Cycling combats ageing in middle aged men but you have to do a lot of it, study finds

It’s not just cardio benefits. Muscle mass and composition has been shown to be better than in untrained middle aged men, too

Middle aged male cyclist riding a bike on a country lane
(Image credit: Future)

Another brick in the wall of cycling’s myriad benefits has just been laid, with a new study showing that middle-aged cyclists display better “muscle composition” and a greater “overall muscle mass” than untrained individuals.

Great news. The catch is that the men in the ‘cyclist’ group of the study had all cycled at least 7,000km in the previous 12 months and, on average, had been training for the last 15 years - so perhaps something to take into consideration before middle-age creeps up…

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