Indoor Cycling A Must For Runners

Why Runners Need Indoor Cycling

Indoor cycling offers outrageous benefits and is a sure-fire way to enhance your running performance. If you want to run farther, faster and more safely, mix up your routine. Bravely step out of your comfort zone and into the indoor cycling room. You'll wonder what took you so long. Uphill, downhill, fast, slow, indoors or out, running works a particular set of muscles.
The longer you run and the more miles you cover, progress will follow— this much is inevitable. However, you increase your risk for both injury and burnout by sticking with the same movement day in and day out.
When you choose an indoor cycling class over running on occasion, you reduce your risk of injury in two ways. First, you are substituting a high-impact with a no-impact workout, giving your joints a break from the wear and tear. Second, the muscles worked on the bike vary from those used while running. Strengthening different (weaker) muscles in your body will provide greater muscular balance, resulting in reduced chance of running-related injury. Third if you find a indoor cycling studio with Realryder bikes your workout is enhanced three fold. They are the only stationary bikes that move laterally, allowing riders to bank (lean) into a turn. The workouts are more dynamic, intense and comprehensive than a traditional indoor cycling bike. The result is a 5-in-1 workout for the whole body – not simply legs and cardio, but also upper body, core muscle groups, and balance.

How Indoor Cycling Increases Fitness


So, how exactly does indoor cycling help runners outshine their competition? In each class, you will see a mixture of movement and cadence.
The good news: there is no fancy choreography to learn. If you don't see outdoor cyclists doing it, you won't see it in an indoor cycling class. With flats and easier hills completed at an aerobic-level heart rate, your slow-twitch (slow to fatigue) muscle fibers are developed, giving you endurance for long-distance running. As you push yourself on fast flats and steeper hills, you move to a more anaerobic heart rate and your fast-twitch (quick to fatigue) muscle fibers are trained, providing a top rate sprinting advantage. Whether your goal is a 5K or a marathon, you will improve. As athletes, we know races can be won or lost on mental strength alone. Indoor Cycling supports the mind-body connection essential for success. Because you're in a predictable environment without the perils of the road, you learn to relax into a meditative and focused state despite physical challenge. Training your mind to be strong in the face of adversity allows you to go full-force more easily, no matter what you're doing.

credit to: By Laura Forman• For Active.com.. added realryder info