An exercise bike is great for doing cardio exercises, and it also works quite well as a home exercise equipment. Here, we take a look at the top brands of exercise bikes available in India.
Buying an Exercise Bike in India
The best exercise bike brands include names like Peloton, Wattbike and a few others, and the good thing is that these are now available in India as well. Indians can now use these high performance indoor cycling bikes to train, cycle, and race from the comfort of their homes.
The best exercise bikes are fully adjustable, and are also becoming a lot smarter – they display a lot of information on the built-in computer screen, such as power output and whether you’re pedaling efficiently.
The top exercise bikes are used by professional athletes and coaches all over the world for a variety of reasons – workout, performance training, testing and rehabilitation.
Indian Brands are Entering this Market
The top exercise brands from the foreign brands easily cost around a few lakh rupees, which can be a lot of money for a majority of Indians.
Thankfully, a few Indian startups are entering this segment with their own exercise bikes.
TREAD ONE exercise bikes by Bengaluru-based startup, which is now part of fitness brand Cult.Fit, are cheaper (Rs. 50k onwards) compared to the foreign brands. However, it doesn’t look like a cheap one. It features a 22-inch screen which can be rotated and used for floor exercises as well (stretching, yoga, HIIT, etc). Similar to Peloton, TREAD ONE will also offer live exercise sessions and content (various exercises) through its monthly subscriptions.
SynQFit exercise bikes by Gurugram-based startup are priced Rs.70k onwards, and also offers on-demand fitness content on the bike. These also feature rotating screens that can be used for floor workouts.
Flexnest exercis ebikes, by another Gurugram-based startup are priced much lower (Rs.30k onwards) but you need to use an iPad or a tablet (connected via Bluetooth) in order to access fitness content.
Award-winning trainer ‘Wattbike’ now available in India
Award winning trainer ‘Wattbike’ (indoor bike trainer) from fitness equipment maker Grand Slam Fitness is now available in India (prices range from Rs. 4 to 6 lakh). The UK based fitness equipment manufacturer designs and manufactures static bikes that are used by several pro athletes.
“Wattbike is known to be the best trainer for progressive fitness. It’s unique features and performance computer enables the accurate measurement of over 40 performance parameters. In future we will continue to fulfill the training requirements of our consumers and bring such new, innovative products in the country,” said a Grand Slam Fitness spokesperson.
What users like about the Wattbike is the quality of cardio and muscle workout they get from a Wattbike.
Wattbike Atom captures over 100 data points per second, and paired with the free Wattbike Hub app, thousands of data points can be uploaded to evaluate performance and track cycling goals and to perfect technique.
Note: Wattbike Hub app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Website: wattbike.com
Exercise Bike Benefits
Here are the top benefits of using exercise bikes for workout:
Affordable Exercise Equipment
They are among the more affordable piece of exercise equipment available on the market. You get bikes starting from around $200 (Rs. 12k), exercise bikes offer a huge variety of models for every price range and every exercise level.
Just keep in mind that you get what you pay for, and that applies to exercise bikes as well. Don’t expect a $200 exercise bike to come with all the features, and don’t expect it to last for years.
However if you are on a budget, an exercise bike is a great way to get in shape for less.
Low Impact Exercise
Just like swimming, even exercise bikes provide lower impact on your joints and ligaments, compared to exercise equipment like a treadmill or stair climber.
This can result in less chance of sustained injury over time and is also suitable if you have joint problem, arthritis, etc.
Comfortable Seating
Exercise bikes nowadays are more comfortable to use; for example the recumbent exercise bike – where you sit in a semi-reclined bucket seat with your legs angled out in front of you instead of hanging down.
Before the recumbent bike was introduced, not many were comfortable with the standard upright bike seat.
The recumbent exercise bike allows you have a more comfortable workout – which means that you can exercise for longer periods of time.
Its Safer
Exercise bikes are also much safer than other exercise equipment. You can slip and fall on a treadmill, but not on an exercise bike.
You can lose your balance on an elliptical trainer. However, it’s much more difficult to fall off or injury yourself on an exercise bike.
The exercise bike is a great alternative for the elderly exerciser or for someone who is new to exercise equipment in general.
Lets You Multitask
If you have a recumbent bike in your home gym, you can read while you’re exercising. Instead of forcing yourself to trudge through your workout, you can multitask and do what you want while working out.
Read today’s newspaper, or your favorite magazine or novel. Set the exercise bike up in front of the television and watch your favorite show while pedaling.
Time will fly by and you won’t even know you’ve been blasting those calories!
Overall
Exercise bikes are affordable, comfortable, low impact and safe – and also allows you to multi-task (to fight boredom) while exercising. All these benefits mean that the chances that you’ll use the bike is extremely high. And that is perhaps the best benefit of an exercise bike.
So avoid that fancy (expensive) exercise equipment for the time being, get an exercise bike and start exercising. exercising.
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