What Muscles Are Used to Ride a Bike?
Work various muscle groups by biking. enduro mtb image by David Bautista from Fotolia.com Riding a bike on the road, or in a spinning class, and you’ll use muscles throughout your entire body–not just in your legs. A light workout on a stationary bike burns 245 calories per hour, based on a body weight of 180 pounds. Vigorous cycling, at a pace of about 15 miles per hour, will burn more than 800 calories as you build and tone muscle. A Strong Core Cycling provides a well-balanced muscle workout bicycle racer image by jimcox40 from Fotolia.com Bike riding helps you strengthen your core–the abdominal muscles, which help you keep your balance while riding. Strong abdominals also support your lower back. You work all these core muscles any time you ride a bike, but you work them harder when going uphill. Sit-ups and crunches will help you work these muscles when you’re not on your bike. Crunches, during which you touch your elbow to the opposite knee, will also help work the oblique musc
