Does biking help you lose weight?

Answer 1

I'd say biking, easyier on your knees and things and infinitly more fun! a hard climb here and there will mean you lose as much weight as when you go for a run too. I bike all the time, its one of the best sports around. Best of luck to you.

Answer 2

Yes, because it is a form of exercise. Biking is actually a very efficient way of losing weight. It is strenuous on your legs and helps you burn calories.
Sure, but how much it can help would depend on what you're eating and how much you're riding. A few minutes every now and then isn't going to change anything by itself.
Depends.

The first thing to do if you're serious about losing weight is to get your eating under control.

If you're overeating (badly) it's pretty much impossible to exercise enough to compensate. One cupcake's worth of calories outside your "allowance" can take up to one hour to ride off.

But yeah, bicycling is an excellent way to get some low-impact aerobic exercise, which certainly can help with weight loss.
Sure.

- it's hard to snack while riding.

- bike riding is easy enough that most people can keep it up for some time, and sticking at it is real important if you want to use up any meaningful amount of calories.

- bicycle riding is efficient enough to give quite a lot of people a reasonable chance of commuting by bike to work/school, or even run errands/go shopping. This is a nice way to sneak some exercise into your everyday life.

But remember that all weight loss has to start by controlling your diet. It's pretty much impossible to exercise enough to compensate for regular overeating.

Answer 3

Kinda-sorta, but not really.

When it comes to calorie burn and weight loss, how hard and for how long you go at it is more important than what you do. All activities that gets you equally sweaty and winded for the same amount of time will burn very close to the same amount of calories.

Cycling is fairly good though, since it's easier to ride for hours than it is to run , or swim for hours.

But for weight loss the trouble is that calories are so much faster eaten than used up.

If you're overeating it's close to impossible to work out hard enough and long enough to lose weight through that alone. A single cupcake over your daily calorie allowance can easily take one hour to burn off, and even then you're only back to square one. To lose anything that day you'd need to keep going.

So any serious attempt at weight loss pretty much has to start with controlling your intake.

Once that's done, then can cycling help you. Or any other form of exercise that gets you equally sweaty and winded for the same amount of time.

Answer

Cycling, or biking is an extremely efficient weight loss tool. Not only is it low impact, but you typically burn an excessive amount of calories. I am an avid cyclist. I usually ride between 90 and 150 miles every weekend. On a day that I ride 50 miles, I will have burned an average of 3200 kcals. So yes biking does work for weight loss.

Answer 4

Absolutely. Cycling is an excellent low-impact exercise (easier on your knees than running).

When it comes to burning fat/calories/ weight loss, how hard and for how long you go at it is more important than whatyou do. All exercises that gets you equally winded for the same length of time will burn the same amount of calories.

But the big thing to weight loss is your diet, not exercise. Calories are so much faster eaten than burnt, so if you're overeating it'salmost impossible to exercise hard enough to compensate. Something like a cupcake more than your calorie allowance can take one hour to burn off.

Depending on intensity, you will typically have to cycle longer to burn the equivalent amount of calories that would be burnt while running, however it is easier on the joints, requires less overall conditioning and virtually zero technique, all of which are factors that running hinges on very closely.

Answer 5

The first step to lose fat is to get your eating under control.

If you're overeating it's close to impossible to exercise hard enough to compensate. One cupcake outside your "allowance" can take up to one hour of dedicated exercise to use up.

But yes, cycling is a good way to exercise. There's no impact, as from running, and it offers a decent chance to get your heart rate up.

OTOH, the important thing about burning calories is to get your heart rate up, and keeping it up. Whatever activity you do that gets you equally sweaty and winded for the same amount of time will burn just about the same amount of calories.

Answer 6

Yes, it does! Mainly because your body is working and moving.

Answer 7

Yes, cycling is good for weight loss. Like any other activity, you need to monitor your heart rate and keep it in the fat burning zone.

Answer 8

any exercise which burns calories will help in loosing weight.

Answer 9

It certainly does. It helps just as any other kind of exercise.