With all these positives, why do people stop using
them after a few weeks? Quite simply because results
are not coming fast enough.
Cycling at an easy pace for a few minutes will
not make a dramatic difference, so you need to increase
the difficulty on the resistance level and pedal
for longer. What happens is that you will accumulate
a lot of waste products (lactic acid) in your legs
causing a lot of pain and discomfort. Needless to
say, you won't want to keep that up for long.
With cycling you only use your leg muscles which
means that you don't burn as many calories per unit
of time as say, rowing or running which uses more
body parts. Only people who have been cycling for
a long period of time can reach high levels of cycling
whilst easily getting rid of the waste products.
So if you're thinking of using a bike for your
training, be ready to look long term and build up
your tolerance gradually. If you do this you will
lose weight, get into shape and reap the benefits
from cycle training.
