Upright Exercise Bikes

Question: Got a upright exercise bike yesterday. i did 7 miles yesterday and 7 today on a medium tension?

(Posted by: M on 2009-12-14 19:32:44)

Yesterday was the first ive actually started this. So should i improve miles a day? Am i off to a slow start?

Posted by: MtBikr on 2009-12-15, 05:45:42

On an exercise bike or any other bike for that matter go by time not distance. When you get comfortable with a certain amount of time, whatever you have allocated, increase the resistance. If you don't have one get a heart rate monitor to help with targeted efforts and don't forget to warm-up and cool-down.

Posted by: Bob A on 2009-12-14, 19:55:32

It's a good start. You want to increase the resistance slowly over 10 min to get warmed up. You want to pedal at 70-90 rpm's with just enough resistance to get your breathing elevated and your heart rate to 70-80% of your max. That is the zone where you are burning fat and you don't have to work that hard. You want to extend the workout to 45-60 min once you get use to the saddle. Heart monitors are cheap and a good work out tool. I found out I was going too hard and dropped back a little. I still go at 90-100% of my max heart rate the last 10 min without any problems.