So lately I've been doing about 10-20 minutes of biking everyday as a kind of warmup before runs or in place of a morning run before work. I've found it to be a great way to warm up the legs or get some sort of quick training in the morning but is there any tangible aerobic or muscular benefit to doing this consistently? There are some hills on my usual route but I keep the effort pretty easy so my legs stay fresh for the actual workout later in the day.
Not likely. It isnt long enough to offer much aerobic benefit. A 10 to 20 minute run doesnt offer much aerobic benefit, either, but still offers some CNS training and some strengthening of support muscles in a way that is running specific. So a little bit of biking isnt maybe a complete waste of time, but it probably is only a little better than nothing.
If you have weight issues (and most runners dont), this could be beneficial purely from that aspect.
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just get a bike that fits you. No benefit to a short bike.
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The training benefit to riding a bike as you described it would probably be mostly along the lines of making sure you have a nice, easy WU or CD, stretching/mobility, etc. Auxiliary stuff to actual training, but important
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