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Better workout on spin bike or road bike?
Chalo wrote:
Not only can a real bike take you places you might wish to go, but it rewards your effort with progress and sensory feedback. It also exercises your equilibrium and your kinesthetic awareness, and it connects you to your milieu. Yeah, but a small adjustment usually fixes that last thing rather quickly. Bill "Spandex side-effect" S. |
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Better workout on spin bike or road bike?
On Tue, 25 May 2004 19:07:02 -0400, Badger_South
wrote: On Tue, 25 May 2004 18:06:01 -0400, John H. Power wrote: Well duh, thanks for nothing my friend. I wasn't really interested in your opinion in that regard nor am I interested in my "milieu". If I want to connect to that I'll do yoga. My question related to whether or not I would get the same exercise benefit using both mediums. Your response did not address that question. And I have 3 real bikes, not just 1. But thanks to all the others who responded in a relevant fashion John H. Power Hi John...I think you can do a -lot- of support work via your stationary bike as long as it's not too cheap ride well, (doesn't twist and buck and is stable) has a good seat and the pedals have good positioning and toe straps, and can be adjusted right. It doesn't have to exactly mimic your real bike, but the closer the better. I go on and on about fit on the sta bike, b/c it's easy to get one that's crappy even though it might be expensive. The Schwinn sounds like a good sta bike - got a link? Picture. I use my sta bike for several reasons - 1. if there's a weather problem like deep snow, or flooding - otherwise, even if it's raining like crazy as long as it's not thundering, I'm riding. 2. I can do high pressure workouts, with higher resistance sprints and -really- keep that energy up for longer than my street bike, b/c I can concentrate and go until I'm just about to fall off the sta bike from agony and don't have to worry about bumps, cars, dogs, trash - So I can shut my eyes and 'make it bleed', plus I'll crank some tunes over the speakers to keep the motivation up. Then when I go to my regular bike, I feel the strength in my legs improving. Best thing though is not to do the sta bike routinely. I'll do it for two weeks every _other_ day on top of my regular riding. Then I'll lay off for a while. The sta. bike is to regular biking like running the stadium steps is to jogging the roads for 10 miles. You don't do the stadium steps all the time. Of course you can do 'repeat hills' on the road bike (similar intensity theory, but better than the sta bike) and it's similar but it's sometimes hard to find a hill that's easy to do repeats on that isn't full of traffic. So think of the sta bike as a specific training tool in your tool box and don't just do 'em (unless you really enjoy it like spin class with a bunch of people) to do 'em...you're better off putting in quality road miles over the long run. IOW they're not a substitute for the road. (Obvious rollers are different b/c you are actually using your own bike) HTH, and sorry for the long babbling. g -B Makes sense to me. Thanks for the input |
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"Chalo" wrote in message om... John H. Power wrote: I have a Schwinn Spin Bike and several regular bikes. My typical routine is to do 20 minutes on the stationary bike 4-5 days a week. Riding a stationary cycle is like eating nutrient paste out of a tube. I use a different analogy: http://tinyurl.com/yqcry -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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Better workout on spin bike or road bike?
John H. Power wrote:
On 25 May 2004 14:51:35 -0700, (Chalo) wrote: If you have a real bike, I wonder why you'd ever use a stationary one. Not only can a real bike take you places you might wish to go, but it rewards your effort with progress and sensory feedback. It also exercises your equilibrium and your kinesthetic awareness, and it connects you to your milieu. Well duh, thanks for nothing my friend. I wasn't really interested in your opinion in that regard nor am I interested in my "milieu". If I want to connect to that I'll do yoga. My question related to whether or not I would get the same exercise benefit using both mediums. Your response did not address that question. "Milieu" means "surroundings". Maybe I should use GWB-friendly vocabulary next time. As for your question, which kind of pedal machine gives a more intensive workout is arbitrary. Ride harder outside, you'll get a better workout there (in your milieu, as it were). Ride harder inside, and you'll get more exercise there (and you'll get drippier too). You might find that you can get a more intense workout jumping up and down, or flinging yourself against a wall. It's all in the effort you expend-- but that's obvious and you probably knew that. Chalo Colina |
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David Reuteler wrote:
Chalo wrote: If you have a real bike, I wonder why you'd ever use a stationary one. hmmmm, january in minnesota? i love you west coasters. Alaska is on the West Coast, right? http://users.rcn.com/icebike/ Chalo Colina |
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On 25 May 2004 19:31:00 -0700, (Chalo) wrote:
ou might find that you can get a more intense workout jumping up and down, or flinging yourself against a wall. Hey, buddy, you got something against handball and racquet ball! It takes a lot of skill to fling yourself against the wall! g -B Chalo Colina |
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Better workout on spin bike or road bike?
Chalo wrote:
David Reuteler wrote: Chalo wrote: If you have a real bike, I wonder why you'd ever use a stationary one. hmmmm, january in minnesota? i love you west coasters. Alaska is on the West Coast, right? not in the vernacular, no. http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/West%20Coast.html http://www.roadtripusa.com/coastal_west_coast/ http://users.rcn.com/icebike/ hey, you do know about ice! great site, btw. -- david reuteler |
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John H. Power wrote in message . ..
Of course after I ride the regular bike I am not sweating nearly as much as after the spin bike but I think that may have to do with the air that is blowing over me and evaporating the sweat... Two fans can solve the indoor excessive sweating problem, one large fan placed in front (6 to 10 feet) and a smaller one on the floor close to the pedals. |
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Two fans can solve the indoor excessive sweating problem, one large fan
placed in front (6 to 10 feet) and a smaller one on the floor close to the I have two fans who watch me - my wife and son. They don't help a bit with the sweat, no matter where they stand. (Sorry, couldn't resist on this go-nowhere thread). http://members.aol.com/foxcondorsrvtns (Colorado rental condo) http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox (Family Web Page) |
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Better workout on spin bike or road bike?
John H. Power wrote:
:: I have a Schwinn Spin Bike and several regular bikes. My typical :: routine is to do 20 minutes on the stationary bike 4-5 days a week. :: I increase the resistance at intervals and by the time I am done I am :: sweating profusely. I was wondering if anyone has any dependable :: info on the caloric burn differences between a spin bike and a :: regular bike. If I rode the regular bike for 35-40 minutes would I :: get as good a work out as doing the spin bike for 20 minutes? This :: is FL so there are no hills but I would be going over several long :: high bridges. :: :: Of course after I ride the regular bike I am not sweating nearly as :: much as after the spin bike but I think that may have to do with the :: air that is blowing over me and evaporating the sweat... :: :: I am 53 and in very good shape, if that makes a difference Don't use the amount you sweat as an indication of calorie burn or work effort. |
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