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Agreed, and that's the thing about cycling, it's a "gentle" exercise. Since the persons weight is suspended by the bike frame, the body doesn't experience the s
by le-mark 9y ago
Agreed, and that's the thing about cycling, it's a "gentle" exercise. Since the persons weight is suspended by the bike frame, the body doesn't experience the same stresses and impacts that runners do, for example. It's also how the big tours like the Tour de France can be 3 weeks long. Only a handful of people on Earth could run a marathon everyday for three weeks, but lots of cyclist can do nearly the equivalent on a bike.
- titzer 9y agoI don't really buy that cycling is "gentle." It's true that it's not high-impact, but that's mostly about joints (IMO, I am not a sports scientist). And joint stress is probably the reason that most people could not run a marathon every day for 3 weeks. The muscle energy expenditure for the TDF is off the charts--typically 8,000 calories a day, and the vast majority of that is burned in the leg muscles and respiratory system.