YouTubers will do (almost) anything for clout.
While a lot of that is eating weird things or bending to the will of Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson to be blasted into space or thrown into a volcano for a cash prize, others are putting their physiques to the test in extreme ways.
Hoping to debunk some of the myths and also get us moving, there's a growing number of health YouTubers who are putting us to shame as we watch them from the comfort of our armchairs with a bag of potato chips.
We recently covered the guy who spent a whole month taking ice baths, or what about the one who showed the benefits of drinking more water, the man who trained like a professional athlete for a month, or the 'insane' impact of Vitamin D?
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There's a treasure trove of content like this, and over on his YouTube channel, Sven Vee got saddle sore to show what 30 days of cycling can do to your body.
Despite having a modest following, Vee's videos include challenges such as swimming for 30 days, walking 25,000 steps a day for a week, and even attempting to learn Swedish in just seven days.
Jumping on his bike for this fitness challenge, Vee explained how he'd be training with a 15-year-old workout bike that had been gathering dust. The rules were simple, with Vee cycling every day (for 30 days) in hopes of trimming down his body fat.
He had to maintain his usual diet to isolate the effects of cycling, never skip a day, and set an end goal of being faster and stronger by the end of the challenge.
With a goal of 2,000 kilometers, this was roughly the distance from Berlin to Madrid or nearly New York to Miami.
Starting out at about 50 km in 90 minutes, the YouTuber quickly realized that attempting 100 km on his second day was a mistake for someone who wasn't used to cycling.
By week two, he admitted the hardest part of the challenge was the monotony of just sitting there. He thankfully managed to pass the time by watching Netflix and learning Swedish.
Vee also explained that he's doing the challenge indoors due to a lot of snow outside and the fact that there's a big difference between indoor and outdoor cycling. To keep things consistent, the workout bike was his tool of choice.
At Day 19, he admitted he was struggling with motivation, and his legs were feeling especially tired. Still, he powered through and shared his results.
Upping his cycling to 495 km in the first week, week two saw him hit 540 km, 550 in the third, and 565 km in the final week. In the end, Vee's 2,500 km took 65 hours, averaging about two hours and 10 minutes a day.
He raised his average pace by about 10 kilometers per hour, and in terms of the physical changes, he saw a few. Vee admits that he 'only' lost 3 kg, although he dropped about 2% of his body fat, concluding: "It shows that just exercising and maintaining your diet does have quite a big influence on your results."
Even though he says it was a 'great' challenge, he vowed not to go near the exercise bike for a while. Ultimately, he looked back at things and had just one regret – the fact that he didn't buy padded shorts.