Bicycling Magazine's Cycling for Health and Fitness

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Use Your Machine to Get Strong, Lose Weight, and Feel Great

Everything you need to know to get fit with your favorite sport. This pedal-pumping primer is for those who want to improve their physical condition through either road cycling or mountain biking. With lots of information on how to lose weight and get in shape, this guide will speed you on to your fitness goals.

Discover how to...

• Choose the perfect bike by using 10 essential pointers
• Fix the five most common riding mistakes—fast
• Recognize the signs of overtraining
• Get your upper body into peak condition
• Stay strong and limber by learning to stretch throughout the day
• Spice up indoor training with boredom-busting routines
• Keep your knees healthy—guaranteed

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: RIDE RIGHT
How to buy a new bike | Road bike fit | Mountain bike fit | Bicycling basics | Fast fixes for common mistakes | How much should you ride? | Find time for cycling

PART TWO: GET FIT
10 simple ways to improve fitness | Condition your upper body | Leg strength simplified | Spice up your riding | Power lunch | Go the distance | Inside cycling | Off-season training

PART THREE: STAY HEALTHY
The heart of the matter | Healthy knees guaranteed | Banish back pain | Solutions to saddle sores | What ails you? | Fast flexibility | Soreness begone | First-aid for bike crashes

PART FOUR: LOSE WEIGHT
The need to feed | 10 keys to better nutrition | Eat this way | Winning tips for losing weight | Cycling calorie counter

ANATOMY of a BIKE | GLOSSARY


About the Editor...

Ed Pavelka has been riding bicycles for fun, fitness, and competition since the mid-1970s. His professional writing career includes 20 cycling books. He was Bicycling magazine's executive editor for 10 years and served as the magazine's director of new ventures.

Bicycling Magazine's Cycling for Health and Fitness