{"id":664913,"date":"2026-05-12T17:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664913\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:59:17","slug":"how-joining-a-bike-club-could-motivate-your-cycling-for-weight-loss-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/664913\/","title":{"rendered":"How Joining a Bike Club Could Motivate Your Cycling for Weight Loss Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When 46-year-old Megan Barto first began her cycling for weight loss<\/a> journey, it started with a simple commitment: She joined her local town bike club.<\/p>\n

What began as weekend rides with friends quickly turned into fun social events. Barto and her fellow cycling club members would go out for some miles, and then celebrate afterward with a nice barbecue. Rain or shine, the group would follow this routine, even setting up analog trainers in Barto\u2019s garage on days when the weather didn\u2019t cooperate.<\/p>\n

It was this community connection that helped Barto embrace cycling as a means for transforming her health, and she\u2019s stuck with riding ever since. \u201cIt was really about the social aspect of cycling, which I think it\u2019s really important that people understand that cycling is a social sport,\u201d she explains in our Cycling for Weight Loss<\/a> program. \u201cYou make new friends, you can\u2019t help but talk to people because you\u2019re all out there together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If you want to change your lifestyle and create healthy habits, finding a cycling group or friends to ride with could be key to kickstarting your journey, and building a cycling routine that lasts. Barto shares this advice in our new Cycling for Weight Loss<\/a> guide, packed with expert tips on training, fueling, and other elements important for sustainable weight loss. Whether you\u2019re brand new to cycling or returning to the sport after time away, you can discover how to build strength, confidence, and consistency by pedaling forward.<\/p>\n

In the guide<\/a>, you\u2019ll hear from other cyclists like Barto who turned to cycling as a form of fitness\u2014and ultimately fell in love with riding along the way. You\u2019ll learn how to follow a training plan<\/a> to progress your cycling, and pair it with smart nutritional habits to fuel both your miles on the bike and your weight loss. The program even includes advice on understanding your metabolism, safely adding GLP-1s<\/a> into the equation, and pushing past plateaus<\/a> you may encounter.<\/p>\n

But what matters most when it comes to losing weight by cycling<\/a>? Learning to enjoy the process. Heading to your cycling club each week like Barto, or linking up with friends on the weekend to hit the trails together, could be the motivation you need to keep on track with your health goals, and continue riding consistently in the long run. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how far or fast you\u2019re going. Just go,\u201d Barto says in our program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking for a new way to meet friends and build social connections while also supporting your lifestyle transformation? Cycling could be what you\u2019re missing out on. Dive into our full Cycling for Weight Loss<\/a> guide to see what\u2019s possible for you when you get in the saddle to improve your health, available for our BicyclingPremium Access<\/a> members.<\/p>\n

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Ashley is Editor of Content Hype at Hearst\u2019s Enthusiast & Wellness Group. She is a former collegiate runner at UNC Asheville where she studied mass communication. Ashley loves all things running; she has raced two marathons, plus has covered some of the sport\u2019s top events in her career, including the Paris Olympics, U.S. Olympic Trials and multiple World Marathon Majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read When 46-year-old Megan Barto first began her cycling for weight loss journey, it started with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,20907,82],"class_list":["post-664913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-hype","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}