I love bicycling. My husband and I usually bike 20 - 40 miles 4 - 5x a week in decent (I live in Minnesota) weather about 8 months out of the year. We've just bought systems to be able to bike indoors with our road bikes so we can keep our "bike butts" up through the winter. I hate that first few rides with a screaming sore tail bone in the spring,

I've recently read that you need to do weight bearing exercise to build bone strength and walking/running/jogging/dancing/arobics were the only cardio types mentioned. "You have to bear weight on your feet to build bone."

My question is if I'm lifting weights every other day (upper & lower BFL) and doing cardio every other day can my cardio be cycling? Is cycling only good for heart health? Is weight lifting not considered weight bearing for bone strength?

TIA, Beth

Biking would be non-weight bearing cardio, and most, but not all, weight lifting would be weight bearing. Your bones and muscles must work against gravity to get that bone-building effect.

Thanks, Sheila. I guess the answer is really obvious but I wasn't sure if you had to be moving a lot (cardio) while bearing weight for it to build bone.

I feel like I'm asking so many stooopid questions lately. Sorry I just feel like the more I read and learn the more questions I have. I'm getting obsessive about getting to my final goal and getting in shape. It is fun!

Thanks, Beth