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Recumbent Bike

How to do the Recumbent Bike with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings

Equipment

Machine

Step by step

How to do the Recumbent Bike

  1. 1

    To begin, seat yourself on the bike and adjust the seat to your height.

  2. 2

    Select the desired option from the menu. You may have to start pedaling to turn it on. You can use the manual setting, or you can select a program to use. Typically, you can enter your age and weight to estimate the amount of calories burned during exercise. The level of resistance can be changed throughout the workout. The handles can be used to monitor your heart rate to help you stay at an appropriate intensity.

  3. 3

    Recumbent bikes offer convenience, cardiovascular benefits, and have less impact than other activities. A 150 lb person will burn about 230 calories cycling at a moderate rate for 30 minutes, compared to 450 calories or more running.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Recumbent Bike set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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