Yesterday I "Biked"
Course: Tour de New York Sports Club (Stationary Bike)
Duration: 55 minutes
Realization: "stationary bike saddles hurt"
In an effort to give my poor shins a break before my weekly track workout beat down tomorrow, yesterday I hopped on to a stationary bike at the gym and pedaled furiously while watching the Heat/Bulls game. I discovered two things. 1) I can't maintain as a high a heart rate on a stationary bike as I can on the treadmill.. I think because it uses very different muscles, and 2) stationary bike saddles aren't anything like my bike saddle, and they hurt after a while. I felt a really deep achy pain right at the top of my hamstrings, where my leg/butt kept striking the edges of the saddle on the down-push. Maybe I'll try the recumbent stationary bike next time.
Or - here's an idea - maybe I can just get on my real bike and go for a ride. What a novel idea! Looking back on how many treadmill workouts I have, I seem to have an aversion to outdoor activity in New York City. I'll have to work on that.
1 comment:
I have a hard time with those saddles too. As for low-impact workout, do you use the elliptical machines at all? Those are pretty good, but I have a hard time getting my heart rate up...Ice those shins.
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