Confirmed.  The single best thing you can do for your overall health.

Since I started cycling to work 6 years ago I’ve noticed a lot of changes. But the most surprising one was how much sharper I feel mentally. I’m less forgetful and able to organise my thoughts better. Something I wasn’t expecting.

Raced and now still riding at 74. I just discovered your channel and I am never too old to learn new stuff or relearn the old stuff that I forgot. Kudos mate!

Since I started cycling, I too, have noticed a lot of changes, in my garage. What was once a place with one bike, I now have more than 5 bikes.  It’s like they are able to reproduce

Luckily I was born and live in The Netherlands. A country where cycling is a daily routine for millions of people.

I was forced to start going to uni by bicycle since the tram was under construction. I'll definitely continue going by bike

I can confirm all of this..
I've started cycling again after 35 years (I'm 50) and ive gone from a size 38w to a 35-w. Helped with a load of mental health problems as well after a bad drug addiction. So yeah it really works, well it did for me..

been biking for 20 years. I lived in the city and found out that it was no point to have a car when I saw all the bikers passing me when I was in my car waiting in the rush. the 2-3 first years was tough, but then it got better. the more you bike the less you sweat. it is fantastic for your health. sadly I live in a place were the winter can be long but I also do some biking in the winter then the weather is ok. it 's fun. I wish I could bike all years round as much as I do in the summer

I am facing shin splints from 10 years so can't run...but cycling is low impact activity which I can do comfortablly

For me cycling is physical and mental therapy. 3 or 4 hours on the bike and I feel totally different, in a good way. It’s like a drug! Edit: Just got back from a 95km ride and buzzin'!

It’s also crazy how fast you lose those adaptions from not riding a couple of weeks

I tandem with my husband.  It has been therapy for us during a stressful season in our life. Now we do it because it is sooooo detoxifying.

getting a bike sometime soon. don't have time to "workout" so this will be great in la to do deliveries. the challenge is worth it.

78 now, I started cycling seriously when I retired 13 years ago. Six days per week for two hours each ride, and 3.5 hours when I go down to the marina to check my boat once per week. Over the 13 years, I've lost 25 pounds from 195 down to 170, lost an inch off my waist and I'm sure I've put on muscle. One thing I have noticed is that my memory is so much better. I remember things from my teen years as if they happened yesterday. Blood pressure is typically 125/65 and the sex is incredible. You have to become a good bike mechanic though. I've totally rebuilt my bike four times. Cassettes, cranks, bottom bracket bearing assy, chains, even the rear wheel twice, tires, tubes, seats, cables. someone once asked me how I can still do it at 78. My answer was... I do it because I can, and I can because I do it.
DO IT

I started rising at 71 moving from a fairly slow 25 minute ride each morning up to an hour and 15 minutes in a zone 2 training level,for my age. At the same time I had shifted into a keto diet which meant low carbs, high fat for my main energy source in order to lose weight while getting fit.mI dropped almost 25 pounds off of my 160 lb frame in 6 weeks, and definitely felt the benefits you mentioned in your video. I had to take a week off and have transitioned back to a normal high calorie diet and cannot wait to get back into my routine.

Cycling since 2003’s, started with MTB as commuting from my home to university, lounge, bar & visiting homie, stop around 2008’s, and continuing with fixed gear around 2013-2016,s then stopped again and sinced mid 2026 im back with Road bike, to build my health improvements.

You left out the part about decreased bone density.  Best to compliment with some form of weight bearing exercise.

I looooove the brain part!!!

Started 12 miles in under an hour, 3 mornings a week, a little over a year ago. Many times in my life I have embarked on periods of regular endurance exercise. I was a runner when I was young etc. Cycling has had the least amount of effect that I’ve ever felt from an intense regular exercise regime on a daily basis.

This has not discouraged me because I know what’s going on in the background. Certainly my rides have gotten easier and faster so I see that. I’ve lost some weight not as much as I’d hoped but a reasonable amount. I’ve also kept some weight off that I had lost prior to beginning cycling, so that’s there too.

One thing that I have noticed is that I tend to be hypoglycemic. I always eat breakfast  but if I don’t eat lunch by 11 AM, I’m usually crashing out.

Since I started cycling suddenly I’m coming home from my ride doing a bunch of work like today looking at my watch and it’s 1 PM. This is unheard of lunch is always even if I eat breakfast is the most important meal for me for some reason.

My resting heartbeat is around 44. I can’t say that it’s gone down. It’s remained stable. I’m 63 years old so I feel pretty good about where I’m at right now at 195 pounds and 5 9 1/2.  So my big challenge is to lose some weight next year through modifying my diet.

Like I said, the day-to-day effects of cycling I just don’t feel it like I used to feel it from other activities. I think that has probably something to do with age but also I think there’s a perception problem that I’m not noticing how much I’m “not losing” at my age. Certainly the other factors like not needing a nap after a ride or my blood sugar feeling more stable are obvious. Cognitive sharpness is also there but again I think that’s something you just tend to grow used to so you don’t notice it as much.

I definitely wish I’d stuck with it. Late 70’s/early ‘80’s was all BMX and skateboarding. Late ‘80’s I did some road biking, but it didn’t stick. Early ‘90’s I got into MTB, but again it didn’t stick. Then in ‘22 I got back into MTB. I’ve been riding ever since and am now getting back into road/tour biking. I always feel amazing during and after riding! Hopefully my knee holds up. Bad arthritis, so now I need a knee replacement at 56. 😕