Choosing the exercise machine for the house, people are usually deprived of the opportunity to install themselves all devices which are pleasant to them. The bulkiness of exercise machines and the small area of the apartment forces to choose something one. For cardio-trainings the exercise bike and the racetrack are considered as ideal therefore the choice usually should be made between them.
Exercise bike: pluses and minuses
If you like to ride the bike, then the exercise bike will suit you. It isn't necessary to think any more of what weather on the street, and to complain that for all winter season it is necessary to refuse driving.
The exercise bike allows to strengthen cardiovascular and respiratory systems, to increase muscles of all body and also to increase skeletal muscles that is very important.
It is possible to carry to advantages of the exercise bike that practically everyone can be engaged on it, regardless of sports preparation. It suits those who for the medical reasons can't be engaged on the racetrack, for example, because of varicosity. The exercise bike is almost safe, from it it is difficult to fall and damage something. Inexpensive exercise bikes, they take less places, than racetracks. Difficulties of the program, various on level, are available to trainings. It is possible to carry to shortcomings of the exercise bike that low-involved are muscles of the back and the shoulder girdle. For people with sedentary work as the time it is vital to relax muscles of the upper body, and the exercise bike doesn't promote it at all. Even this device has contraindications therefore before purchase it is necessary to consult on the doctor.
Racetrack: pluses and minuses
The racetrack is arranged very simply: these are hand-rail and the moving running tape. Just as the exercise bike, the racetrack strengthens cardiovascular and respiratory systems and also strengthens the muscular corset of bones. It is possible to carry the fact that walking and run – the type of loading, most natural to the person, to advantages of the racetrack. Walking as the recovery measure is recommended to all patients, even the weakest. The racetrack allows to return gradually the tone of muscles even if the person was seriously injured. In such exercise machines there are various programs allowing to train with any intensity. Muscles of all body are involved, coordination of movements and balance improves. Run allows to burn calories much quicker, than the exercise bike. The lack of the racetrack can be considered its size: it is the bulky exercise machine, and usually it consumes a lot of electric power, and its engine rustles. There are contraindications with which it is forbidden to train on the racetrack, mainly, they are connected with diseases of legs and with impact load on joints. It is very important to train with the proper technique as if the person runs incorrectly, then he risks to get diseases of joints of legs. For the same reason qualitative footwear is necessary for run on the exercise machine.