I’m a personal trainer who tried indoor cycling as cross-training for the strength training I normally do.
Here’s everything I learned.
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For a long time, that was the only way I worked on my cardio fitness.
Until recently, that is.
I have a lot of friends who swear by cycling for strengthening their calves and thighs.
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So, curious about the impact of indoor cycling as a cross-training workout, I went forth.
This bike made it much harder to do that.
Those muscles were sore the day after a workout, too.
The bike is lower-body dominant, he explains, which is great for your quads and will strengthen them.
When I first started cycling, I was using whatever resistance and incline the bike chose for me.
I even ended up addingmoreresistance.
Thats something I didnt think I would be doing when I first got on the bike a month earlier.
Would I have done that regardless?
Maybe, but Id like to think the bike helped.
See how well your heart rate functions and how well it responds to that 3.5 miles, he says.
I also see more definition in my legs than Ive seen in a while.
I could do 50 percent of my workouts for the month at home.
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