An Exercise Bike Workout -- Tips For Fat Burning

To lose weight and burn fat you can choose the exercise bike workout as a core fitness routine. That does not signify that the stationary bike is clearly better than other exercise equipment. It is however a time proven piece of machinery and does have some advantages especially if you pick particular kinds of bikes. The type of bike can be a key to success with an exercise system. Read on to find out why...
 An exercise bike workout is one way to burn up quite a few calories in a hurry. For example, for a 150 pound person here's what happens. Pedaling really hard and fast burns about 9.6 calories per minute. Casual pedaling uses about 7.9 calories in a minute of riding. That means about 300 calories is all you will use in a half hour workout. Of course coasting along at an easy pace may produce almost no results. After all, it's work that uses the calories...
 Pick another machine and the results will be different but maybe not as different as you may think.
 Rowing a rower at a moderate pace burns about 7.9 calories a minute. Step aerobics burns 11.3 calories per minute on a 10 to 12 inch step. Bicycling at 12-13.9 mph uses 9 calories per minute. Running 5.2 mph gets rid of 10.2 calories per minute.
 It matters little which machine you use...
 A pound of fat means 3500 calories are stored and must be burned to get rid of it... That's a lot to shed at 300 calories in a routine. But it really is more involved since the mechanism calories get used up depends on whether we're considering fats or carbs or protein. They're all used as energy but all get used in a different way. Burning fat takes some time as you can readily see.
 But where stationary bike workout really shines is the cranking up of metabolism. Observe the right kind of workout can actually make a body a superior fat burner. Exercise bike workouts can help speed metabolism especially as muscles get built and stronger. Muscle building is critical to changing the metabolism or rate at which fat is burned. It's the muscle building that can speed fat burning and make getting leaner a bit faster and easier than it looks like it should be to start. But what about the different kinds of exercise bikes?
 As you can readily see, it takes time on the bike to make much in the way of improvements. It's steady, regular workouts that will get you where you want to be. That means a bike that is comfortable to use and not a hassle will more likely get used.
 Cheap bikes will often self-destruct in short order... It's just a matter of how quickly the come-apart is complete. That's why the better deals are really in the mid-priced machines that are built heavy and durable. Whether a recumbent like the Schwinn 240 recumbent or an upright, either type will do. Another plus to mid-range bikes is most are computer controlled and magnetic drives. That makes for a smooth ride and more. What's more, the computer heavy bikes make for a more interesting ride and one that's less boring to the rider. What stops many exercise bike workout routines is just plain old boredom. The computers can make for much less boredom and the resulting time in the saddle increases can get it done. There is another way as well.
 The dual action bikes like the Schwinn Airdyne exercise bike make for a completely different workout experience. Using both arms and legs for working makes for a more varied sort of workout that is less boring too. That's another way to fight boredom. Also using more muscle groups makes for a more balanced workout as well.
 It takes time to get rid of fat with any kind of exercise. Exercise bike workout time is one of the more convenient ways to get a workout and that makes for more time spent and less time wasted. It's just that the magnetic drives are found on many bikes now and can be a real plus for an interesting workout that will get done and produce results. On the other hand, the dual action stationary bikes like the Schwinn Airdyne also keep it interesting and use more of the muscles for maybe even faster results. In the final analysis to get good results takes some time at the machine and it must be time spent regularly to really produce much in the way of results.