What Muscle Groups Are Targeted in Aquabiking or Aqua Cycling? Which Body Parts Benefit the Most?

Aquabiking or aqua cycling for fitness and strength training

What muscles are we training when doing aquabiking or aqua cycling?

Depending on the sport practised, certain areas of the body will be worked harder than others, but what about when you go aquabiking? Will you tone and refine your figure by cycling in the water? Below is a list of the muscles and muscle groups strengthened and sculpted by aquabiking!

Upper limbs (Shoulders, arms and forearms)

Aquabiking requires very little effort from the upper limbs.

Trunk and pelvis (Chest, stomach and back)

• The abdominal muscles: These are made up of several layers of muscle(rectus abdominis, external oblique, internal oblique, transverse), whose function is to flex and rotate the trunk.
• The muscles of the back : The back groups together more muscles such as the trapezius, the dorsalis major, the rhomboids, the infraspinatus and the round muscle. These muscles play a variety of roles. From the dorsal to the lumbar muscles, they ensure the mobility of the arms and shoulder, maintain posture and protect the spine.

Lower limbs (buttocks, thighs and calves)

• The quadriceps: These are located at the front of the thigh. The quadriceps are each made up of 4 muscles (the vastus femoris or rectus femoris, the vastus lateralis, the vastus medialis and the vastus intermedius). These muscles facilitate flexion of the thigh on the hip and extension of the leg on the thigh.
• The hamstring muscles: Located on the back of the thigh, there are four of these muscles(biceps femoris, semitendinosus and semitendinosus). They ensure flexion of the leg and extension of the thigh.
• Calf muscles: Also known as the sural triceps, the calf muscles are made up of 3 muscle groups, including the soleus and the gastrocnemius. These muscles help to extend the foot down the leg

Aquabiking is a way of rapidly toning your body. Ideal for those who want to get back into exercise gently or avoid joint pain, the speed work combined with the resistance of the water encourages muscle strengthening. The muscles in the legs, thighs and buttocks will be the first to benefit. The rotation of the pelvis and the posture of the trunk also work the abdominal and back muscles.