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Your Health Takes A Major U-turn When You Stop Riding

Your Health Takes A Major U-turn When You Stop Riding

When it comes to analyzing the health benefits of riding, there are numerous benefits that can be collected. It is a well-known fact that your health goes into positive direction once you start riding. Your body becomes fitter, healthier and your overall mood becomes positive and cheerful. But have you ever thought that what happens to your body when you stop riding? Well, your health takes a complete U-turn. Let us try to find more about this in detail.

Your mood takes a beating

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  • The foremost effect gets shown on the overall mood which takes a southward route. Normally, when you start any exercise your brain’s neural activity gets an immediate boost but as soon as you stop riding you will see a sudden depression build up which is not good for your health especially brain. This slump in mood also causes less functioning of the brain as well.
  • After one week of stopping riding, the blood pressure of your body increases. This is not good because it causes a direct impact on your heart functioning. Regular research has proved that blood pressure takes a sharp turn once you stop any physical activity that you have been doing for months or even weeks.
  • The immune system also gets a hit, and you will see yourself suffering from occasional cold and cough related issues. Regular riding helps in staying away from such issues in a simple and easy manner.

Your body sugar levels to surgesugar

  • As soon as you stop riding the body sugar levels also rise. Though they do not rise immediately after one week of stopping of the ride they rise. When you go for a regular ride, the hungry muscles inside your body eat up the sugar present inside the body. But after some days of the downtime, the sugar levels does not decrease as the sugar inside the body does not gets eaten up or in other words gets absorbed.
  • Moreover, there are many enzymes in the human body which are responsible for mopping up of the fat as well as sugar which gets shut down. Hence, both sugar, as well as cholesterol levels, increases causing a discomfort within the body. It may also lead to diabetes which is being considered as one of the leading causes of deaths all over the world.

The story after four weeks

  • The above said scenario was related to one week, and now we are going to discuss what happens to a body after four weeks of ride stopping. Well, the situation becomes grimmer as the blood volume levels decrease The level may increase to as high as 10 percent which is considered as quite dangerous for the health. Though you can control the sugar and cholesterol levels by eating the recommended diet still, your body needs regular physical activity to stay fit and fine.
  • These hormonal imbalances can cause serious health disorders such as increasing of the thyroid. All this leads to irregular metabolism. You will start to feel exhausted and thirsty all the time.
  • Another major issue that you may face is anxiety and sudden panic attack. But this only happens if there is zero physical activity for four Hence, to avoid such scenarios make sure to go for regular exercises such as riding or a walk.

Digestion related issues may surface up

You will see that the digestion process is becoming slow, and it may lead to issues such as bloating and heartburn. Regular riding can help you speed up your internal digestion process but as soon as you stop riding the digestive tract suffers and it becomes harder for your body to digest simple things. Bloating and heartburn may further lead to inflammation and the chances of having colon cancer also increases.

From all of the points mentioned above you can very well understand that regular riding must be continued to enjoy health benefits. If you stop riding, then be ready to encounter health issues. It is for your goodwill that you should always continue with regular and consistent riding.

About the Author Nick Soros

Hi, I'm Nick Soros. I have been an cycling enthusiast from 2006. Ezroadbike.com is my personal blog where I share my pedaling experience. No matter you are a new cyclist or skillful one, you would find useful topics in my site. Have a great cycling...