I’m thinking that I want to add another piece of exercise equipment to our downstairs home gym, and I was thinking the perfect complement to what we already have would be a recumbent bike, since we don’t really have any other cardio equipment that would work the legs and buttocks quite the same way, and allow you to sit there and read a book all at the same time!

I love recumbent bikes for a couple of reasons. The first is that while they may seem “easier” because you are sitting down while using them, you are in fact getting an excellent cardiovascular workout on the recumbent bike. You can usually adjust the resistence on the better models of recumbent bikes (see recumbent bike reviews for more information on different recommended models), so that if you don’t want to bulk up your quads too much, which is the front of your upper thighs, you won’t.

I only mention that because the is a concern that I have personally, since my quads tend to build up and bulk out very quickly, especially for a woman, and I like to keep them more long and stretched out rather than bulky looking, as I think for me it takes away the feminine look of my legs since I don’t have the longest legs in the world to begin with.

You can expect a great cardio workout on the recumbent bike, and you can still read a book, paper or magazine comfortably while using a recumbent bike, which makes it a popular choice amongst gym patrons since it offers an excellent endurance workout and you can still sit on your rear while doing it. Many times when I’m working out at the work gym though, I purposefully skip the recumbent bike because I know that I need to stretch my back out during the day (I have a desk job), so I instead will usually opt for the elliptical machine or the treadmill.

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