| There are many short-term and long-term benefits of | | | | biking is muscle tone. The bike allows you to tone the |
| biking. Some people prefer to actually go biking, but for | | | | muscles in your legs and thighs, and depending on the |
| others, it is more convenient, easier, or safer to simply | | | | bike, even your arms. You can adjust the workout (or |
| use an exercise or stationary bike. The great thing | | | | the programmed incline) to give your legs even more |
| about the stationary bike is that you do not have to | | | | of a workout and build the muscles. The third benefit |
| leave the safety and warmth of your own home, | | | | of biking is that you can warm up and cool down for |
| especially if you exercise at unusual hours of the night, | | | | weight training or more intense aerobic activity. The |
| live in a colder climate, or live in a city without clear, | | | | fourth benefit is that it's easy enough, and even low |
| accessible bike paths and bike trails. | | | | impact enough, that overweight people can begin |
| The first of the benefits of biking is that it provides a | | | | exercising, as well as people who suffer from pain or |
| good, safe cardio workout. Health experts suggest | | | | back injuries. |
| that you should do aerobic exercise at least three | | | | There are many benefits to biking, and many different |
| times a week, keeping your heart rate elevated for at | | | | reasons to take up the stationary bike. You can begin |
| least twenty minutes at a time. Using an exercise bike | | | | by purchasing a bike, or using the stationary bikes at |
| definitely fulfills this requirement. The second benefit of | | | | gyms, recreation centers, or even a friend's house. |