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Even more sold than the treadmill thanks to the fewer general contraindications, the exercise bike can be purchased in numerous variants, different in range, price, technological level, design, etc.
Furthermore, practicing exercise bikes at home is the only type of motor activity that does not require great technical knowledge or specific training. That said, pedaling without a precise guideline remains inadvisable.
In this short article we will talk about how to use the exercise bike, more precisely for slimming purposes, trying to highlight the fundamental indications for the management of training and low-calorie diet.
For further information: Exercise Bikes: What Benefits? . This is because indoor cycling training like spinning is based on decidedly higher intensities, based on rhythm variations, repetitions, stand-ups on the saddle, etc.
Let's start with the adjustment of the seat height, which must be such as to allow the "almost" complete extension of the knee in the lower phase, but without the angle flattening completely.
Touching 180 degrees would be inappropriate for the knee joint and would swing the pelvis to the left and right - even at the expense of the lower back.
On some exercise bikes it is also possible to modulate the distance between the saddle and the handlebar. This depends on the length of the torso and arms, but also on the general mobility - shoulders and back.
Assuming an excessively pronated posture can cause discomfort and pain in the back and shoulders, especially in the presence of muscle-tendon and osteo-articular discomfort (tendinitis, contractures, arthrosis, etc.). Staying erect, however, is also not advisable.
Also contributing to the same purpose is the adjustment of the height of the handlebar, or of the position in which it is to be held.
As for the exercise bike, priority must always be given to comfort. In road cycling, the inclination of the torso has a not negligible aerodynamic importance and allows you to "push" more on the legs; however, if excessive retroversion of the pelvis is imposed - due to poor mobility - the result will be lumbar pain.
The other adjustments mainly affect the resistance imposed on pedaling. Its operation depends on the mechanical principle on which the exercise bike is built, but in principle it depends on the level of training of the principle you want to follow.
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