Advice on exercise bike please....

Hype
Hype Posts: 349
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Two questions really,

1) Is it still a good work out if you dont sweat?
2) Any solutions to a numb bum during riding a stationary bike?


Thanks in advance

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  • mamma321
    mamma321 Posts: 25 Member
    bump...
  • ITSSODAMNHOT
    ITSSODAMNHOT Posts: 121 Member
    If it has a resistance level, crank it up! But once you get spinning, your heart rate will go up and sweat will start to come after that.

    Get a better saddle (lingo for bike seat ;-) ) Until then, some ice and heating pad lol

    Good luck & God Bless
  • jrich1
    jrich1 Posts: 2,408 Member
    After a few rides you will get used to it and wont be as sore.
  • SaraTonin
    SaraTonin Posts: 551 Member
    If you're not sweating you may be dehydrated.

    Bum should get used to it soon! Or you might need a new seat.
  • karilynn27
    karilynn27 Posts: 190 Member
    Even if you just sweat a little or not at all you are still burning cals and working out.
    Actually when you are at a low heart rate you are burning fat.
    I learned from a spin class a bunch of different ways to get more out of your workout on a stationary bike.
    You can lean with your right leg and then lean with your left and do intervals of this, stand up on the bike and really work out your thighs, you can lean back, tighten your core and pedal.
    Get creative with it. Hope that helps a little bit.
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
    The better saddle will not help the bum, only time. If you use the bike on a regular basis it will stop hurting after about 2 weeks. If it's possible, stand up for a little bit if your bum starts to hurt, it makes it harder too.

    I'm sure you get some benefit from doing it if you're not sweating, but as with all workouts you get out what you put in. Turn up the resistance, go faster, or both. After my spin class ( about 45 minutes) my clothes are completely soaked, there are two huge puddles on the floor, and I burn about 700 calories.
  • rachellepilcher
    rachellepilcher Posts: 95
    Try standing to pedal. I have the same problem with the numbness but I have a recumbent so I cant stand up to pedal. And yes its still a good workout if you do not sweat as long as you get your heart rate into the "target" zone...which is different for everyone

    http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/top-9-fitness-myths-busted
    check out #6

    to find your target heart rate go here:
    http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/tc/interactive-tool-what-is-your-target-heart-rate-what-does-this-tool-measure
  • pilotgirl2007
    pilotgirl2007 Posts: 368 Member
    Your bum will get used to it and it will stop hurting, but a good pair of cycling shorts should help out with that (they are padded)

    Get multisport (or triathlon) shorts if you want less padding than what cycling shorts have to offer.
  • rachellepilcher
    rachellepilcher Posts: 95
    and I have also heard that staying in the lower end of the target heart rate (I think around 120-135) is supposed to be the optimum for fat burning
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