What muscles do you work by Biking?

I bike everyday to adn from school for about 25 minutes, and I do PE for 1 1/2 hours every other day.
Is this good excercise?
What muscles am I working by biking?

The main muscle used to pedal a bike is the GLUTE (buttock).

Your ‘quads’ (correctly called ‘vasti’; the quad is really a muscle in your back) in the front of the thigh are LESS active than the buttock, but are normally also weaker, so they will usually ache more after you’ve been cycling hard.

To balance the bike and steer it, you use your ‘core’ muscles quite a lot. This includes everything around your waist, as well as your ‘pelvic floor’ and ‘diaphragm’. When these muscles are strong, they compress the organs inside your abdomen so that your back, breathing, and digestion can work properly.

Your arms are not very active (they only SEEM to do the steering; really the steering happens because you lean), unless you ride in a very ‘forward’ position.

Even when you’re cycling gently, you are breathing moredeeply than you do when you’re sitting on the bus or walking around. This extra breathing activity is very good for you, and it can sometimes be better for your health than breathing hard because of vigorous exercise.

jayson rides a bike

Comments are closed