Joel Meine
I am a newbie in fitness, but I'm looking to get a plan started soon. Consequently, I plan to buy a modest amount of fitness equipment. In the process, a question came to mind as stated in the subject header. In planning out the exercise regime that I'm planning, I'm trying to make it as sufficient, compact, and modest as possible. I'm not expecting to be an ambitious body builder or an athlete by any means, but for the sake of my health and wellness I know regular fitness is important. Therefore it makes sense to me that in a fitness routine to avoid wasting too much time, no exercise should repeat a specific physical benefit that was already covered by another exercise, if that makes sense. The perfect example of what I am addressing is comparing running to biking.
It seems to me that a person doesn't need "both" running and biking for cardiovascular benefits. A person could simply choose one or the other and still get the same benefits. If I had to make an educated guess though, I would think that "biking" easily has to be more beneficial than running. The reason being that biking incorporates a wider range of physical motion, muscular activity, and stress on the body than running.
Is my thinking right?
Answer
Running can be harder on your joints and back if you run with incorrect posture so if it's purely cardio benefit you want you should probably stick with the bike. Get into a spinning style routine where you crank up the resistance and do short bursts of sprints followed by short periods of slower cycling and that will get your heart rate going.
Running can be harder on your joints and back if you run with incorrect posture so if it's purely cardio benefit you want you should probably stick with the bike. Get into a spinning style routine where you crank up the resistance and do short bursts of sprints followed by short periods of slower cycling and that will get your heart rate going.
What type of pedal system is installed on the 24 hour fitness cycling bikes?
terry
I'd like to buy some cleats for my spinning class.
Answer
Check with the gym first. One of the most common pedal is set up for SPD on one side and Look on the other. It also has an adapter to put the toe clip on it (It has the Look cleat style base & snaps in). You do have the shoes that the cleats go on right? If not, you'll need to buy the shoes too (run about $70 up) and you'll probably want to go with the mountain bike shoe as you can walk around in it a lot easier (it uses the SPD cleat and the cleat is recessed into the sole of the shoe).
Check with the gym first. One of the most common pedal is set up for SPD on one side and Look on the other. It also has an adapter to put the toe clip on it (It has the Look cleat style base & snaps in). You do have the shoes that the cleats go on right? If not, you'll need to buy the shoes too (run about $70 up) and you'll probably want to go with the mountain bike shoe as you can walk around in it a lot easier (it uses the SPD cleat and the cleat is recessed into the sole of the shoe).
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