Indoor biking isn’t much of a workout either to be fair.
It’s one of those things that seeped into the public mind as part of going to the gym. Whereas you can get the same or better cardio while lifting weights that also builds your muscles, while indoor bike is imo just a meh, or borderline the “lazy” choice realistically for a lot of people.
It’s what you do when you don’t want to run because that’s hard, and the elliptical is too hard because that actually hits the whole body.
Ofc this is a generalization of the majority, individuals can still use it to great effect, but imo, meh.
Right, so I do a 5/3/1 with a circuit of assistance work with essentially no downtime apart from switching out the weights. It’s challenging, and it builds my strength, but I don’t think anyone with any serious amount of experience doing cardio-focused exercise could with a straight face say that they are comparable. High zone 2/low zone 3 maybe, but not comparable in volume to a long run/ride nor comparable to HIIT sessions either.
If lifting weights is seriously that taxing for you cardio-wise, you may need to get out and actually stress your cardiovascular system
Colloquially workout exclusively refers to strength/hypertrophy training, when someone asks “do you workout” they are not asking if you use a stationary bike.
There is workout, cardio,doing sports and training for a given sport.
Are you genuinely going to fucking tell me that when someone says “hey you look great, do you workout?” they are asking about your running program or your elliptical program?
The cheapest treadmills and ellipticals are a lot more expensive than the cheapest exercise bikes. They take up more room, too (especially the treadmills.)
Of course, I’m talking about exercising at home here rather than going to the gym, but it’s worth pointing out regardless.
Not an expert but this certainly rings true for me, the bike is the one I go to if I’m too tired to do a real workout, because I get to sit down the whole time.
(edit: fuck me, sometimes it’s just not worth sharing, people are downvoting because I openly admitted that I’m not using a piece of gym equipment properly? Get over yourselves)
you can absolutely get a great workout in on the bike while not having to go through the effort and tax of moving equipment, racking/unracking etc
just have a seat and go as hard or as light as you want, with the ability to instantly change intensity in response to how you feel. no need to think - just sit there with your head down and pedal hard
It’s almost like people intentionally misunderstand things. that, or they simply don’t have the experience and so weigh in on things that they don’t know about
however that person’s comment that indoor biking isn’t much of a workout is just blatantly false. It’s as much of a workout as you want it to be. People just don’t know what it feels like to be holding hundreds of watts for a long time, and that that’s what’s required for a solid workout
There’s way too much gatekeeping going on here. Your light bike workout on a bad day is as much of a workout as a high intensity treadmill run on a good day. Both are very much proper usages of gym equipment. Doing something suboptimal is always better than doing nothing.
Indoor biking isn’t much of a workout either to be fair.
It’s one of those things that seeped into the public mind as part of going to the gym. Whereas you can get the same or better cardio while lifting weights that also builds your muscles, while indoor bike is imo just a meh, or borderline the “lazy” choice realistically for a lot of people.
It’s what you do when you don’t want to run because that’s hard, and the elliptical is too hard because that actually hits the whole body.
Ofc this is a generalization of the majority, individuals can still use it to great effect, but imo, meh.
This is just blatantly false - same or better cardio from lifting weights? You’d have to be pedaling extremely lightly for this to be true.
No you just actually have to lift weights, superset and not wander around aimlessly at the gym or look at your phone.
This one will absolutely wreck you cardio wise https://youtu.be/cClSiXBNGa8
Right, so I do a 5/3/1 with a circuit of assistance work with essentially no downtime apart from switching out the weights. It’s challenging, and it builds my strength, but I don’t think anyone with any serious amount of experience doing cardio-focused exercise could with a straight face say that they are comparable. High zone 2/low zone 3 maybe, but not comparable in volume to a long run/ride nor comparable to HIIT sessions either.
If lifting weights is seriously that taxing for you cardio-wise, you may need to get out and actually stress your cardiovascular system
so by the exact same reasoning you have to actually be putting out high watts and not just casually cycling
Naw, bad take. I hate spinning, but it absolutely can be a solid workout.
Depends on what you mean by workout, for me it exclusively represents “stuff you do” for muscle building.
In that case it’s not a workout.
The same way me playing squash is not a workout.
okay but that’s just an issue with your narrow definition of workout lmao
Colloquially workout exclusively refers to strength/hypertrophy training, when someone asks “do you workout” they are not asking if you use a stationary bike.
There is workout, cardio,doing sports and training for a given sport.
Gonna need a citation on that. I’ve never heard a single other person define workout that way in any country I’ve ever been to
Are you genuinely going to fucking tell me that when someone says “hey you look great, do you workout?” they are asking about your running program or your elliptical program?
yuah
The cheapest treadmills and ellipticals are a lot more expensive than the cheapest exercise bikes. They take up more room, too (especially the treadmills.)
Of course, I’m talking about exercising at home here rather than going to the gym, but it’s worth pointing out regardless.
Not an expert but this certainly rings true for me, the bike is the one I go to if I’m too tired to do a real workout, because I get to sit down the whole time.
(edit: fuck me, sometimes it’s just not worth sharing, people are downvoting because I openly admitted that I’m not using a piece of gym equipment properly? Get over yourselves)
people suck
you can absolutely get a great workout in on the bike while not having to go through the effort and tax of moving equipment, racking/unracking etc
just have a seat and go as hard or as light as you want, with the ability to instantly change intensity in response to how you feel. no need to think - just sit there with your head down and pedal hard
It’s almost like people intentionally misunderstand things. that, or they simply don’t have the experience and so weigh in on things that they don’t know about
however that person’s comment that indoor biking isn’t much of a workout is just blatantly false. It’s as much of a workout as you want it to be. People just don’t know what it feels like to be holding hundreds of watts for a long time, and that that’s what’s required for a solid workout
There’s way too much gatekeeping going on here. Your light bike workout on a bad day is as much of a workout as a high intensity treadmill run on a good day. Both are very much proper usages of gym equipment. Doing something suboptimal is always better than doing nothing.
I rarely use the bike these days but generally if you’re using a stationary bike for exercise, you shouldn’t be sitting the whole time.
sure, but it’s like the person I replied to said, it’s a generalization, that I happen to fit into. If I want a proper workout I go to the treadmill.
That’s you using the speed of the treadmill as a crutch for intensity. Peloton exists to fill this need for spinning.