| If you're looking for an exercise machine that will give | | | | pay for. In other words, most of the really cheap |
| you a good cardio workout without stressing your | | | | exercise bikes will not hold up well over the long haul. |
| joints, then maybe an exercise bike is just what you | | | | So expect to pay at least $600 to $1000 for a good |
| need. Treadmills are still the most popular exercise | | | | piece of equipment, and $1500 or more for a really |
| machine out there, but not everyone can use a | | | | heavy-duty gym quality machine. |
| treadmill safely, because of the high impact exercise | | | | It's always a good idea to try out any exercise bike |
| that it asks you to do. If you have very sensitive joints | | | | model that interests you in advance in person. See |
| for any reason, you'll have to try a different means of | | | | how comfortable it is for you to use as you exercise. |
| getting a daily workout. | | | | Does this seat fit you as it should? Can you adjust the |
| Elliptical trainers can work well for this purpose, but an | | | | seat level to give you a comfortable travel distance to |
| exercise bike is also a very fine choice. A lot of people | | | | the pedals? |
| seem to gravitate to exercise bikes, probably because | | | | Other considerations include whether or not that |
| they are familiar with the overall design. And everyone | | | | particular model has a heart rate monitor. This is a |
| knows that riding a bicycle is good exercise, so it only | | | | good piece of equipment to have for almost any |
| makes sense that if you can perform the same | | | | exercise machine that you want to use. In fact, some |
| motions indoors you should be able to get similar health | | | | machines are even coming with interactive heart rate |
| benefits. | | | | monitors that keep an eye on your heart rate level and |
| So what should you look for when you are shopping | | | | adjust your workout automatically to help you burn the |
| for exercise bikes? The first thing to decide is whether | | | | most calories per session. If you can get an exercise |
| you wish to have an upright bike or a recumbent bike. | | | | bike with this feature, it can be well worth it. |
| The upright exercise bike looks very similar to a real | | | | Also make sure that the display on each model gives |
| bicycle, with handlebars, a seat, and pedals underneath. | | | | you the information that you would really like to have |
| The recumbent exercise bike on the other hand, can | | | | as you workout. Does it keep track of the time that |
| be a sort of strange looking contraption, that you | | | | you have been on the machine? Does it show the |
| actually lay in and pedal with your feet straight out in | | | | calories you have burned? Does it display your heart |
| front of you. Most fitness experts seem to agree that | | | | rate level? Does it allow you to adjust the resistance |
| either type of exercise bike will work well for you, it | | | | of the machine as you workout? |
| just depends on your personal preference and | | | | As you test out each machine, take notes on each |
| comfort level as to which bike you should buy. For | | | | model, both its strengths and its weaknesses, and then |
| instance, those with chronic back problems may find | | | | compile the information after you have looked at a |
| the recumbent exercise bike much easier to work | | | | good representation of all exercise bike models |
| with. | | | | available. By keeping the suggestions listed above in |
| When looking over the exercise bike candidates, the | | | | mind and doing your homework you should be able to |
| same general rule of thumb applies here as it does in | | | | make the best exercise bike choice possible for your |
| other exercise machines. You generally get what you | | | | needs. |