Exercising on a stationary bike is a great choice for people who want to keep themselves in good shape. With this simulator, you can get rid of the hated pounds, pump up the muscles of the lower body, improve blood circulation and even lower blood cholesterol levels.
Cardio load
Regular exercise on a stationary bike allows you to get an intense cardio load on the entire cardiovascular system of the body. The fact is that during such training, our heart is forced to beat faster in order to ensure timely delivery of oxygen to all organs and tissues. Experts have conducted a study and proved that over time, the heart adapts to the stress and the walls of the left ventricle increase significantly in size. In professional cyclists, it can hold 40% more blood than the heart of an ordinary person. In addition, during active pedaling, the main load falls on the leg muscles, thereby ensuring good blood circulation in this area. This process triggers "vascular gymnastics" and prevents diseases caused by varicose veins and vascular network.
Slimming
Using an exercise bike for weight loss usually yields fairly quick results. For an hour of classes, it can burn from 300 to 800 kcal. The number of kilocalories that your body will use up depends on its individual characteristics and the intensity of the level of exercise that you choose. Modern exercise bikes allow you to select the desired level of exercise, depending on your physical fitness, and also have a built-in kilocalorie consumption counter. But remember that this is just a program and it just shows the average numbers. If you are going to exercise on a stationary bike at home, pay attention to the possibility of varying the degree of load when choosing a model. If funds permit, choose an exercise bike with an electromagnetic system. Such models have a built-in functional computer that can automatically change the level of load depending on the specified training program. If you want to lose weight as quickly as possible, choose the load with the highest level of resistance you can handle. Do not forget to pay attention to the indicator of the maximum weight that the machine can withstand.
Muscle load
When you exercise on a stationary bike, your body receives a load on all the muscles in your legs, hips, buttocks and lower back. The main load is taken by the calf muscles, biceps and quadriceps muscles of the thigh. Many girls avoid exercise on a stationary bike for fear of getting huge pumped up leg muscles. If you are one of them, don't worry. In order to get large relief muscles, you need not only to exercise a lot, but also to eat right, eating more kilocalories than the body needs to work. If you don't, just get beautiful elastic toned leg muscles. In addition, the exercise bike is not designed to increase muscle volume, in principle, there are other exercise equipment and free weights for this. It gives rather a dynamic aerobic load, develops greater mobility and elasticity of muscles, makes them tone up.
