When it comes to the best place to exercise, I think many people including you will think of commercial gyms for the first time, because in commercial gyms, you can use many kinds of fitness equipment that you like at one time for high-quality exercise. But nowadays, with people's life and work getting busier and busier, more and more people prefer to use the idle space at home to create a convenient and private home gym. If you are one of them and want to invest in a piece of good fitness equipment for your home gym, then a folding exercise bike is definitely worth buying. It is a popular choice nowadays, and it is also an effective way to make you healthier and strengthen your cardiovascular function.
Over the years, the upright recumbent exercise bike has become more and more popular among fitness enthusiasts, and there are good reasons for this. Using it for exercise can improve your overall physical health, increase your muscle mass, and benefit your mental health. But as people pay more and more attention to it, many people who aim at losing weight begin to care about a question---can they using it to lose weight? The answer is undoubtedly yes. Therefore, if your goal is to lose weight, then the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle is a good choice. In the following article, I will explain it to you in detail through two questions.
How many calories can you burn on it?
The answer to this question may be different for different people, because the number of calories burned on a 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle depends on many factors, such as exercise intensity, age, weight, body composition and activity level. Among these factors, the exercise intensity plays a decisive role in the number of calories burned on a foldable exercise bike. According to Harvard Health Press, for a person weighing 125 pounds, exercising at moderate intensity for 30 minutes on the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle can burn about 210 calories. A 155-pound person can burn about 252 calories with the same length of time and exercise intensity. A 185-pound person can burn nearly 294 calories in the same length of time and exercise intensity. By increasing the exercise intensity, you can also achieve higher calorie burning (but you must do what you can).
How to use it to lose weight better?
From the above, we know that the number of calories burned on the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle may be different for everyone. You may burn more or less calories, but you can definitely burn calories on it to lose weight. Here are some ways to help you use it to lose weight better.
1. Keep regular exercise
If you want to achieve better weight loss effect by using a folding exercise bike, then you first need to make sure to keep regular exercise. You'd better exercise on the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle for about 30 minutes five times a week. By keeping regular use of the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle to keep figure and healthy, you can really amp up the results and reach your weight loss goal faster.
2. Adjust resistance level
Generally speaking, an upright recumbent exercise bike has 8-levels magnetic resistance, and you can adjust it according to your fitness level and weight loss goal to meet the choice of different exercise intensity. 1-2 gears, warm-up leisure mode; 3-4 gears, cardio training mode; 5-6 gears, fat reduction, and body beauty mode; 7-8 gears, muscle building, and shaping mode. By adjusting the resistance level of your 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle, you will be able to burn more calories in a shorter time.
3. Combine exercise with a healthy diet
You know, if you simply exercise on the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle without controlling your diet, your weight loss effect will not be very good. Therefore, if you want to use the 2-in-1 folding fitness bicycle to lose weight better, you must combine exercise with a healthy diet. You should avoid high-calorie foods (such as chocolate cake) and eat more high-protein foods.
To sum up, using a folding exercise bike can help you lose weight. Besides helping you burn calories, it also has many other benefits. I hope you can benefit from it.
