I am planning on riding a bike to/from to a total of about 1 1/2 hours a day max. Will this make my legs bigger and my thighs bulkier?
2006-10-31 22:58:00 · 7 answers · asked by addie_f_m 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
I'm on an ABCDEF diet, (with no alcohol, bread, starchy carbs, dairy, extra fat, and fruit; it's David Kirsch's) and I'm doing his New York Body Plan DVD. I need to do some form of cardio and I need to get to and from my house, so I thought that cycling might be a good idea, but in the book he says, "cycling tends to add bulk to thighs." I don't want that.
2006-11-01 08:06:01 · update #1
Depending on how you ride, it could. If it is a leisure ride, the bulk will be minimal. If it is a serious pump, with hard hills, then yes, there is the potential to bulk a bit. I wouldn't worry too much though. To gain much size, you would have to be lifting weights at low reps. I feel the benefit ( burning calories) would offset any muscle gain and you would probably never see a difference.
2006-10-31 23:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by rock d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How so much muscle tissues you construct relies on the extent of attempt you burn up, and likewise on you frame form. Overall you can also truthfully shed pounds. A mountain motorbike calls for extra attempt to move a targeted distance, however you will have to be considering extra approximately effort and time than distance. With a avenue motorbike you'll journey farther and quicker for the identical power used. 50 miles every week isn't particularly all that some distance when you journey on a steady foundation, it really works out to just a bit over 7 miles according to day, This will appear plenty in the beginning, however as your situation improves, it may not be very so much
2016-09-01 05:25:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends really....I've done as much as 100 Km a day for 2 months straight while in training and haven't noticed any great increase in leg size....mind you I have genetically chicken like legs from having 2 slim parents so that I've always had a bigger upper body than lower
2006-10-31 23:38:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt think they would be too much bulkier. I mean you only pushing your own weight. Look at lance armstrong. His legs arnt weird bulky looking...
2006-10-31 23:00:08 · answer #4 · answered by fiveohh92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on your shape at present, and if you are doing any other type of exercise, its a combo of things, what you eat, its more of a fat burner and is easier on the knees than running.
2006-10-31 23:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by LYNSEY N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not sure as most cyclist have skinny legs, i think resistance training would be better for this
2006-10-31 23:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by leigha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That much biking isn't enough to change you.
2006-10-31 23:00:29 · answer #7 · answered by WheeeeWhaaaaa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋