Cycling

Big Frank recommends getting on your bicycle and riding . . . with him. Why, let me count the reasons:

1. Cycling is good for your heart and health
It is mainly an aerobic activity, which means that your heart, blood vessels and lungs all get a great workout. When you cycle you breathe deeper, perspire and experience increased body temperature, and this will improve your overall fitness level. In addition cycling will also:
Develop your fitness without joint stress
Give you better muscle tone and strength
Manage your weight (on average at least 300 calories per hour)
Heighten your energy levels
Manage any pain
And it helps reduce stress, anxiety and depression, partly through the physical activity itself, but also due to the pleasure and satisfaction of riding a bike.

2. Cycling reduces back pain by providing nourishment that discs in your spine need for development. The large muscles in the back develop and become stronger. And cycling strengthens the small muscles that support individual vertebrae.

3. Cycling can you a stronger immune system by boosting your immune system by increasing the production of cells that attack bacteria.

4. Cycling causes you to sweat, which is good for you because you sweat out toxins and (ideally) replace lost liquids with clean water.

5. Cycling can not only be a good form of exercise, but a very good social activity: meet new friends or spend time with that special someone to strengthen your relationship.

Finally go here for the poem on cycling, A Cycling Villenelle, that Big Frank wrote last year.