Schwinn Recumbent Exercise Bike Review

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Schwinn Recumbent Exercise Bike Review

November 17th, 2009

I wrote this Schwinn® recumbent exercise bike review even though Schwinn® Fitness is a name that is a recognized leader for fitness and exercise. Schwinn® is the most respected name in bicycles and stationary bikes in the world. Why? From humble beginnings in Chicago, in 1895, they created quality bikes for racing. Today that tradition of quality lives on with their bicycles and home exercise equipment. Looking toward the mainstream bike rider they took the expertise gained from building racing bikes and applied it to making quality and affordable bicycles for all ages, especially kids. Schwinn® has become one of if not the most popular choice for home fitness equipment.

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A Schwinn stationary recumbent bike is a ideal exercise machine to buy if you are out of shape or have never exercised. This review tells why even those already in shape find them to be excellent for a challenging and convenient workout for staying that way. Though Schwinn® Fitness makes upright exercise bikes and elliptical trainers, the Schwinn recumbent exercise bike is becoming it’s most popular, primarily due to workout comfort and safety.

At this writing Schwinn recumbent exercise bikes are available in six models with different features. Affordably priced they will cost you from $250 to $600. The Schwinn Active Series 20 recumbent exercise bike is the lowest priced and the New Schwinn 240 recumbent exercise bike tops the price range.

All models are equipped with a handgrip heart sensor that will be able to tell exactly what the pulse rate is of the person who is exercising on it. You can adjust the seat by setting a knob and even slide the seat backward and forward. Setting it up in a way that keeps your knees only slightly bent is the best.

Schwinn Active 20 Recumbent Exercise Bike

The control panel will let you set the resistance you want for a particular workout session. The Schwinn stationary recumbent bikes offer varying levels of resistance for you to choose from with the Schwinn Active 20 recumbent bike offering 8 and others offering up to 16 resistance levels. The great thing about them all is they come with integrated electronic workout “programs” to match your fitness level and challenge you so you don’t get bored or discouraged. For instance the Schwinn 240 recumbent bike has 17 different “programs to choose from”.

The programs you choose from have descriptive names like “Ride in the park”, “Pyramid intervals” or “Rolling hills”. The Schwinn 240 recumbent bike and others have a backlit LCD screen that will tell you the time, distance, pulse, resistance, RPM, watts, calories and speed.

Schwinn 240 Recumbent Exercise Bike Console

All models of the Schwinn recumbent exercise bikes come with comfortable, adjustable seats with high seat backs that offer lumbar support to give your body offering safety stability, and comfort during your workout, regardless of age or physical fitness. Some even have a magazine holder, a water bottle holder, an adjustable fan, adjustable LCD angle and transport wheels and more.

Besides the features mentioned in this Schwinn® recumbent exercise bike review there are more, plus a excellent warranty to protect your investment. All in all for convenience, quality, comfort, safety and affordability in your home exercise equipment purchase it is hard to beat a Schwinn® recumbent exercise bike.