{"id":705372,"date":"2010-03-31T03:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/31\/3-tips-to-get-more-exercise-from-a-bike-ride\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:53:50","slug":"3-tips-to-get-more-exercise-from-a-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/705372","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips to Get More Exercise From a Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/advice\/\" rel=\"tag\">Advice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/fitness\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fitness<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/category\/ask-a-fitness-expert\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ask a Fitness Expert<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.thatsfit.ca\/media\/2010\/03\/bicycle-pedals-294.jpg?w=780\"  alt=\"\" \/>Dear Sarah, <br \/>\nLast summer I bought a <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/hybridbike.ca\/\" ><strong>hybrid bike<\/strong><\/a><strong>, and I rode it everywhere I possibly could. I commuted to work, to the grocery store and even to church. This year I am considering new pedals as I hear they can make me go faster. Can you explain what different kinds of pedals there are and what is actually happening when you pedal? <br \/>\nCarm<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nDear Carm, <br \/>\nThank goodness for the return of spring, otherwise known as bike-riding season. You are onto something here as the fact is that changing your pedals <em>will<\/em> definitely change your ride. Pedals have the ability to make your ride more efficient by requiring the use of more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/search\/?q=muscles\">muscles<\/a> for every stroke, thus getting you where you want to go, faster.<\/p>\n<p>To get the most out of your bike ride, I&#8217;d suggest taking a look at three things: your shoes, your pedals, and your pedalling technique.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/31\/3-tips-to-get-more-exercise-from-a-bike-ride\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>3 Tips to Get More Exercise From a Bike Ride<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/31\/3-tips-to-get-more-exercise-from-a-bike-ride\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/forward\/19412703\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/03\/31\/3-tips-to-get-more-exercise-from-a-bike-ride\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Advice, Fitness, Ask a Fitness Expert Dear Sarah, Last summer I bought a hybrid bike, and I rode it everywhere I possibly could. I commuted to work, to the grocery store and even to church. This year I am considering new pedals as I hear they can make me go faster. Can you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1877,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-705372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2XuY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":806655,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705372\/revisions\/806655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}