Whether riding an exercise bike will hurt your knees is related to riding. Riding an exercise bike in the wrong posture for a long time will hurt your knees. Any exercise will wear your knees. But giving up riding a spinning bike because of joint wear is because of choking on food.
Incorrect posture during riding, such as swinging from side to side or jumping up and down too much, will lead to increased impact on the knees, which will easily lead to acute or chronic sports injuries. Moreover, if the riding speed is too fast during riding, the pedaling force will increase, the resistance or gravity will increase, and the knee will be more likely to be injured.
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The benefits of riding an exercise bike
1. Exercise leg muscles
Through the continuous riding of the exercise bike and exercising with different intensities and resistances, the leg muscles can be effectively exercised and the strength and endurance of the legs can be improved.
2. Improve joint flexibility
When riding an exercise bike, you will keep pedaling. Due to the traction of the gluteus maximus and biceps femoris at the back of the thigh, your joints such as hip joint, knee joint and ankle joint can be fully moved and the flexibility of joint parts can be improved. Therefore, exercise bikes are also suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and people with walking difficulties.
Prevent heart disease
Riding an exercise bike helps to promote the blood circulation of the body, make the blood flow smoother, and further strengthen the microvascular tissue, thus strengthening blood vessels and preventing heart disease.
4. Exercise cardiopulmonary function
Riding an exercise bike can exercise visceral endurance and help expand the heart. During riding, there is more blood supply to the lower limbs, and the change of heart rate will change with the change of pedaling speed. Long-term exercise helps to enhance myocardial contractility. Enhance the elasticity of blood vessel wall, thereby improving cardiopulmonary function.
Disadvantages of riding an exercise bike
1. pubic injury
If the seat, height and posture of the exercise bike are not suitable for you, it is easy to hurt your genitals. If a man is squeezed like this for a long time, it will easily lead to impotence. If you have symptoms of pudendal discomfort while riding an exercise bike, you must seek medical advice in time.
2. Causing ass pain
When riding an exercise bike, the seat and buttocks are the main support points, and most of the weight will be pressed here during exercise, while when riding an exercise bike, the buttocks will rub against the seat. Therefore, the exercise of the exercise bike for a long time or the intensity is too large, which may lead to poor blood circulation in the buttocks or skin damage in the buttocks, resulting in hip pain after riding.
3. Produce sports injuries
Although the probability of sports injuries is smaller than that of treadmills and other fitness equipment, it will not completely avoid sports injuries. In particular, improper seat adjustment and incorrect posture will also lead to great impact on knees and lumbar vertebrae, resulting in sports injuries.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Exercise Bike