Can riding a bicycle outside using intervals get you ripped?

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I do running and swimming too, but my running endurance has lowered dramatically and its too cold to swim atm. So would biking be a great form of cardio?
 
Cycling is a very good for of cardio. For cardio training you want to pedal at a high cadence 70-90 rpm's with a lite pressure on the pedals. That will use your slow twitch muscles that use fat as a fuel and you can go for a very long time. That will tone your muscles, to make them large you want to use a higher resistance and a slower cadence. That will use your fast twitch muscles that use glycogen as a fuel and wont last as long and will need a day off to recover.

You can mix it up with interval training just like you do for running.
 
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