| Mountain biking has gained massive popularity in recent | | | | being made stronger and tougher with better tires and |
| years. This is due to many reasons. Mountain biking | | | | brakes. These improvements are allowing us to take |
| combines is fabulous for your body, mind and wallet. | | | | on more challenging trails and therefore, challenge our |
| By body, I mean that it is a wonderful way to stay in | | | | bodies even further. |
| shape. For the mind, it acts as a great stress reliever | | | | The next aspect of mountain biking, the mind, refers to |
| and allows you to reconnect with nature. And for the | | | | stress relief. In today's world we have the attitude that |
| wallet, mountain biking is an entertaining activity that | | | | we have to keep going, keep producing, keep selling, |
| after the initial outlay of money, costs close to nothing. | | | | etc. Whatever our job, we must work at it non-stop. |
| There are many people who are looking to find a way | | | | This leads to great amounts of stress and emotional |
| to get into shape. Our culture promotes a sedentary | | | | problems. The stress in turn can damage us physically |
| lifestyle while extolling the virtues of unhealthy and | | | | and take a toll on our relationships as well. It has been |
| unnatural foods. These two issues together spell | | | | scientifically proven that exercise, and more importantly |
| disaster for our health and well being. The worst part | | | | fun, can decrease our levels of stress. It has also been |
| being; that as we lead by example (and a poor one at | | | | shown that spending time in nature and away from the |
| that), these unhealthy habits trickle down to our | | | | constant bustle of our indoor environments, can |
| children. This is creating a whole new generation of | | | | improve our well being. |
| overweight people with the health concerns that come | | | | Finally, our financial well being is positively affected as |
| along with obesity. Mountain biking is a cardio workout, | | | | well. Times are tough, and people are now looking for |
| it strengthens the heart and the lungs and can improve | | | | inexpensive ways to entertain themselves and their |
| our quality of life. It can also strengthen our muscles, | | | | families. Mountain biking allows you to spend quality |
| making us less prone to injury in the future. It can lower | | | | time with your family and friends. You will be able to |
| cholesterol, lower blood pressure and help you to lose | | | | explore places that you never would have seen |
| weight. As technology improves, we are seeing an | | | | before and expect for the initial cost of the bicycle and |
| improvement in mountain bicycles as well. They are | | | | safety equipment, it will be quite inexpensive. |