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Women Who Cycle – A blog and resource for women who love cycling

Category: Brain health

cycling is a great anti-ageing strategy
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Cycling is a great anti-ageing strategy

November 25, 2022 Nicola Comments Off on Cycling is a great anti-ageing strategy

Five years ago I wrote about an amazing Frenchman named Robert Marchand who showed emphatically that cycling is a great anti-ageing strategy. At the time

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Cycling can play a role in slowing cognitive decline
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Cycling can play a role in slowing cognitive decline

November 27, 2021 Nicola 1

Regular readers of this blog will know that one of my favourite subjects, apart from my obsession with road cycling is neuroscience and how cycling

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role of exercise in living a long healthy life
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Great news – the role of exercise in living a long healthy life is fundamental

September 3, 2021 Nicola Comments Off on Great news – the role of exercise in living a long healthy life is fundamental

If there’s one thing I love to read about it’s the role of exercise in living a long healthy life. So a story in this

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indoor cycling while working
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You should try indoor cycling while working and boost your productivity

May 20, 2021 Nicola Comments Off on You should try indoor cycling while working and boost your productivity

I love hearing about how people use cycling in their everyday lives so when I found Professor Jamie Anderson who advocates indoor cycling while working

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R U OK? Day
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It’s R U OK? Day but make sure you fit your own mask first

September 10, 2020 Nicola 1

Today is R U OK? Day which is a fantastic initiative to encourage us to pause for a moment and ask the people around us – R

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every woman should take up road cycling
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Here are 12 compelling reasons every woman should take up road cycling

May 15, 2020 Nicola 2

Following on from my blog post a couple of weeks ago challenging women to take up road cycling, here are my 12 very compelling reasons

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why you should take up road cycling
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Here’s 12 reasons why you should take up road cycling

June 6, 2019 Nicola Comments Off on Here’s 12 reasons why you should take up road cycling

I’m sure I could come up with a dozen more, but here’s my top 12 reasons why you should take up road cycling. I honestly

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cycling for mental wellbeing
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Doctors should be prescribing cycling for mental wellbeing

May 16, 2019 Nicola 2

One of the many reasons I ride a bike is for my mind health because cycling for mental wellbeing is so great. So why don’t

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things I’ve learned about road cycling
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Ten things I’ve learned about road cycling in ten years

November 27, 2018 Nicola Comments Off on Ten things I’ve learned about road cycling in ten years

I recently celebrated my tenth anniversary of road cycling, so I thought I’d share the most important things I’ve learned about road cycling. Taking up

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how cycling affects the brain
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The endlessly fascinating topic of how cycling affects the brain

October 23, 2018 Nicola 1

If you’re a regular reader of this blog you’ll know that I have a fascination for brain science, so was intrigued to read an article

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