| Bike riding is an excellent cardiovascular | | | | suited to those who suffer with chronic back |
| workout. Bike riding also provides an | | | | pain or with lower back problems. You sit |
| excellent low impact lower body workout. Many | | | | down into a very wide saddle seat with a well |
| busy and active people find that the use of a | | | | cushioned back. You sit and lean back into |
| stationary bike in their own home provides | | | | the seat on a recumbent bike, with your legs |
| them the availability to get a work out | | | | extended out in front of you. It's like |
| whenever they want, regardless of time of | | | | sitting in your favorite reclining chair. |
| day, or weather conditions. Some choose to | | | | Recumbent bikes produce less strain for your |
| purchase their bicycles with monitors that | | | | knees and lower back. |
| measure heart rate, fat burning zone and | | | | |
| cardio zone to keep track of their fitness | | | | Whatever your level of fitness remember to |
| levels. | | | | start slowly. You will want to warm up your |
| | | | muscles before you start pushing them. There |
| Stationary exercise bicycles generally come | | | | is no better way to burn fat than an aerobic |
| in two different models, the standard upright | | | | program. Stationary bike riding is a very |
| and a recumbent. Standards mimic a | | | | good way to introduce interval training into |
| conventional standard bicycle where you sit | | | | your fitness program. |
| upright in the seat. However, just like on a | | | | |
| conventional bicycle some find that the | | | | If you're interested in more of a total body |
| longer they sit on a bike the more aching | | | | workout you can look into stationary bikes |
| they have in their lower back or groins. This | | | | that have handlebars that you pull and push |
| can sometimes be corrected with a padded | | | | away from you as you pedal. If you choose a |
| seat. | | | | standard stationary bicycle you will want to |
| | | | make sure that you get an upper body workout |
| A recumbent stationary bicycle is very well | | | | using weight lifting or resistance training. |