How much Cycling to Burn 2000 Calories [+ Other Weight Loss Guides]

Before we get into how the “how much exercise to lose weight” question, I highly suggest that you focus first on food intake if you want to lose weight over exercise. Of course, I am not here to sway you in a direction that you’re not looking to go – This post is completely designated to answer your question: How much cycling to burn 2000 calories.

In this post, we will discuss how much cycling to burn 2000 calories. We will talk about the distance that you’ll need to go and the time and how that is estimated. There are a ton of formulas out there to calculate it – but this is a blog post and I’ll keep it simple for you. I went through all of the science and facts, and just going to tell you as plain as possible.

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• Counting Calories, Losing Weight and Cycling
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How much Cycling to Burn 2000 calories?

The general rule of thumb is that most people burn about 500-600 calories when riding at a brisk to moderate pace. This would mean that you need to ride 3 to 4 hours to burn 2000 calories.

What is moderate to brisk pace? This means that you are riding where you will feel:

• Perspiration: Sweat through your shirt
• Speaking: Conversation is difficult but not impossible
• Focus and the Mind: You would prefer to focus directly on the biking to keep up your pace
• The Breath: Breathing through your nose is possible, though you may take occasional breaths through your mouth

How much cycling to burn 1000 calories?

The general rule of thumb is that most people burn about 500-600 calories when riding at a brisk to moderate pace. This would mean that you need to ride 2 to 3 hours to burn 1000 calories. This will be easier when you choose the correct bike for weight loss.To translate this into distance, this will mean that you need to ride about 30-36 miles on average to achieve your 1000 calorie weight loss goal. The good thing is that cycling is fun and you can go to really great places within that time and distance within your neighborhood.

How many calories does a 2 hour bike ride burn?

In general, you burn through 500-600 calories per hour. This means you will lose about 1000 to 1200 calories in a 2 hour bike ride. To translate this into distance, if there are no hills and wind, you will more than likely move about 20-24 miles over the course of your ride. If you add in hills and wind, this will be much shorter, though you will still achieve your goal. Adding in hills will make the ride more strenuous which will help you achieve your calorie burn goal at a faster time as well even though you did not go as far.

I want to lose weight, how much cycling should I do?

If your goal is to lose weight from cycling, you want to focus on burning the amount of calories that you can through exercise, while also putting foods in your body that your body can quickly turn into energy, and digest easily. Foods that are fried, have much oil that are not olive or avocado oils, and alike do not flow through the body and digest easily.

The overall suggestion is to ride 3-4 times a week to where your body feels good and healthy (1-2 hours each ride), and then think about the food that you intake. Here is a quick list of foods that you would want to avoid, and some foods to look around for:

Foods that are great for losing weight:

• Nuts (Protein and Good Fats)
• Fresh fruits (Natural Sugars)
• Veggies & Leafy Greens

I won’t go into too much as to the science of why these are good, but it is important to dispel a couple of big myths:

Nuts are high in fat content. Can I really eat a lot of them?

Yes. Nuts and avocados you can eat essentially as many as you want. I won’t go into it but there’s something called Omega 3’s that are in both of these that actually have a lot of health benefits. If you find yourself going through a bag a day of nuts, it really isn’t a worry if you are focused on losing weight. Now if you had the same amount of fat coming from another source, say chicken skin – you will gain weight and body fat fairly quickly.

I want to decrease sugar from my diet. Should I not eat fruit?

You should continue to eat fruit. If you choose to decrease sugar from your diet, focus on decreasing processed sugars from your diet.

• Fructose Corn Syrup
• Cane Sugar

Processed sugars do not have very many (If any) health benefits to the body. Natural sugars in fruit are great for the body and give you good energy. Sugars from fruits are another type of food that you can essentially keep eating without feeling any negative health benefits or gaining weight.

Note: If you want to intake more fiber and feel full, one strange thing is if you drink a smoothie with 2-3 pieces of blended fruit in it you will feel less full than one piece of whole fruit.

Conclusion

How much cycling to burn 2000 calories? If you are the average person that burns 500-600 calories per hour in a moderate speed, you will need 3-4 hours to burn that amount of calories. Adding in good food will help you lose weight at a far quicker pace as well. If you want to make the ride more strenuous to burn more calories, finding a ride with many hills will add to the amount of force that you need to move yourself forward and burn more energy.