by Raymond L. Marr

Created on: January 16, 2008

The point of view varies by the person, it is most certainly exercise, but the question is the type of exercise you are speaking of. It is a pleasant exercise with the wonderful views to behold, the experience to be had, to ride is to extend your health and to enjoy the fresh air as opposed to the artificial air so apparent in the cars of today.

Besides with the situation with obesity it can provide you a better outlook on life by riding, you are first helping yourself and when others see you on the roads or the trails, they think well maybe I can do that too. To solve obesity it takes a person at a time riding a bike in the moment offering a visual example while enjoying the route that is so different when you are on a bike. Everything goes at a slower pace you have more time to revel in the sights to behold. Who knows once you start riding you may just make it a constant. The pleasant memories remain. Think about it, you come to a mountain, a steep climb, no matter the speed you reach the top, and as a reward you have a great downhill, wind in your hair, blood pumping through your veins, and the feeling of accomplishment for conquering one hill and all the more ready to hit the next.

Cycling, it may be exercise, there are few others with quite the type of experience you would have when you are on a bike, travelling by your own power, conquering one hill and climbing the next, time and again enjoying that great descent after an exhilarating climb. You know its been noted, that you may be having so much fun you will completely forget about the many miles you covered. I can vouch for that, had I not looked at the cycle computer when I did I would of covered so many more in that day. Realizing how easy it was to cover so much land in its own time, then to look back and realize you did that. You were the power behind the bars, no gas, besides the snacks and water. Breathing fresh air as opposed to artificial air, cruising at your own comfortable pace as you covered so many miles in this ride, or kilometers if that more your cup of tea. It is in this experience, this knowledge gained from this ride, you can look back on and say I did, I can and I will do it again.

I will not deny it is exercise, to cycle is a matter of interpretation, exercise or hard work, you can make your own choice there. Just remember if you instead focus on the experience then just the exercise aspect of it, you can enjoy the benefits it will provide and the realization, even today when so many will drive a car, there is still that ability to travel by your own power. Forward motion as a result of concerted effort, you did this, you can do this, and you will do it again. Enjoy the ride, gain the benefits and existence in the awareness of your accomplishment.

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