Biking For Minutes a Day May Ward Off Weight Gain
When we think about biking and weight loss, we picture long rides that are hard work, but you may not need to make them that long to ward off weight gain. Biking for as little as five minutes a day can help women minimize weight gain as they enter middle age, especially if they’re overweight to begin with, according to a new study.
The study followed over 18,000 premenopausal women between the ages of 25 and 42 for 16 years. During that time, the women gained an average of about 20.5 pounds.
Women who started biking for just five minutes a day gained about 1.5 fewer pounds over the course of the study than similar women who didn’t take up biking. Women who increased their daily biking by 30 minutes during the study kept even more weight off, gaining about 3.5 fewer pounds than those whose biking habits stayed the same.
So you don’t have to bike for hours a day to keep the weight away. Great news.
Last Updated on June 29th, 2010
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