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Calculate Your Target Heart Rate. Your heart rate is a constant monitor of your fitness level and exercise intensity.

Calculate Your Target Heart Rate

Calculating your target heart rate can lead to a safer, more efficient workout by helping you exercise at the right pace to experience maximum benefits. Learn More ▸ Calculate My Target Heart Rate What Does This Mean? Your resting heart rate is simply the number of times your heart beats in a minute when you are at rest. What should I do? If you're resting heart rate is higher than normal, there are simple steps you can take it lower it. Target Heart Rate Target heart rate will vary by the type of exercise you are performing but it is generally 50% to 85% of your maximum heart rate (MHR). Knowing your target heart rate and maintaining it when you work out can go a long way in helping you achieve your fitness goals.

Training Zones. Beginner Exercise Program: Month 1. Fitness: How Music Can Help Your Training. By Nicola Smith, Cycling Plus | Friday, Apr 2, 2010 1.00pm Music to your gears (Bikeradar) When Ethiopian runner Haile Gebrselassie set an indoor 2,000m world record in 1998 he attributed his success to the fact that the beat of the song playing in the stadium matched his pace. He’s not the only athlete to use music as a key part of training and race preparation and, what’s more, the power of carefully chosen tunes has been scientifically proven to benefit training and performance. For cyclists who use indoor cycling (or spinning) as a core part of their regime, music can not only liven up an otherwise dull session, it can also help you to train more effectively. According to Dr Costas Karageorghis, head of the Music in Sport Research Group at Brunel University in London, science has revealed four main ways in which music can influence preparation and athletic performance.

This can be applied in music. Exercise Bike Workouts. Interval Exercise Bike Workouts One of the most popular ways to lose weight in the comfort of your own home is to use a stationary exercise bike.

Exercise Bike Workouts

The main benefit is the convenience and the controlled environment for your workout. For example you can watch tv while working out - now thats convenience. You dont even need to worry what the weather is doing outside. Exercise bike workout routines target many different parts of the body and different muscle groups. Select the Workout that interests you Aerobic Exercise Bike WorkoutA good workout to get fit and burn fat Interval Exercise Bike Workout- intermmediateAn Interval routine developed to burn 3 times more fat than aerobic exercise Interval Stationary Exercise Bike Workout- AdvancedFor those with a solid fitness base - very demanding Benefits of Exercise Bike Workouts Exercise bike workouts are great for people with knee or back problems. Problems to consider One of the major problems with working out on an exercise bike is boredom. 4 Minute Fat Burning Exercise Bike Workout. Virtual Cycling & Indoor Spinning & Training. Training tools how to video demo Can't view?

Virtual Cycling & Indoor Spinning & Training

Click here Hey David, sorry about taking so long to get this to you. The weekend was a bit hectic. I have some ideas that I want to work towards for the narrative of this new video. I'd like to welcome David to today's ride. This should keep us busy! Not available. Ls9.91c01. How Fast Will You Lose Weight With An Exercise Bike Workout? An exercise bike workout is one of the best ways to lose weight.

How Fast Will You Lose Weight With An Exercise Bike Workout?

You will begin to burn calories immediately, but it's important to plan your workouts so you can maximize your long-term weight loss. You will lose weight faster if you bicycle more intensely, but you should start slow and ramp up your workouts as your physical fitness improves. You are bicycling lightly on your exercise bike if your heart is beating at 35 to 54 percent of its maximum heart rate or 220 heartbeats each minute minus your age. Bicycling lightly burns 325, 387 and 474 calories per hour if you weigh 130, 155 and 190 pounds respectively, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.

You lose one pound when you burn 3,500 calories. You are bicycling moderately on your exercise bike if your heart is beating at 55 to 69 percent of its maximum heart rate.