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Tips and Tricks to Maximize Your Exercise Bike Workout

August 28, 2012 By admin

We’ve told you before in a previous post Benefits of the Stationary Bike, despite the bad rap they sometimes seem to get, do make for a great cardio workout and can aid you in your weight loss goals. They are easier on the body than treadmills, yet still work your cardiovascular system with all the hard pushing of the pedals.

In our last post we simply only mentioned all the pros that stationary exercise bikes have to offer, which I am sure only left you wanting to try one out for yourself. So today we are back with more exercise bike loving, and to give you some tips and tricks from Cardio Exercises on Exercise Bikes to maximize your workout time on these machines. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: exercise, intervals, resistance, stationary bikes, workout tips

Strengthen Your Core Muscles and Get Flat Abs with These Cardio Exercise Machines

August 10, 2012 By admin

We all want those flat six pack abs, yet who wants or even has time and energy to do endless amounts of crunches day after day to get those results?! Why not get in a core strengthening workout while working out on your favorite cardio machine?! Double Whammy!

Flat Abs with Cardio

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While any cardio exercise machine that burns calories is going to help you to lose weight and fat blocking your abs from showing; yet if you learn to use these machines in the right way you can strengthen your core muscles even more and get you those flat abs results even faster!

Now whether your exercise equipment machine of choice is the stationary bike, the treadmill or the elliptical trainer; they all have certain moves to help you strengthen your core. Below are a few tips to help you achieve those flat six pack abs: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: abs, core, elliptical trainers, exercise, stationary bikes, treadmills

Benefits of the Stationary Bike for Your Cardio Workout

August 9, 2012 By admin

You may get tired of hearing this from us, but we want to make sure all of our readers understand the importance of cardio and that it is crucial to any type of fitness regimen, no matter what your goal may be. Cardio workouts include any workout that gets your heart rate pumped, this can be any treadmill, elliptical or exercise bike workout.

Man Riding Stationary Bike

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Now we do talk often about our love of elliptical trainers and treadmills, while I know we don’t talk too much about exercise bikes, but this is not because we are not big fans. We apologize for our lack of including exercise bikes, also called stationary bikes, in our posts because they should not be ignored; and in fact stationary bikes do in-deed provide you with an excellent cardio benefits.

Unfortunately stationary bikes often get a bad rap due to the fact they are not providing as much movement as elliptical trainers and treadmills offer. While it is true you do not move your whole body as much on a stationary bike and you may burn more calories per hour when using an elliptical or treadmill, stationary bikes can still provide a very beneficial cardio workout.

FitSugar.com shares their Pros and Cons of the Stationary Bike, which you can read more about here. We’d thought we would share a few of our favorite pros from their list and a few of our own to show you just what we mean when we say stationary bikes provide a great cardio workout: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: exercise, stationary bikes

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