Recumbent Bike

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Muscle Effort

External Motion Resistance Energy

Body Weight & G-force

1. Adult Exercise Efficiency Score*

20-25 out of 100 as long as user remains seated

(for adult muscle strength building)

2. Adult usability** Easy to moderate
(Joint/disc compression levels)

3. Motion Range*** Wide

4. Opposing Muscles **** No - Unless used with with toe cages or peddle straps with upward exertion

5. Best Use *****           Adult Cardio Exercise, on of the best traditional offerings
   for an adult cardio a core building workout that can easy be
      accomplished while watching TV. It is time management
                                                                     efficiency to enjoy a TV show while getting a cardio workout,
                                                                     and the recumbent shines in this aspect.

6. External Motion Resistance Direction ****** Skeletal - Parallel

Comments:
The Recumbent, like the upright Bicycle is one of the most efficient adult cardio exercise devices by comparison to what else is offered in today's wellness center for two major reasons.

First the body weight is being supported by the seat, not leg joints, which allows the core running muscles to build up a falling body weight worth of additional muscle strength still causing about the same amount of skeletal stress.

The other main reason for far better adult cardio exercise efficiency is because between 20-25% of the External Motion Resistance is moving in the directions that will efficiency hinder running muscle contractions.

* A score of 100 means that all External Motion Resistance Energy is only opposing muscle contractions, just as a score of 0 means that no External Motion Resistance Energy is opposing muscle contractions, as a score of 50 means that the skeleton works just as hard as do muscle.

** Adult Usability:

In almost all ways the recumbent bike is identical to the upright bike. However one differance was enough to give the recumbent its own page in this adult exercise project. Comfort.

Being uncomfortable is a major dactor in why so few adults get enough exercise, and as far as comfort the recumbent is far better than the upright, simply because it has a back rest. The re
Gentle (Almost no compression force travels parallel to extremities or spine) Should not build up adult Joint/disc damage
light - (Compression force on Joints/discs is lighter than Tension Force pulling against contractions)
Moderate (similar amounts of joint/disc compression, as muscle contraction opposition
Difficult (most External Motion Resistance is used up during joint and disk compression
*** Motion Range is a estimate of how much of the targeted muscle range is opposed. Very Limited, Limited, Wide, Complete

**** Opposing Muscles. can the exercise deeply oppose muscle contractions of all motions

***** Best Use

****** Any muscle or cardio exercise method or workout machine that directs all External Motion Resistance Energy, into the body through the hands or feet is Skeletal Loading, as the forces move parallel to the skeleton.
Any that directs some to all of this energy against contractions first crosses the body or extremities thus allowing muscles to work harder than when joints and discs must first handle all involved forces, which is better for adults, but not for children. These are called Muscle Based exercises.

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