Spinning bike is a popular fitness equipment in gym. More and more people begin to exercise by riding spinning bikes. This kind of fitness equipment has advantages and disadvantages. Let me introduce you:
1, the benefits of riding a spinning bike
(1) Weight loss: When riding a fitness bike, due to periodic aerobic exercise, exercisers consume more calories and burn more fat, which can play a good role in weight loss.
(2) Exercise muscles: Cycling has the same endurance exercise effect on internal organs as swimming and running, which can not only benefit 3 pairs of joints and 26 pairs of muscles of lower limbs, but also exercise muscles, joints and ligaments of neck, back, arms, abdomen, waist, groin and buttocks.
(3) Improve leg strength: Through the different resistance conversion of spinning bike, such as uphill simulation, downhill simulation, slow riding for a few minutes, fast riding for a few minutes, etc. , can exercise leg muscles, improve the strength and endurance of the leg.
(4) Improve cardiopulmonary function: Cycling is a continuous, rhythmic and melodious exercise, which can fully exercise, improve physical fitness and improve cardiopulmonary function.
(5) Preventing brain aging: Cycling can improve the agility of the nervous system, which is contralateral exercise. Alternate pedaling of both legs can develop left and right brain functions at the same time and prevent premature aging and negligence.
(6) Improve sexual function: Riding a spinning bike often can stimulate the secretion of estrogen or androgen, enhance sexual ability and contribute to the harmony of husband and wife's sexual life.
(7) Release stress: In the process of riding a spinning bike, you can release the stress in your life and work and make you feel happy.
(8) Not affected by the environment: Cycling is not like cycling outdoors, but also affected by environmental factors such as weather. It is very convenient to exercise directly in the gym or even at home.
2. Disadvantages of riding a spinning bike
(1) Knee injury: During riding, if the posture is incorrect, such as swinging from side to side or jumping up and down too much, the impact on the lumbar spine and knees will increase, which will easily cause acute or chronic sports injuries.
(2) It may thicken the calf: Although riding a spinning bike has a good shaping effect on the leg, if you don't pay attention to the intensity of exercise, blindly pursue high-intensity exercise with long resistance and don't pay attention to relaxation, it may thicken the calf.
(3) Affect the health of male prostate: When riding a spinning bike, there will be a sitting sprint, which has a great influence on male prostate. Especially the bicycle seat, mostly like the seat of a curved road car, is very hard and the front of the seat is very sharp. In this case, long-term sitting and sprinting will affect the prostate of underage men.
Second, who is the fitness bike suitable for?
Exercise bike, also known as spinning bike, is a kind of exercise mode originated in the United States, full of vitality and enthusiasm. There is no age limit for this sport, because its scientific design ensures the safety of participants, and the intensity of exercise is completely controllable, which is suitable for all people with athletic ability. Generally speaking, normal people aged 15-50 can ride a spinning bike if they have no related diseases.
3. Who is not suitable for spinning?
As a kind of fitness equipment, spinning bike has wide adaptability, but there are also some special people who are not suitable for riding spinning bike, mainly:
1, people with knee injuries
In the process of riding a spinning bike, the friction of the knee joint is very large, and combined with high-intensity pressure, it is easy to form potential injuries, so people with knee injuries are not suitable for riding a spinning bike.
2. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Cycling is helpful to prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but people who already have such diseases, especially middle-aged and elderly people, should avoid cycling to avoid accidents during exercise, such as high blood pressure and sudden falls.
3. Growing and developing teenagers
Teenagers' bodies are developing and their bones are generally soft. Cycling for a long time is easy to have a bad influence on the growth and development of back bones.
4. Male groups should not ride for a long time.
Men can ride a spinning bike, but it is not suitable for long-term exercise with this kind of exercise. Because as we all know, almost all spinning seats are very narrow now. If you ride for a long time, it will have a certain impact on men's prostate health.