What should you pay attention to when exercising on a spinning bike?
What should you pay attention to when exercising on a spinning bike?
1. Which brand of spinning bike is best?
As spinning bikes become more and more popular, their market is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more brands. Many friends are troubled by not knowing how to choose one. In fact, the editor’s suggestion is that before buying, You need to consider your actual needs, financial situation, and information about each brand to choose the most suitable one.
2. What should you pay attention to when doing dynamic cycling?
(1) Do not wear air-cushion shoes
Professional fitness coaches remind everyone that when exercising on a spinning bike, you must pay attention to your shoes. You can wear sports shoes with hard soles or slip-on shoes. Air-cushion shoes are absolutely a no-no. Why? Because air-cushioned shoes will only produce rebound force during exercise, which is likely to hurt our ankles.
(2) Adjust before riding
A series of adjustments are required before performing spinning exercises. Firstly, your feet should be placed in the correct position, and the widest part of the footboard should be aligned with the strap on the pedal; secondly, the height of the bicycle chair should be about the same height as your hip bone, and your knees should be slightly bent when your feet reach the lowest point.
(3) Use your heels instead of your toes
When exercising on a spinning bike, our upper body usually has two postures, while the lower body has a fixed posture, that is, inserting the foot into the pedal, exerting force with the heel, and pedaling parallel to the foot. If you use your toes to exert force, it is easy to increase the damage to the knee joint.
(4) It cannot be done without any resistance
Pedaling without resistance while riding at high speeds can easily cause sports injuries and cause unnecessary damage to the body. In addition, pedaling without resistance will not achieve a good exercise effect.