Bicycling Articles of Interest
Starting and maintaining an active lifestyle is a passion businesses need to share with their employees. And with good reason: active employees are happier, healthier, and often more productive. A healthy work environment improves productivity, decreases turnover and absenteeism, and reduces health-care costs. Here are some stats:
- Healthy employees took 9 times fewer sick days than workers with poor health
- The healthiest employees were nearly 3 times more productive than those with poorer heath (Australasian Business Intelligence)
- Fit workers make 60% fewer errors on jobs involving concentration and short-term memory (Swedish researcher)
- Vigorous exercise (such as cycling to work) improved mental alertness and productivity for four to five hours afterwards (New England Journal of Medicine)
- Employees who exercised as infrequently as once a week reduced their average number of sick days in half-from more than 10 days in the previous year to less than five sick days (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
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Did you know that just 3 hours of bicycling per week can reduce a person's risk of heart disease and stroke by 50%? (according to the League of American Bicyclists) Plus, moderate bicycling can burn about 600 calories per hour for a person weighing 150 pounds. A person who is out of shape and weighs more will burn even more calories per hour.
Been away from bicycle riding for a while? No problem; your proficiency comes back quickly. Why do you think they say "it's just like riding a bike!" This is one of the reasons there are more bicyclists in the US than skiers, golfers and tennis players combined (National Sporting Goods Association).
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Water is incredibly healthy for you. It is the 'oil' that lubricates our body. The National Institute of Health (NIH) reports that 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. And for many, our thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
According to the NIH, drinking a quart of water daily reduces the risk of colon cancer by 45%, reduces the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and reduces the risk of bladder cancer by 50%. Additional research also indicates drinking half a gallon of water a day would significantly ease back and joint pain for 80% of sufferers.
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At a time when more than 60% of the U.S. population is considered overweight or obese, shaping up our waistline is not just a personal concern, but a national issue. Unfortunately, rather than exercise, many in the us have succumbed to the promise of diet pills and programs which have repeatedly proven to yield only fairly small, short-term weight loss. Even modest regular exercise to your lifestyle can deliver better results than pills, while permanently changing both your body and your heart health.
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Bicycling is an all encompassing activity. Part transportation; part relaxation; part exercise. But for many would-be cyclists, the lack of access to safe and convenient bike routes prevents many from using their bikes more often for commuting, family riding or recreational touring.
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