Is Cycling 8 miles a day on Stationary Bike good exercise for someone eating healthy and trying to lose weight?
I have a treadmill too but I hate it. I’m hoping this will be good enough.
8 miles on the bike isnt very much unless you have it on a high resistance level most of the time. If I were you I would focus more on the amount of time you were doing it while trying to keep your heart rate within a certain range. For me I would do 45 minutes and not let my heart rate fall below 135 or so. It’s a little easier to keep track of if you have a heart rate monitor, but if you don’t you can just check your pulse ever 5-10 minutes for 6 seconds and add a zero at the end of whatever number of beats you counted.
Though depending on what your goal is, you will want to change your target heart rate. For me, I’m 21, 5′3 and 135lbs, and if I wanted to focus just on fat burning I would keep my heart rate between 130 and 150….if I wanted to focus more on endurance and High Intensity Training I try to stay above 150.
Yes, it would be enough for you if you are eating healthy. The only thing I would recommend to you is that you put some extra effort in your pedaling. Also try to pedal really fast for at least 1-2 miles, so you can bring your heart rate to its power zone. Nothing healthier than that.References : http://livingstrongandhappy.blogspot.com/2009/01/living-strong-healthy-tips-and-ideas.html
Hmm its okay but you could definitely do better.
You can cycle 8 miles but really slowly.. to lose weight you need to burn those calories and get that heart rate soaring..so pedal really really fast, try to keep the RPM over 90..
Running is the best way, it keeps you really fit as well…i’m not a big fan of running but i would recommend the X-Trainer, definitely the best in my eyes.References : Ive been going to the gym every other day for 3 years now!
8 miles on the bike isnt very much unless you have it on a high resistance level most of the time. If I were you I would focus more on the amount of time you were doing it while trying to keep your heart rate within a certain range. For me I would do 45 minutes and not let my heart rate fall below 135 or so. It’s a little easier to keep track of if you have a heart rate monitor, but if you don’t you can just check your pulse ever 5-10 minutes for 6 seconds and add a zero at the end of whatever number of beats you counted.
Though depending on what your goal is, you will want to change your target heart rate. For me, I’m 21, 5′3 and 135lbs, and if I wanted to focus just on fat burning I would keep my heart rate between 130 and 150….if I wanted to focus more on endurance and High Intensity Training I try to stay above 150.References :
Any exercise will help more than none, but make sure that you are not eating more because you are doing more.References :