I got a little extra cash recently and while I'm a big fan of minimalistic inexpensive home gym setups, I feel I could really use a reliable cardio machine with a maximal ROI per unit of time and least convoluted logistics possible.I had a regular stationary bike and while it was alright, it was hyper leg-centric and HIIT sessions would always destroy my quads before I could reach the desired heartrate.I want to build formidable levels of VO2max with a relatively little time investment and in the least logistically annoying way.I can afford this kind of whim from time to time but since the machine alone would cost much more than the rest of my home gym setup (and realistically more than any regular home gym setup) I feel I should justify it enough to not feel stupid about the purchase - so my question is, is an airbike a valid purchase if you're passionate about fitness and try to streamline exercise in a way it's as sustainable as it gets?
I bought my parents this bike on temu for 200 eur minus 138 eur credit back and it works great. The bike was advertised as 5 magnets, but it was only 4. I complained and got additional 10 eur. It's still enough of torque for them, but will be too easy for a pro. For mu 185 it would be to small. For someone below 180cm it's perfect. Before I bought a walking pad for 180 euro on amazon and they didn't like it. It just collects dust.What I'm saying, you can find a decent cardio machine cheaper than a set of dumbells in your gym. No need to go for expensive shit like when a bare minimum works just fine for a casual cardio. Fitness industry loves to aversell what is better just by a tiny margin.
P.s.: my gym is full of those air bikes and it's anniying af. They move too much air around and too noisy. Magnetiv bikes don't make any noise.
assault bike is great and a great bang for your buck, but it's almost as quad centric as a regular bike, you might be dissappointed>>77408494you don't notice how huge and well ventilated gyms are until you try doing cardio indoors at home, put on ANC headphones if the noise bothers you, a powerful fan non-negotiable
>>77408353You don’t have a nearby hill to run up? A cardio machine is like the last piece of home gym equipment to buy
Jesus Christ, just do sprints you fat ass.
>>77408511>>77408513Not him, but you can't do that when it's raining or a lot of snow. Also it's not adviced for fatties
>>77408509>assault bike is great and a great bang for your buck, but it's almost as quad centric as a regular bike, you might be dissappointedShouldn't these fuckhuge levers alleviate that?
>>77408353>big fan of minimalistic inexpensive home gym setups>buys a literal big fan
>>77408534Not enough to make a huge difference, maybe 100-200watts during intervals. They're not very ergonomic and the huge lever hurts more than helps, since it means with your feet alone you're making them swing pretty fast already. Imagine trying to do intervals pushing a car, but the car isn't in neutral it's driving away from you. I do the 20-10 10-20 second preprogrammed intervals though it's probably not that big a deal for longer ones.
