne State University, 98 percent of its students brought cars to campus in 2013-2014,” according U.S. News data in the article Universities Where the Most Students Brought Cars to Campus. Driving cars can be very convenient, but also can bring a lot of complications for reckless students. For instance, most students are immature and they like to show off their racing skills, but at the same time, it can be very complicated if an accident happens. Hurting or killing someone is not something that can be dealt with easily, and also it can compromise economic situation of the people who caused the accident. It is impossible to predict those problems, but it is possible to avoid them by purchasing a bicycle. Using a bicycle to go close to places where one does not necessarily need a car, can be a good cardio workout. Students do not need to worry about parking spots, wastage of gas, and

The goal of Healthy People 2020 is to improve health, fitness, and quality of life through daily physical activity. Many campaigns have been conducted by many organization like Michelle Obama in the “Let’s Move” campaign to help against child obesity. “The Let’s Move campaign will combat the epidemic of childhood obesity through a comprehensive approach that builds on effective strategies, and mobilizes public and private sector resources” (Meyer, 2010). Despite the effort to increase physical activities among the youth, only a few people who find the incentive to participate in such campaign. Recent technology has allowed us to monitor how much we move, how many calories we burned and what is our heart rate via a smart watch. In disease prevention

Transportation on Pennsylvania State campus, via bicycle, has always been an option for students and faculty since 1855. However, the university 150 years ago was different considering the size of the campus and student body. In 1863, and later years, the classes totalled a measly 64 undergraduates, while in 2016 more than 40,000 students make up each undergraduate level. Every year this number increases making university park a more crowded area in every regard from housing to congestion of sidewalks. Regulations provided to students available online outline the basic conditions for riding a bike on campus and highlight provisions made by the university. However, as a student who has been on campus for a summer and two thirds of a fall semester, I feel the rules are not only impossible to follow, but fail to ensure safety to students and faculty. There must be action to improve the current state of transportational means on campus for students and one of the best and simple means in doing so is through the revision of roadways on campus.

But one of the articles grabbed captured my attention. The article is titled “Get Fit on the Fly” by Juno Demelo edited by Sara Austin and Danielle McNally. In this article the writer encourages and inspires women to get into cycling. Demelo tells them what to do and how to get started, such as buying equipment like locks, backpacks and clothing. They also answer questions and concerns on cycling such as one of the questions “I don’t want to get sweaty.” And they reply, “Follow these tips to prevent perspiration saturation. Slow your roll add about ten minutes to the estimated travel time so you can pedal at a comfortable pace.” They also had women tell their experiences after taking up cycling and they were quite satisfied. Mary-Frances Heck from Santa Cruz, California said, “I used to work in a kitchen, which kept me indoors for long hours, and I ended up being depressed and gaining weight. When I started riding my bike to work, it turned my mood around…and I lost thirty pounds!” I was very satisfied with how this Cosmo article will help women lose weight and get started with a healthy hobby that’s beneficial for the reader’s health and life; instead of selling them a slimming

With the wide variety of Iowa State University students on and off campus everyone has different opinions on exercising at the Lied Recreational Athletic Facility. Since the workout facility is easily accessible for me, I choose to take time out of my day to work out every day. This electrifying change in my daily routine has altered my college experience and time management skills because while I’m exercising it gives me the opportunity to relieve all the stress I encountered during the day. Even with all the school the work I have experienced so far it keeps me on my toes when I have to balance education with the amount of time I want to spend at the gym. Also, by me going to the gym it keeps me in shape for sports and extra-circular activities that I want to engage in. I played basketball, football, and baseball my entire life and now that I have all this free time it really gives me time to focus on some of the hobbies I have more than ever before.

The American public has long held outstanding notoriety for its love of shortcut methods when it comes to improving health, and honestly it’s hard to blame them. Gym memberships are hard to maintain when you aren’t a trained athlete, it is hard to justify a thirty dollar a month fee for a gym when schedules can inhibit a consistent attendance. Half an hour to get to the gym, an hour to workout, home again, in a society that is forever in a shadow of the clock, it hurts to think about. As such many people take to the streets and neighborhoods, nothing is better for the mind and body than spending time outdoors and exercising, whether it be biking the major sidewalks, running the not so often travelled trails, or taking an hour or two at the

A good thing about cycling is that it can be done both indoors and outdoors. Cycling is helpful in getting rid of those bulging stomach fats. It is also a good way to trim and tone the muscles of your thighs, calf and backside. Cycling also increases your stamina and enables you to carry out your activities of daily living more effectively. If you are a bit heavier than the normal, cycling is the best way to start your high-intensity cardio workout. Since it is an aerobic exercise, cycling greatly improves blood circulation, strengthens the heart and lung muscles, as well as improves

On what was supposed to be a typical day this summer, I planned on going for a run to start getting in shape for cross country. On a whim, however, I decided to go for a bike ride instead. I put my shoes on, grabbed my phone, plugged my headphones in, jumped on my bike, and left. I traveled onto the bike path at the end of my street and started my journey to essentially nowhere.

College life is a time full of fun, friends, activities, classes, and homework. All of these activities however, add up to a busy life style. Being busy is not in itself harmful but when the busyness becomes so great that it turns into stress, problems start to arise. The formation of stress leads to many unhealthy trends, such as lack of sleep, loss of immunity to disease, and a change in personality traits. How then can stress in the busy lives of college students be reduced? The answer is a simple one that has long been known; exercise relieves stress. Colleges across the country need to implement a program of required exercise classes to promote the well being of students.

There are many personal self-care activities that are extremely important to our health. As a college student I chose an activity that I believe is one of the most important as well the most difficult for college students to do, exercising. I believe physical activity to be one of the most important personal self-care-activity a person can do to help improve their overall health. As a college student I have experienced what most college students or soon to be college students dread the most; “the freshman 15” which could easily be avoided with simply some exercise. Although many things lead to the freshman 15 such as irregular eating habits, stress, and lack of sleep I am going to discuss just how important exercise is as well as how it could help improve your overall health.

A recumbent bike is one that has been designed to place the rider in a reclining or laid-back position. Most of them apply this design on ergonomic grounds. There is comfortable distribution of the weight of the rider over a large surface area.

According to the studies found below, indoor cycling can reduce the body mass, fat percentage and body mass index in 12 weeks of intervention and liquid intake does not affect the capacity of work in indoor cycling.