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November 29th, 2009 | 
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Cycling is a great exercise for weight loss. Think about Lance Armstrong and the other cyclists who participate in the Tour de France. These guys are always look lean and mean. While other types of workouts tend to be high intensity and draw on the body’s stores of carbohydrates and glycogen, cycling is more low intensity and makes more use of the body’s fat stores than its carbohydrates.
Your body also becomes more efficient at burning fat as you increase the amount of time and distance you cycle. Cycling helps you become your own lean, mean, fat-burning machine. Cycling is also great for just about anybody because of the low impact nature of the sport.
Running is another great fat-burning exercise, but it’s also an incredibly high impact activity. Think about each stride and how your foot bears your weight on impact. Over the course of time, these continuous impacts can damage both muscles and joints. On a bicycle, of course, there is virtually no impact.
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