One of the most interesting things I see on a regular basis are cyclists who seem to have a little too much in the belly department. It's always a little humorous to see people dressed in the standard biking jersey and shorts carrying some extra weight. While these individuals are fairly active, especially those I see most days commuting to work, there are several reason I believe this to be the case.
Cycling isn't particularly a full-body exercise, especially if you're leisurely biking without an intent to treat it as working out. While it's great that you're biking to work or getting out on the weekends for an easy ride, not using your upper body at all just might lead to a slight pot belly. Having an overall good body of work would probably require working out the entire body.
Another idea is more psychological, in that people seek to reward themselves after exercising. Except, instead of rewarding, they use exercise as an excuse to maintain unhealthy parts of a lifestyle ("if I go to the gym, then I can have this chocolate bar/burger/etc"). Obviously these things don't cancel out, and good overall health requires a good diet as well.
Maybe so, maybe not, but these cyclists always give me a good chuckle.
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