Cycling classes are very popular today. Whenever you go to a commercial gym you see these classes packed full of people. The funny thing is that if you take a picture today and then come back in a year it will be all the same people in the class and they will all look the same or worse. Cycling classes are not the way to get fit or change your body composition. In fact if you are a female who stores her bodyfat in the hips and thighs then cycling class may be the worst thing you can do for your body type. The constant repetitive motion of the cycling is only going to build up the muscles around the hips and thighs causing them to look bigger because the fat will still be there. How many cycling instructors do you know that have big hips and thighs? All of the instructors that I have ever seen store there body fat in this area. This is the sign of an estrogen imbalance and the only way to fix it is by correcting your hormonal balance. If you want to fix an estrogen imbalance, then one of the first things to start with would be lifting heavy weights and not performing endless amounts of cardio.
Yesterdays Top Performers in the Pushpress
Male Bill 205lbs x 2
Female Emily 85lbs x 2
Workout of the Day
5 deadlifts + 5 pullups + 15 pushups
20 min for max rounds
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Congrats Emily and Bill!!
I have a question: is it just cycling that give people big thighs/hips (if this is already a problem area), or do you mean endless cardio in general? Despite always having eating a leafy diet and always having been fit (I never fell off the fitness wagon--I swim or do elliptical 3-5x/wk for at least 45 min to an hour), I gained 15 pounds rather suddenly a couple of years ago. Despite my healthy lifestyle (diet/exercise), I have been unable to take off any weight at all, and my doctor suggested it was caused by a type of birth control I had been on (which would speak to estrogen/hormones).
Anyhow, I am curious if you refer to cardio as not being effective in general, or specifically the motions of cycling.
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