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Recycled Stationary!
Recycled Stationary! Looking for a new stationary bike routine that’s not business as usual? Try these approaches to making your indoor workout fun again.

Even the most pathetic excuse for a gym has a stationary cycle or two. That's because they're cheap, fit anywhere and allow the health club to claim that they've got cutting-edge equipment.
 
Total-Body Cycling
Your pedaling power isn’t just in your legs. Try these seven easy moves to help you take your cycling workout to the next level.

Pedaling your way to perfection requires more than a strong set of quads. Although your legs play a very important role in cycling, they aren't the only body parts you use.
 
The Zen of Cycling
For many cyclists, it is the main reason they ride: the feeling that your body and the bike have become one.

"It happens when you're not asking for it," says Bob Anderson, author of several fitness books and a serious cyclist who spends 15 to 30 hours a week on his bike.
 
Bicycling -- The Road to Thinsville

With gas prices and bellies both swelling, why not solve two problems with one simple tool -- a bike? Bike riding is one of most efficient calorie-burning activities around, which means it can help you lose weight. Riding at a leisurely pace of 10 to 12 mph, a 155-pound person can burn 423 calories in just 60 minutes, or about 7 calories per minute. Now up that to 14-15.9 mph, and you’ll be burning about 700 calories per hour.

 
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