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Exercise Bike

  • 04-08-2024 6:36am
    #1
    Hold My Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭


    Due to an injury, I’m fairly restricted movement wise in the gym atm. The physio is letting me at the exercise bike (which I usually avoid) but I need my endorphin fix (used to get lots of happy hormones from the treadmill). What speed (rpm) and distance would be a good target? I have to stay on the saddle because of my injury.



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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058362802/exercise-bike

    RPM is a measure of cadence not speed. Just like a real bike, how fast you go and the energy you are using depends on the gears/resistance.

    Even if the bike displays km/h, it's largely based on an arbitrary estimate. Doesn't mean a lot. Very hard to make a recommendation without knowing the bike model - and your fitness.

    Probably better to target a suitable heartrate similar to your treadmill intensity



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