| If you go into almost any fitness gym in America, you | | | | workout. If you get a very good model of bike trainer, |
| will see a line of exercise bikes, most likely with riders | | | | the stability and ease-of-use will be very good no |
| already using them. They have been one of the most | | | | matter how fast you pedal. One of the advantages of |
| popular exercise machines for several years now. | | | | this design is that it lets you use your own bicycle that |
| Although they seem very simple and easy to use, and | | | | you may feel very comfortable riding as a virtual |
| they are, they are capable of giving you a very good | | | | exercise machine indoors when you can't use it |
| cardio workout if you use them properly. | | | | outdoors. However this solution is not for everyone, |
| Most of the exercise bikes that you see in fitness | | | | even though it is a very inexpensive alternative to |
| gyms will probably be the upright kind. However, there | | | | exercise bike machines. |
| are actually two main types or styles of exercise bike | | | | Once you have decided on the type or style of |
| in use today. The first is the upright kind that looks | | | | exercise bike that you like best, it's time to consider the |
| most similar to an ordinary bicycle, except that is | | | | features of each individual model. Some of the |
| missing one or both wheels. The second kind of | | | | features that are most useful include an interactive |
| exercise bike is called a recumbent bike, and it can | | | | heart rate monitor, and a well-designed electronic |
| look fairly strange the first time you see it. Rather than | | | | display. |
| sit on an upright seat, you actually lay in the recumbent | | | | An interactive heart rate monitor will keep an eye on |
| bike and work the petals with your feet out in front of | | | | your pulse rate as you exercise and then adjusts your |
| you. | | | | workout intensity to make sure that you get the most |
| So when considering an exercise bike for your home | | | | calories burned in each exercise session. This is a real |
| fitness workouts, the first choice is whether to get an | | | | timesaver as it prevents you from having to constantly |
| upright or recumbent bike. Actually, the choice is | | | | check your heart rate and make the manual |
| entirely up to you, and comes down more to which | | | | adjustments for resistance on your bike as you go. |
| style is most comfortable for you as you exercise. It | | | | The electronic display should be clear and easy to |
| has been noted though, that those who suffer from | | | | read even when you are peddling fast and at a high |
| chronic back pain may be able to make the most use | | | | intensity level. It should also allow you to make |
| of a recumbent bike simply because it takes the | | | | adjustments manually while you are exercising easily |
| stress and pressure off their spine as they exercise. | | | | and quickly. |
| There is actually a third kind of exercise bike although it | | | | The information provided here should help you |
| is not usually thought of in that way. It's called a bike | | | | understand the various kinds of exercise bike |
| trainer, and it is essentially a stand that you place a real | | | | equipment that is available and what features are |
| bicycle into in order to lift the rear wheel off the ground | | | | most useful to the average person. And hopefully you |
| and give stability to the bike. There is usually a | | | | can use these suggestions to get the exercise bike |
| resistance wheel that makes contact with the rear | | | | that is best for you. |
| wheel of the bike and provides the resistance for your | | | | |