I saw no one had responded so I'll throw in my opinion.nitrous said:What's a better workout with regard to weightloss, fitness, muscle tone.
Are you better off riding 10km twice a day, 5 days a week or riding 100km once a week? Which would be better for fitness and which would result in greater fat burning?
Like Walrus said, if you want to build your endurance so that you can ride longer distances, going 100 km once a week would be much better than 10km twice a day for 5 days.nitrous said:What's a better workout with regard to weightloss, fitness, muscle tone.
Are you better off riding 10km twice a day, 5 days a week or riding 100km once a week? Which would be better for fitness and which would result in greater fat burning?
Or better yet, ride 100km twice a day, and 10km on the weekenddhk said:Like Walrus said, if you want to build your endurance so that you can ride longer distances, going 100 km once a week would be much better than 10km twice a day for 5 days.
But, if the only goal is overall fitness and weight loss, I'd ride twice a day. Believe that frequency will keep your metabolism up better than just one long ride a week.
Best would probably be a combination. Why not one 10 km ride a day, plus a 50-100 km ride on the weekend?
Would love to but I have family commitments so there is never enough time to ride as much as I would like.Walrus said:Or better yet, ride 100km twice a day, and 10km on the weekend
Most likely something between these two extremes would be the best solution.nitrous said:What's a better workout with regard to weightloss, fitness, muscle tone.
Are you better off riding 10km twice a day, 5 days a week or riding 100km once a week? Which would be better for fitness and which would result in greater fat burning?
OK, understand now twice daily 10 km is your commute...that's a great use of time and the bike. If weekend time is limited, maybe you can add another 10-20km to your trip home from work on the nice days.nitrous said:Would love to but I have family commitments so there is never enough time to ride as much as I would like.
Commuting is good because I HAVE to get to work, but getting a few hours off on a weekend is often hard.
Cheers
Walrus said:I saw no one had responded so I'll throw in my opinion.
Fat burning is most effective when you exercise at around 65%-75% of your max heart rate. This is because the body is able to take up enough oxygen so the cells can utilize stored fat, instead of calories in the form of carbohydrates.
Regarding whether daily short rides are better than 1 long weekend ride...from a fat burning point of view I would do the 100km option. That is likely to give you a great % of time in that fat-burning zone. On shorter daily rides the time to warm up and down will reduce your total 'fat burning' time. Regarding fitness and muscle tone...not really sure. Riding 100kms once a week will make you more accustomed to longer distances (ie build stamina)...hope that helps.
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