| The stationary exercise bike has become a very | | | | heart rate quite easily and stay within the range you |
| popular form of exercise due to the many benefits this | | | | desire. |
| form of exercise offers. I will look at the many benefits | | | | Another benefit of training on an exercise bike is that |
| of the stationary exercise bike and why you should | | | | you can relieve boredom by watching tv, reading a |
| seriously consider getting one if you want to lose | | | | book or magazine, or putting on a dvd. Training on the |
| weight, tone your muscles, work your cardiovascular | | | | open road does not allow you to take your mind too |
| system and feel great. | | | | far off the task at hand, without putting your safety at |
| The first major benefit of working out using an | | | | risk. Also, many of the more expensive bikes have built |
| exercise bike is that you can do it in your own home, | | | | in computerized workouts. The monitor shows the |
| no matter what the weather is like outside. It could be | | | | terrain, so you can see if you are going up hill, downhill |
| blowing a gale and pouring rain, but your training will not | | | | or along a flat section of road, and the computer |
| be disrupted. The down side to this is that you will | | | | automatically adjusts the intensity of the workout to |
| never be able to use the weather as an excuse | | | | match the terrain. Mixing up your exercise adds |
| anymore to get out of exercising! | | | | another element to your workout and makes it more |
| A side benefit of using an exercise bicycle in your | | | | challenging. Some bikes go further and allow you to |
| home is that you can exercise in a controlled | | | | develop your own preset workouts. |
| environment. This is especially important when you are | | | | If you are exercising to shed a bit of weight, using a |
| using a heart rate monitor to guide your intensity during | | | | stationary exercise bicycle is a great benefit as it will |
| the workout. On the open road it is harder to monitor | | | | keep the stress off your knee joints in particular and |
| your heart rate safely, and the terrain may make it | | | | off your body in general. This is a great exercise to |
| hard to effectively control your heart rate if you are | | | | keep stress off your body and joints, but get a great |
| trying to keep your heart rate within a pre-determined | | | | cardiovascular workout for your lungs and heart. |
| range. For example, you may find it difficult to lower | | | | Well, there a few of the many benefits of working out |
| your heart rate while climbing a steep hill, but if you | | | | using an exercise bike. |
| were using an exercise bike, you could lower your | | | | |