We often hear people say: Cycling is a wonderful sport. We are in the process of riding and competition can feel this good. We like to ride the same number of people is increasing, we know how to ride can bring us happiness.
But what makes our love for the bike so deep? Why are we so addicted to them? Why give us a bike like tennis, swimming or other sports, can not bring us happiness?
Positive psychology is the study of life, what makes life meaningful disciplines. Bike seems to give people a very strong sense of happiness, but there is little mention of other sports can be associated with comments. Many other sports may give rise to a little happiness, but the bike seems to be one of the few sports can bring you all the happiness.
Here is what I based on the enthusiasm of Science summed up the 15 rider can make us feel happy reasons:
Health
Aerobic exercise has been proven to make us one of the greatest health degree detector. When our bodies are in a more healthy state, our bodies will be able to perform better. This is a widely recognized and easy to understand and accept the principle, I will not do in detail in this article.
Mental Health
Has a strong physique and healthy than those people usually unwell and unhealthy counterparts to be happier. Depression, anxiety and stress odds in healthy people usually happen is relatively low. Bicycles can increase heart health.
Cycling is a social activity
As a surfer, I can sit alone in the ocean and enjoy the peace and harm a person surfing. From time to time I'll see there are other surfers coming towards my direction at the beach, I would curse them secretly hope that they can choose another location. Despite riding alone is a good thing, but our favorite moments are usually ride with friends riding together in groups. Another bike with some other sports, like to build their own social network is a good opportunity.
No threshold
Cycling is a sport that everyone can engage in, everyone can participate.
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When we zoom in or zoom mentally a pleasant experience, we will feel the taste of it, this is a powerful boost in healthy feelings. Cycling is one can give us many opportunities to "breathe it" campaign.
Whether it is the quiet scenery (Imagine Gruber picture, or you're a local or headland hilltop scenery), a beautiful fast downhill riding experience, or while drinking coffee after the ride side with riders pleasant chat relaxation, there is always a lot of fun in which after riding and riding.
Grateful Heart
A grateful heart and taste are often complementary. If you feel better, it is difficult not feel grateful. Appreciate it makes us happy. Sometimes we feel something in the riding will be sublimated.
Cycling will give us some valuable opportunity for us to feel awe and gratitude. Although he may occur in those world's most famous mountain peak, but can also appreciate a quiet village street into this feeling, the time may be the beginning of the day, it could be when the sun goes down, we will feel to awe, appreciation and gratitude. It feels like this world everything is right - despite the fact that is not the case. In those moments when we walk the bike, we will feel happy.
The goal
We have talked about before riding when we can pursue what the goal. As a matter of fact, when we are in training, or seek progress, we feel life will be better. Increase our happiness. The pursuit of the target will make us feel happy.
Seeking to stimulate feelings
Many people are excited about a sport because they can afford the opportunity to pursue his feelings. Studies have shown that physical activity is recognized as a way of us excited, lively and adventurous ideas can be realized. Adventure and opportunity, "pleasure" to be part of every ride - fast downhill thrill sprint stand out from the sense of accomplishment, or a cross-country riding or rocky road riding experience will let us in The next day to keep lips smile.
Achievement
Some scholars believe that the achievement is an important factor that we feel happy. Because cycling is a sport no threshold, so it will bring a steady stream of opportunities to get a sense of accomplishment. Whether it is scored on a climbing strava king, to complete a long-distance riding, experience the thrill of a climb to the top or to achieve a personal goal of riding, the bike is always very rewarding sense of accomplishment.
Mobility / participation
Many people describe the feeling flow through the secret of happiness. When we are fully immersed in the one thing among us will forget the passage of time. Because we are so focused on a task, for us it is so challenging and exciting, so we will ignore all the other things. We have experienced some of the most realistic experience of flow occurs when the ride.
Optimistic
Optimistic belief that good things will happen, their future looks bright. Optimism people have also happier than those who fear the future. Because cyclists biking are usually treated as a point target, grateful and extremely keen, so we always look forward to our next ride (but often hinder the other we want to do), we optimistic attitude makes us feel good.
Superiority
When we use our strengths, we always feel good. Advantage is that we are confident can do the things that make us feel motivated and passionate thing. If we love the ride, we usually show our strength on the bike, and when we use our strengths to overcome our partners in cycling, it feels good.
Recovery
The real rest is to restore the body. Oh, they can help restore remake ourselves. Although the ride makes us exhausted, but it also makes us get better recovery. We will have a better night's sleep (which is of crucial importance for the well-being), but because we can ride from leaving himself feel better physically and mentally.
Significance
One of the most significant is that it can bring a bike is something beyond what you and I have a greater sense of personal things. Many bike games are just games, they have more meaning, such as charity, these games provide an opportunity for us to return to the people and things we love.
At the system level, we can see the riders for their team at the time felt the effectiveness of meaning and purpose, or when a rider is riding propaganda diabetes brought meaning.
When we have bigger goals in life, our lives have meaning, ultimately, it also makes us happier.
Positive emotions
If we have a healthy point ride whenever we ride when we will feel a lot of positive emotions. Happiness, contentment, absorption, satisfaction, fulfillment, peace, calm, self, strong, excited - happiness. As long as the car ride will feel happy!
Overall, all of the above reasons integrated, there is more reason not listed, we always feel when riding very happy. This is a positive jurisprudence bicycle. This feeling is addictive, this feeling Ye great, when we can balance this feeling, it will help us build our community, victory, psychological and even cognitive level of resources.