Recumbent Exercise Bikes

Recumbent exercise bike also known as bent is a stationary exercise bike with back support, as it is fitted with a large bucket seat. These laid back bikes have an ergonomic design, which is unique since they are designed to give maximum comfort. Its primary feature, the seat is fixed at lower height nearer to the floor and is slightly tipped back so that you will sit back to pedal. Your body will be in a fully reclining or else semi reclining position. Recumbent exercise bikes helps to revitalize workouts, burn fat, loss weight and tone muscles.

You can adjust the levels of resistance and the grade or the difficulty can be set. The magnetic resistance is adjustable with its dial knob working in eight positions and easily accessed during the workout. There are different preprogrammed workouts that give the feeling of climbing up and down a hill or sprinting.

Advantages Of Recumbent Exercise Bike

Recumbent exercise bikes are convenient and easy even for beginners and people with back pain or muscle injuries. Normally physicians as well as physical trainers recommend exercising using recumbent exercise bikes. Obese people also find it convenient. They are suitable for people with all levels of fitness and enable them to have a longer workout, thus enabling exercisers to be nearer to their goal of losing weight and being fit. The reclined position helps to provide gluteal muscle workout than while sitting upright during workouts. Due to its ergonomic positioning the muscles in abdomen relax allowing the breathing to improve and the pressure on the bottom is also eased. But during exercising, muscles of the abdomen get more workout and gives hamstring more action. As a result, you can get an excellent workout. This bike allows you to focus on the body parts, which is in need of constant maintenance. Even if you combine your exercising with other activities like reading, watching television or hearing music, you can do it in more comfort. This can be a motivating factor to maintain the exercise routine instead of dropping out midway or exercising only sporadically

Disadvantage Of Recumbent Exercise Bike

In recumbent exercise bikes, your movements are limited. Intensity of the workout is often believed to be less and sometimes the pace of your workout is reduced.

Different Types Of Recumbent Exercise Bikes

There are two types of recumbent exercise bikes:

• True recumbent exercise bikes
• Semi- recumbent exercise bikes

In true recumbent exercise bikes, the exerciser is seated nearer to floor level and the legs are positioned up to the level of the chest. In semi- recumbent exercise bikes the position of the seat and the pedals are in such a way that the legs are in front and will not end up hanging down.

Besides there are also recumbent exercise bikes classified on the basis of the level of resistance. These include:

• Direct tension bikes
• Magnetic frictionless resistance bikes.

In direct tension bikes, the resistance is adjusted manually whereas in the magnetic frictionless resistance bikes there are different levels of workout.