Fitness question – Biking to running?
Posted on Apr 11, 2010 with Comments 2
Question from nihugrgty
I’m trying to get more fit and just loose a little body fat here and there. I have normally been running, but today i decided to bike. I biked for about the same amount of time I would run. I noticed I really enjoyed biking. The issue is, i didnt sweat nearly as much while biking as I normally would while running. Does this mean that running will burn more body fat than biking?
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I’m trying to get more fit and just loose a little body fat here and there. I have normally been running, but today i decided to bike. I biked for about the same amount of time I would run. I noticed I really enjoyed biking. The issue is, i didnt sweat nearly as much while biking as I normally would while running. Does this mean that running will burn more body fat than biking?
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This is only an opinion, but I feel that biking can be a lot less intense, but easier on your joints. To make it worth your while, increase the time spent biking, try going against the wind, on grass, or uphill for some varied difficulties to get more out of it. Try to feel your muscles and contract them while you bike or run. Tighten your stomach and butt! You may look like a moron at some point but I always heard that helps tone/work those muscles more.
I think biking is better for your body. Odds are, you are running on asphalt, concrete, or something else hard. That hurts your knees more than anything. With biking, it isn’t always a constant rate. Going downhill and riding on flat surfaces makes it easy and sometimes required to coast. I would bike for a longer period of time than you run, or alternate between both.
While biking outside is healthier for you, sometimes taking it easy on a treadmill is better than running on hard surfaces. It might take more to get yourself in shape if you bike, bit it really won’t be too much extra, if any at all. My old youth pastor retired at age sixty and biked from Georgia to Washington state to Maine and back to Georgia in about two and a half months or so, biking about 100 miles each day and resting one day every weekend! He’s is in the best shape of his life!