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

Category: Mental health

prescribe cycling for mental wellbeing
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Doctors should prescribe cycling for mental wellbeing

May 8, 2021 Nicola Comments Off on Doctors should prescribe cycling for mental wellbeing

One of the many reasons I ride a bike is for my mind health because cycling for mental wellbeing is so great so I think

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cycling and mindfulness
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Cycling and Mindfulness – a Yin and Yang relationship

December 17, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on Cycling and Mindfulness – a Yin and Yang relationship

I really love the concept of mindfulness, and as my regular readers know, I really love cycling, so to me, cycling and mindfulness go together

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cycling as a weight loss plan
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Cycling as a weight loss plan? – just eat less

October 30, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on Cycling as a weight loss plan? – just eat less

It really bugs me that so many gyms and others promote cycling as a weight loss plan, and indeed all forms of exercise as a

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mentally prepare for a challenging ride
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How do you mentally prepare for a challenging ride?

October 16, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on How do you mentally prepare for a challenging ride?

When I first started doing long rides, my training and preparation were almost entirely based on my physical readiness and not on the need to

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attitude of gratitude
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Develop an attitude of gratitude and enjoy cycling even more

October 9, 2020 Nicola Comments Off on Develop an attitude of gratitude and enjoy cycling even more

I’m a big fan of learning ways to improve your mental wellbeing and one idea that I really like is adopting an attitude of gratitude.

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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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Why riding your bike will make you happy
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Why riding your bike will make you happy

July 3, 2020 Nicola 1

When I started riding some 12 years ago I could never have answered the question – Why riding your bike will make you happy. But

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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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Don’t stop riding because of COVID-19
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Don’t stop riding because of COVID-19 – ride your bike

March 19, 2020 Nicola 1

I’m not here to repeat the advice of our authorities on COVID-19, on what the rules of road cycling should be during this crisis, but

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FONKU
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Do you worry about not keeping up? You may be suffering from FONKU

October 3, 2019 Nicola 1

I have to admit that I’m not a great fan of silly acronyms but I was rather proud of myself when I came up with

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