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Exercise Bikes Vs. Treadmills

You've decided you want to exercise at home.  There are hundreds of pieces of home cardio equipment available.  The most popular are treadmills and exercise bikes.  In deciding between the two, you should compare long-term sustainability, the effectiveness of the workouts, and safety.

Overcoming Boredom

The biggest obstacle to a home exercise routine is sticking with it.  You don't have to drive to a gym, so your home fitness equipment is more convenient.  The problem is that other distractions are just as convenient at home.  The key is to make your routine fun.  You want to look forward to your daily workout.  You have to be realistic.  Playing with the heart rate monitor or watching the calorie counter go up will only be fun the first couple of times you exercise.

Treadmill vs. Boredom

On a treadmill, you walk.  Walking isn't that fun.  You can walk at different speeds, but that isn't really much more fun.  If you get a treadmill that offers an incline, that keeps it a bit more interesting.  Walking uphill isn't exactly fun, but it's different.  It presents a challenge.

You can't really read on a treadmill because you are bouncing up and down.  You can't keep your eyes on the same sentence, and you usually end up with a headache.  Basically, the only thing fun to do on a treadmill is watch television or movies.  If you are really into TV or movies and are able to put your treadmill in front of a television, you can probably keep your treadmill workout from becoming too boring.  Problems consist of commercials, the noise coming from the machine, and again, the bouncing.

Exercise Bikes vs. Boredom

Exercise bikes are unique in that many of them come programmed with various biking routines.  You simulate different courses that require you to sprint, pedal uphill, and perform at different levels within one workout without having to keep pressing buttons and changing everything.  You can even select random programs so you don't know what's coming, which really keeps you on your toes.  Some exercise bikes can even be plugged into televisions and video games to let you interactively pedal through visual courses.

On upright exercise bikes, you run into some of the same problems as treadmills as far as reading is concerned.  Recumbent bikes, however, allow your hands to be free to hold a book or magazine, video game controller, or phone.  Multi-tasking during an exercise bike workout keeps it from becoming boring and allows your workout to more easily fit into a busy schedule.

Defeating boredom to successfully keep up a long-term exercise routine is much easier with an exercise bike than a treadmill.

The Calorie Factor

In a study conducted by Nordic Track, young, healthy people used various exercise machines and did cardio workouts.  Although they felt they used the same intensity on all machines, they burned the most calories on treadmills and ski machines.

On average, most people burn about 750 calories per hour on a treadmill.  The same people are likely to burn about 550 calories per hour on an exercise bike.  So it's a no-brainer, right?  You should get a treadmill because they burn more calories.

Well, not exactly.  You can't get so caught up in which machine burns the most calories.  You have to take a lot of other factors into consideration.  How likely are you to sustain a treadmill routine as opposed to an exercise bike routine?

Because exercise bikes are usually more fun than treadmills, you are much more likely to stick with it long-term.  This means that even though you can burn more calories on a treadmill, you are also more likely to stop using it altogether.

You might also find it difficult to use it long enough per workout session to get the full benefits.  Most people find it easier to workout for 20 minutes on an exercise bike than 20 minutes on a treadmill.  You have to think about that.  If you are likely to only do 10 minutes on a treadmill but can easily do 20 minutes on an exercise bike, you will burn more calories per session on an exercise bike.

So just going strictly by the numbers, treadmills burn more calories.  If you easily get bored or have tried and failed to stick with exercise routines in the past, you might want to consider burning less calories per hour in favor of a sustainable long-term exercise bike regimen.

Your Safety

The biggest difference between exercise bikes and treadmills is overall safety to your body.

The first case of safety is the most basic.  You can fall off of a treadmill.  It's very difficult, however, to fall off of an exercise bike.  In fact, you would probably have to try to fall when riding an exercise bike.  While you might be thinking you'd have to be pretty clumsy to fall while walking, it happens more than you'd think.  People get involved with watching television or the beat of music.  One wrong step and you can seriously injure yourself.  It's also possible to spill water or sweat on the treadmill track, causing a safety hazard you might not notice until after you've slipped.

Another safety hazard is injury from the activity itself.  A treadmill puts quite a bit of stress on your joints, especially your knees and ankles.  Even if you invest in a treadmill with some degree of shock absorption, when you eventually get to a jogging or running point, you can put severe orthopedic stress on your body, even up to three times your body weight.  People with existing conditions such as arthritis will find a treadmill painful at times due to this stress.  Otherwise healthy individuals can sustain injury and possible long-term damage over time.

Exercise bikes put much less stress on your joints.  A properly positioned exercise bike supports your weight and still allows you to receive the benefits of a higher impact cardio workout.  Upright bikes can sometimes stress your back in the way you have to bend to reach the handlebars.  Recumbent exercise bikes, however, can actually improve existing back pain by forcing proper posture and giving support as you exercise.  On any exercise bike properly used, your knees and ankles are not stressed as they are on a treadmill.

The less you stress joints, the less likely you are to sustain an injury during your workout.  You are also less likely to be sore afterwards.  Most importantly, a non-workout injury doesn't always have to halt your exercise routine on an exercise bike.  If you hurt your back or neck, you will find the support of a recumbent exercise bike will keep you from having to stop your exercise regimen altogether.  Let's face it - if you have to stop, you are less likely to start again.

An Exercise Bike is Better for Your Health than a Treadmill

As you can see, both pieces of home fitness equipment have advantages.  While the treadmill continues to be the most popular piece of home gym equipment, most people are more likely to faithfully use an exercise bike.  This means you're more likely to have to dust a treadmill until it gets the garage sale sticker.

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I really don't want to damage my hand. Being a pianist, which one do you think would be better to use. Has anyone used the grips or any other device to safely strengthen the muscles in the forearm? Thanks so much for your help!

its very unlikely you would damage your hand using either of those. you can feel when your muscles are tiring out and stop exercising them. you are more likely to hurt yourself getting your hand trapped in a door or tripping up and landing your hand on something. the top one looks a bit better for exercising the forearm, because the exercise is larger and uses your whole hand, putting more strain on your forearm. the second one will be better for strengthening your fingers. so if you want to strengthen the forearm rather than the fingers, go for the first one. and i really wouldnt worry about damaging your hand. just stop exercising it when it starts aching too much.

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Will this workout/diet plan give me results?

Workout:

Every morning I wake up at 10 and I start with 30 minutes of yoga on the Wii Fit. Then, I do individual circuits, one for my legs and one for my arms on EA Sports Active and three exercises for my tummy (one on the Wii Fit, two without). I also do some cardio by hula-hooping and doing the dance-stepping game on the Wii Fit.

Diet:

No sugary drinks, only water and milk with cereal. I try to consume less than 1500 calories a day by eating soups, yogurts, cereals, and lean cuisines.

Will all this that I'm doing work?

The workout sounds great =) Increasing cardio will help with losing fat in the body. Jogging, cycling, cardio machines at the gym are great ways to do this.

As far as calories go, this is a good site to reference.

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Be weary of dieting too hard, I've been there before, and if you eat foods you don't enjoy, or really like, you won't stick to it and gain weight back... and eliminating sugary drinks is really the way to go. =) Look for foods with lean protein, rich in fiber, and eat those veggies! The less refined the carb, the better. (whole wheat bread and pasta).

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WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS MYTH # 1:

Dieting wants to eliminate fat.

Your body can ' t discriminate between intentional calorie deprivation (as in a diet) and starvation. When you dramatically reduce your caloric intake, your body shifts into a protective mode by slowing your metabolism down and holding account fat (at important energy source) and instead burning muscle. In the beginning of a diet you WILL loose weight by dramatically cutting calories. But it won ' t be sulphate loss, it will be muscle tissue water weight and lean - the exact OPPOSITE of what you want to get rid of.

Not only will harsh diets slow your metabolism down to a crawl, causing your initial weight loss to come to a gradual halt, they will therefore inevitably bring about a "rebound" effect. This rebound will make you even fatter than you were before starting the diet. When you rebound, not only do you generally put on more weight than you actually lost with the diet, your percentage of body fat generally increases because your body cannibalized muscle tissue as an energy source during the dieting process. Thus the "yo-yo" effect that almost all dieters experience.

To permanently lose the fat stores in your body, you ' ve got to burn more calories and increase your metabolic rate (the rate at which your body burns fuel throughout the day - even when you ' re safety exercising) with a precise exercise routine and proper nutrient ratio adaptations (that means eating the right stuff at regular intervals). Even if you don 't exercise (but I recommend you do), small just eating 5-6, high quality (and by a meal, I mean anything from a nutritious snack to a sit down dinner) will substantially increase your metabolism - and you meals each day''ll burn more calories!

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WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS MYTH # 2:

Pills, powders and shakes can make you skinny.

Fat burners, diet pills, nutritional supplements - you know who gets the most out of these products? The manufacturers and resellers. Some of this stuff is extracted from foods and has a role in nutrition, but it's not a close substitutes for eating right. And much of the "miracle" drugs you see advertised are exceedingly dangerous to you. Don ' t believe me? The next time you see on advertisement in a weight loss magazine for one of these "miracle" products - or if you see a read or lists commercial on TV for one - to the takes CLAIMERS AND WARNINGS that accompany these ads. A lot of this stuff is dangerous and it healthy has no place in a, permanent weight loss and fitness lifestyle.

Sure, if you ' re willing to risk exposing your body to these drugs, you might be able to lose some weight - at first. But you will experience no long term benefits - none! In fact, it's really much worse than that. "Dieting" in any form that denies your body the essential nutrients and calories it needs to function efficiently can cause you to lose weight... until you stop the diet. And anyone who has "dieted" knows you cannot sustain the diet indefinitely. Your body screams out for nourishment and eventually you give in. That's when the rebound effect begins. You will inevitably regain lost all the weight you - PLUS SOME. And the regained weight is predominantly fat. During your diet your body cannibalized some of your lean muscle to use as fuel. After the diet your regained weight does not come back in the form of lean muscle plus some fat - it comes back almost exclusively as sulphate.

WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS MYTH # 3:

A regimes of aerobic exercise will burn the most fat.

I see women who spend 4 days a week, 40 minutes at a time, on the stair stepper, treadmill or bicycle who don ' t loose weight! I know men who run 6 miles a day who tone have no muscle and rolls of fat around their waists. You ' ve been led to believe that if you want to all you loose fat, have to do is regular aerobic exercise. There's more to it than that.

You must be able to monitor and control your cardiovascular intensity to maximize the number of calories you burn. And if aerobic exercise is not supplemented with resistance training (lifting weights) to at least maintain muscle mass, you cannot effectively accelerate the sulphate loss process. Each pound of lean muscle tissue burns 35-50 calories a day while your body is at rest. Whereas body sulphate is not metabolically active, so little to no fat is burned for each pound of body fat.

Therefore, a combination of properly monitored aerobic exercise and resistance training enables you to rapidly burn the maximum amount of fat. SPECIAL NOTE: this may sound like it's involved and time consuming. It's not! With the proper fitness and nutrition system in place, you can finden burn fat, loose weight and get fit in as little as 40 minutes per session - exercising in the privacy of your home only 3 times per week. And 12 weeks you can dramatically transform your body.

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WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS MYTH # 4:

resistance training (weight lifting) doesn't ' t burn fat.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Muscle tissue is metabolically active. Fat is not. Fat is an energy source for the body, but most people have much more than they need. FAT does not be energy use - it is used as energy. Muscle energy uses. Lots of it The more lean muscle you have, the more sulphate you burn. And here's the biggest benefit and why everyone needs to incorporate resistance training in their exercise program: the more lean muscle you have, the more sulphate you burn - WHILE YOU ARE AT REST!

You see, that's really the ultimate weight loss and fitness secret. Looking great is not just a function of how much sulphate you burn when you ' re working out, because you can only exercise so much in a given week. The real secret is how metabolically active your body is the other 95 % of the time. Lean muscle burn fat at a much greater rate people with more than do those with less lean muscle. Doesn't that ' t mean you have to look like Arnold or Madonna to be at efficient fat-burning machine. But you have to at least do maintain - and preferably increase - your lean muscle tissue. It's easy with the proper resistance training program.

SPECIAL NOTE: women safety will become "bulky" or "musclebound" by incorporating resistance training into their exercise routine. In fact, just the opposite is true. Lean muscle is more compact and firmer than fat. Resistance training will make women smaller, firmer and sexier. Women are not genetically predisposed to adding muscle "dimension." Men, on the other hand, wants to gain mass and Lake exciting muscle growth through the proper use of nutrition and resistance training.

WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS MYTH # 5:

Thigh reducers, tummy trimmers and body part reduce shapers can "spot".

All over the country people are falling for infomercials touting muscle-specific exercisers for body sulphate reduction. You cannot reduce your waist size by working the abdominal muscles, nor can you reduce your thighs with a thigh exerciser. It's a scam. A total DVD::rip off. The only way to reduce body fat is by combining a precise program of supportive nutrition with the right balance of aerobic and resistance exercise. If it sounds hard, it's not. It's just hard to cut through all the read, misinformation and total nonsense being shoved down your throat by these big, mega-buck companies attempting to further line their pockets at your expense.

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