The benefits of riding an exercise bike

Exercise bike is a typical simulation of outdoor exercise aerobic fitness equipment, you can adjust the intensity of the exercise when to achieve the effect of fitness. And most people only know that riding an exercise bike can exercise, that specific exercise bike can bring us what benefits? And whether it will bring some bad effects?

The benefits of riding an exercise bike

Exercise leg muscles

Through the exercise bike constantly riding action, different intensity and resistance exercise, can effectively exercise the leg muscles, improve the strength and endurance of the legs.

Improve joint flexibility

When riding an exercise bike, you will keep pedaling, and due to the pulling of the gluteus maximus and biceps femoris at the back of the thigh, you can make the hip, knee and ankle joints and other joint parts fully active and improve the flexibility of the joint parts. Therefore, the exercise bike is also suitable for the elderly and people with walking difficulties exercise.

Prevent heart disease

Riding an exercise bike can help promote blood circulation in the body, and blood flow more smoothly, so that the microvascular tissue can be further strengthened, thus achieving the effect of strengthening blood vessels and preventing heart disease.

Exercise cardiopulmonary function

Riding an exercise bike can exercise visceral endurance and help expand the heart. In the process of riding, the lower limbs are supplied with more blood, and the heart rate change will follow the speed change of pedaling action, and the long-term exercise is able to help enhance the contraction of the heart muscle. Enhance the elasticity of the blood vessel wall, thus playing a role in improving cardiopulmonary function.

Weight loss and slimming

Riding an exercise bike is an aerobic metabolic exercise, through continuous cycling exercise, can exercise the body at the same time, play the role of calorie consumption, burning excess body fat.

Relieve stress

For those who do not have a lot of time to exercise exercise white-collar workers, through the exercise bike can be very convenient in free time for fitness, not only to exercise, but also to relax the body and mind, in the process of cycling to release stress.

Convenient to do other things

When riding an exercise bike, there is no powerful music like dynamic cycling, you can choose to read a book, chat or watch TV while riding.

No noise impact

The process of riding an exercise bike does not produce a lot of noise, so you do not have to worry about affecting others when you exercise at home.

The disadvantages of riding an exercise bike

Pubic injury

If the seat, height and posture of the exercise bike are not suitable for you, it is easy to cause damage to the pubic area. Men who have been squeezed in this way for a long time can easily lead to impotence. If you ride an exercise bike in the exercise, there is a pubic discomfort symptoms, be sure to promptly seek medical examination.

Causes buttocks pain

When riding an exercise bike, the seat and hips are for the main support point, most of the weight in the exercise will be compressed in this, and when riding an exercise bike, the hips will be friction with the seat. Therefore the exercise bike for a long time or too much intensity, are likely to lead to poor local blood circulation in the hip or hip skin damage, leading to the emergence of pain in the buttocks after riding.

Produce sports injuries

Although compared to other fitness equipment such as treadmills will produce the chances of sports injuries are smaller, but will not completely avoid the occurrence of sports injuries. In particular, the car seat is not properly adjusted, incorrect posture, etc., is also will lead to knees and lumbar spine and other parts of the large impact, resulting in sports injuries.