Not only do you burn calories riding a motorcycle, but each ride can also give the majority of your muscles a workout. Proof, if any more were needed, that you are much better off going for a ride than wasting an hour down the gym.
If you have ever spent all day on the bike you’ll have noticed you are way more tired than when you set off, yet supposedly you have spent the entire time just sitting on your backside. The reason for this is that, simply by riding a motorbike, you’ll have been burning off calories at a fairly decent rate.
At rest, doing nothing more taxing than pointing the remote at the TV, the body wades through 68 calories an hour. Switch to an hour on a motorcycle and an 11st (70kg) rider will get through at least 170 calories in the same time.
Another thing that I find burns calories on the bike is my body regulating its temperature: keeping warm when it's cold out, keeping cool when it's hot. Sadly, at the end of my ride I then go & undo all the good work with a beer & nosh up!
Read more here: www.bikerandbike.co.uk
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