vendredi 31 octobre 2014

Set Your Stationery Bike Up Correctly

By Ayub Yusuf


Stationery bikes are one of the most popular exercise apparatus,both in the home and in professional fitness centers. We do not need to acquire any new capabilities to start using them straightway, as it is just like riding an ordinary bike.



From a health and safety point of view, no other piece of equipment can beat the stationery bike. All moving parts, except the pedals, are under cover, so there is no chance of personal injury from unintentional contact. Since you are seated and holding on to a support, namely the handlebars, it is almost impossible to fall off. Lastly, you set low stress on your joints when using a stationery bike.

That is why apparatus designers have tried to produce machines that decrease the impact of training routines on our joints. One such piece of apparatus is the Arc Trainer. At first sight, this is an odd looking piece of equipment. Its unusual design is key to what it does. It is intended to cut down strain on the joints, by providing a non-impact sort of exercise. It is essentially a strider, but it considerably limits stress on the knee joint by forcing your legs to move in a way that ensures your toe continually remains in front of your knee. If your toes go behind your knee, the force on the knee joint goes way up.

Be wary of making use of routines that you see in books or online. The ideal target heart rate for one person may be totally unsuitable for another. There are many factors that have to be taken into account.

Your present level of fitness, your resting heart rate, your BMI, your weight and your age are all important factors. Each routine should aim to bring your heart rate up to the target in incremental stages. You need to begin with a warming up period before increasing to a higher intensity. When your heart rate reaches target, maintain it at that level for the designated period. Finally, allow a cooling down period by not simply stopping at the maximum rate.

While stationery bikes are one of the safest of all types of exercise machine, you might still do yourself some harm if you do not set your bike up correctly. 0These bikes are built to provide a means of exercising with very little force being placed on the joints.




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