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gryffindor
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Posted: 8 March 2006 04:50 am |
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| ok, well, i have been going on my stationary bike everyday for the past week for 2 hours per day, going at a consistant speed of 20-25 mph. One of my weight loss books told me that riding on a stationary bike at a fast pace would burn 11 calories per minute, going at a medium pace would burn 7 calories per minute, and slow would be 4 calories per minute. So...what would I classify 20-25 mph as ? Thanks ! :)
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Peter
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Posted: 8 March 2006 10:14 am |
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If your book doesn't explain I don't know how anyone could know the answer.
The calculations from this website are explained in the FAQ.
Peter
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NevD
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Posted: 8 March 2006 04:54 pm |
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It would rather depend on what your heart rate was...
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Nir
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Posted: 8 March 2006 05:33 pm |
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What is your perceived exertion? Is it hard to maintain? Are you breathless? Sweaty?
Indeed, perhaps invest in a Heart Rate Monitor and find out if you are exercising at 65-75% of your maximum heart rate? Some of those monitors will also count calories-burned for you.
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chris302
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Posted: 12 March 2006 05:24 pm |
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| I have never ridden a stationary bike, so can't actually answer your question. BUT, on a bicycle outdoors, 12-14 miles per hour is moderate. Going 20-25 mph is amazingly fast and if you could keep that pace for two hours you would be very exceptional. So, if indoor cycling speed is equivalent in effort to outdoor cycling speed, then you certainly can give yourself 11 calories per minute in my book!
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NevD
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Posted: 12 March 2006 07:47 pm |
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I have never ridden a stationary bike,
The indoor and road bikes aren't really comparable. Indoors there's no wind or hills, so the effort is constant.
The upper body gets a negligible workout, so they're not the greatest machines around, IMO.
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Lori
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Posted: 13 March 2006 12:18 am |
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I have a stationary bike and a road bike and find i get a better work out from the stationary one as i can set the tension and "ride up hill " at a steady pace. Also with a road bike you stop peddling to go down hill.. have to dodge traffic, and sometimes stop altogether etc etc.. so i actually feel i get a better work out on my stationary bike .. thats not to say the road bike isnt good excercise because it is.. its just different...
half an hour every day on the stationary bike at moderate speed burns approx 400 calories .. that is a distance of 15km. The top half of the body doesnt get much of a work out but the legs sure do .. so i incorporate handweights in my work outs three times a week, and have also used handweights while i have been on the bike .. my top half of my body works out at work anyways as my job requires lots of lifting .. so it doesnt really bother me ..
blessings
 ~Lori~
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corrie
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Posted: 2 May 2006 04:48 pm |
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| I'm a stationary bike girl myself. I'm not very coordinated, and really don't like "too much going on" when doing a cardio (I need the hands free for flipping the magazine pages!). Sometimes I do think as I'm peddling though how it would be nice to get some arm action in, but for the most part I'm only doing it for the cardio/fat burning effect. I lift weights to work out my upper body.
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Lori
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Posted: 3 May 2006 12:53 am |
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I play funky music while i ride my stationary bike.. or I watch my Evanescence DVD and (dont laugh) i use my arms.. i peddle to the beat and use my arms as if i was dancing.. it wasnt really intentional to start with.. it just kinda happened.. but now i bring my arms in and use them.. its also great for balance.. and it breaks the boredom. I started only doing ten minutes a day on my bike, now I do an hour a day, and i ride over 30km ..
The good thing about a stationary bike, is that its not really stationary. I started off with mine outside, and i just brought it inside on the week end so i can have a change of scenary..
oh BTW Nevd, i have a road bike too, and i find it a lot less hard work riding that. Simply because you dont have to peddle all the time.. so to be honest, i think i would burn way more calories on the stationary bike than i would a road bike .. it would depend a lot on the circumstances tho .. but for me, the stationary bike is much more hard work..
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