Originally Posted by SteveHopps

If it’s the only way you can exercise, then it’s brilliant. Otherwise, you’d be better off avoiding it.

Medium intensity training is only really any good for building up stamina, for endurance events. The calorie consumption is usually offset by the feeling of hunger it induces. And if you’re good at ignoring those calls to the fridge, you shouldn’t be worrying about burning extra calories, just eat less.

The way to make it work is to combine it with intervals of high intensity. But if you’re prepared to work at a high intensity, you might as well skip the medium, go full HIIT, and complete your session in a fraction of the time.

Having said that, you will almost certainly lose weight in the short term. But it won’t continue for very long, as your metabolism will start to adapt and you will become more efficient on the bike.

its always worth telling yourself that the most important part of ‘diet and exercise’ is the diet bit. You can exercise all you want, but if you don’t get your diet right, you’ll end up putting unnecessary strain on your body.