{"id":15572,"date":"2022-07-29T12:12:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningcyclist.com\/?p=15572"},"modified":"2024-03-05T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:01:32","slug":"cycling-fat-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningcyclist.com\/cycling-fat-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Cycling Reduce Thigh and Belly Fat? (Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cycling can help reduce thigh and belly fat by burning calories<\/a> and increasing metabolism. It tones muscles<\/a> in the lower body, including the thighs, while also promoting fat loss. Consistency and developing a habit of cycling<\/a> are important for seeing results in fat reduction.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

Cycling can reduce thigh and belly fat as well as benefiting the circulation of blood around the body, strengthening the heart and other muscles and increasing the metabolism. It is a low-resistance exercise which means it puts less pressure on the joints than running, walking or jogging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visible results of cycling on fat reduction will depend upon a host of factors. But riding is proven to burn fat. Lifestyle, diet, birth gender and genetics can all influence the start and endpoints of taking fat from the belly and the thighs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have previously considered other physical benefits of cycling here<\/a> – and on the cardiovascular system<\/a>, blood circulation<\/a> plus its influence on other known diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fat loss, in its simplest form, is a result of a person\u2019s body consuming (or \u2018burning\u2019) more calories than it takes in. A calorie is a unit of energy, used to show the nutritional value of food. We use this energy every day, in different measures. We even burn calories when our body is at rest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve also seen charts charting the calories burned when doing household chores and other activities. If we work the body \u2018harder\u2019 – either for longer periods, or more intensely – we burn more calories. Charts list the calories burned for the most basic activities<\/a> and cycling performs well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For three different weights of people, cycling for 30 minutes at between 12 and 14 miles per hour burned between 240 and 336 calories. It outperforms running as the speeds increase. An average five day commute – one hour a day – could see around 1,500 calories burned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experiments are calculated under controlled conditions and no two amounts of calories burned are likely to be exactly the same. Our research for these articles highlights different results too. But it\u2019s good to have a baseline to then consider how much cycling converts these batches of calorie loss into fat reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cycling magazine pulled in experts to explain how far a sporting cyclist would have to travel to burn 1kg of fat<\/a>. One of the panellists said that one kilogram of fat is the equivalent of 7,800 calories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of riding is required to burn 1kg of fat and of course, the rider will be putting calories into the body over the same period, even through normal eating and drinking. Human transportation requires fuel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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