Bicycle Trainers, Bike Trainer, Stationary Indoor Bicycle Trainer

If you have used a cycling fitness stand to ride your bike out of the weather, then you know that indoor riding can be monotonous and almost the most boring thing you can imagine, especially to outdoor loving roadies or mudding mountain bikers. Though you can use bicycle indoor trainers without worry about darkness or bad weather, the training can be tedious.

Bicycle Indoor Trainers

However, used as part of a training plan, the exercise bike mount can be an important component of a broad based training program, especially when the weather is bad. Even using an inexpensive bike trainer stand is a good way to keep up your cardiovascular fitness, especially if you also do strength and resistance training.

Why is the exercise bike mount monotonous? The answer lies in the inherent challenge of having an outdoorsy person exercise indoors. Target heart rate sames to maintain at the same rate with indoor cycling. Outdoors, the biker experiences a variety of terrain, drafting and group cycling maneuvers as well as welcome distractions and scenery changes. Conversely, bicycle indoor trainers offer constant "scenery" and an unvarying rpm, though bike resistance can vary.

One good alternative to mix up the indoor cycle training are spin classes which offer aerobic training and toning for those cycling muscles.

Exercise Bike Mount

A cycling fitness stand will allow you to use your own bike indoors. The exercise bike mount will balance and hold your bike in an upright position so you can read or watch a video while riding. One of the highly recommended devices is a fluid trainer which clamps to bikes by the rear drop out, leaving the front wheel unaffected.

The good bicycle indoor trainers allow for variance in pedaling resistance. You can even do one leg drills for pedaling to train for a smooth stroke. Using an exercise bike mount can save you time, as you will not need to identify and travel to a suitable outdoor bike training area.

Cycling Fitness Stand

While indoor training can be boring, the rider can also create an intense indoor workout, maintaining heart rate at a high consistent rate. Since you do not have to worry about potholes or traffic, you can focus on intensity and maximum heart rate.

Another interesting use for the cycling fitness stand is for post-training recovery and cool down. After intense outdoor biking, hop on the indoor trainer for gentle spinning and half your regular maximum heartrate. Such a cool-down recovery has worked for many to clear lactic acid from the muscles and decrease soreness and stiffness later.

Since days are shorter in the winter, the inexpensive bike trainer stand is perfect for exercise sessions in the darkness of the night.  It will help your overall training regime to structure your workouts with program planning. Set a specific time for your workouts and even train indoors with a friend, better than any book or video. To similate more natural conditions, have a fan directed at you as you pedal. You will feel cooler, and the rushing air is a nice distraction.

As with any form of exercise, remember to hydrate yourself with water or your favorite drink.

And get a good exercise bike mount. The newest fluid trainers can give your workout progressive resistance to similate road conditions, as the harder the pedaling, the greater the resistance. Additionally, the fluid trainer is quieter than other cycling fitness stands.

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