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How Schwinn Recumbent Bikes Make For Fitness At Home

Schwinn recumbent bikes come in several models. The premium price models are the Schwinn 230 and the Schwinn 240. Here’s what they offer and how they differ.

What you get…

Recumbent bikes are first of all about comfort. The Schwinn machines get high praise for seat comfort. These models, the 230 and 240, have been sold in such large volumes, it’s easy to find much owner feedback on the Internet. The seat gets mentioned a lot. It’s large, comfortable and easily adjusted. Comfort in exercise bikes means not only less pain from workouts but what’s more important is that you can work longer and harder with better results. Now are other brands of bikes as comfortable? In many cases, probably so, but the Schwinns offer comport and features at a value sort of price.

What’s more, these bikes are easy to mount. The frame is out of the way, so it’s easy on and off.

Comfort means it’s easy to ride for longer and more often too. That’s a real advantage of recumbents. More time in the seat means more fat burning and more calories gone. By using the leg muscles, the larger muscles, you build strength, maintain muscle mass and increase metabolism rate. Working muscles does result in increased basal metabolism. That means you burn more calories even at rest. That’s the true way to long-term weight loss and fitness. That’s where exercise bikes beat so many other machines. They can help you boost your rate of fat burning.

Both these Schwinns have the same type of quiet magnetic drive. It is referred to as an Eddy Current drive which just means that a resistance is generated electrically as you pedal. That quiet is actually another comfort issue. The drive is whisper quiet so you can listen to music or watch movies while you ride. No loud racket to irritate and cause you to want to get away from exercise to escape the racket and stress.

Now the Schwinn 230 has 16 resistance levels and 6 preset workout programs. The Schwinn 240 has 17 workout programs, including 8 course profiles, target heart rate, 2 user profiles with custom workouts. The newer 240 also includes Schwinn Advantage workout tracking, an easy way to set fitness goals and measure your progress right on the console. It also features telemetry-enabled, integrated grip heart rate system for easy fitness monitoring. Plus the weight of the bikes is slightly difference with the 240 weighing in at 117 pounds compared to 103 for the model 230.

In either case, Schwinn recumbent bikes get high ranks for comfort and quality too. Pick the computer power that’s right for you and the price you want to pay. Other bikes available are the Model 220 as well as the low priced Schwinn Active 20 Series Recumbent Exercise Bike. In all cases the Schwinn recumbent bikes are popular and large sellers so again the reviews by owners on the Internet make for easy comparison shopping right from home. Both the 230 and 240 bikes are among the more expensive Schwinn models, but are very much mid-range priced bikes when compared to the competition. They offer a combination of quality, features and price that make them attractive purchases that encourage exercise and fitness right at home with no on-going gym fees or travel costs.

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