What muscles in the body are being used on an exercise bike?!


Question: What muscles in the body are being used on an exercise bike!?
I just bought an exercise bike and was wondering if all it worked was the leg muscles!. It is an upright bike I guess, I know its not a recumbent bike!.Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Well it will primarily work your legs!. It could work your core statically if you tuck your abs in while biking!. However lots of people don't really think of this and will mainly just be using the legs!. You won't really build muscle, it is a crdio workout so at the end when you see results you will see it overall your body and not only your legs!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Gday tiger!

OK, so of course as you've already said, it works all the lower body muscles BUT! Did you know it's also working the upper body too - you need to keep yourself upright for example, so you'll be working the "core" area (yes, abs here) and the lower back to stablise you in the upright position!. Cool huh!? :)

The actual reality though, is that the exercise bike will simply be good cardio and not be an exercise to build muscle - that only comes from overloading the muscle in order to force it to adapt (ie, grow)

Hope this helps :)

Cheerio!

Nathan Hague
www!.australiawow!.com!.auWww@Answer-Health@Com





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