We were saddened at last year’s Interbike Trade Show to learn that LeMond Fitness had closed shop. But now comes word that the company’s revolutionary stationary bike trainer is back in gear so to speak. Greg LeMond announced a new company called Lemond Inc, which will retain rights to the Revolution Trainer. Moreover, Lemond (the company) will introduce a number of Revolution compatible accessores designed by LeMond (the person) and his team. Press Release after the jump
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In-Room Hotel Workouts
It’s important to get your exercise while on the road, but sometimes just venturing out in the hotel to find the gym is a chore. Now you can request rooms with exercise equipment next to the desk. That is if you’re staying at a TRYP by Windham property. A number of Fitness rooms in the TRYP hotels are equipped with exercise equipment.
Rooms include a state-of-the-art treadmill, stationary bike or elliptical machine; complimentary exercise mat; fitness attire including a t-shirt and shorts; and mineral water and extra towels because even when you have your own machine you should wipe it down. Continue reading In-Room Hotel Workouts
The PowerBIKE Adds Vibration to Spinning
The makers of PowerPlate have a new trick up their sleeve, or at least a new piece of workout equipment. The PowerBIKE looks like an attractive spin bike, but the pedal and crank system produces vibrations. These vibrations create muscle stimulation for the legs and glutes as you spin.
Benefits include burning more calories and building more muscle, while the makers say the bike can improve circulation. A stabilization system in the PowerBIKE reduces joint pressure, so you shouldn’t get pain from your workout.
Indoor trainers and spin bikes get boring. You spin your wheels and don’t go anywhere. It’s all you can do to keep on spinning and not fall off the bike sometimes. We’ve found a few trainers that provide more enjoyment whether it’s through better resistance control, the ability to lean, video that shows you where you’re virtually biking, or recreation of rides of the Tour de France. The vibration occurring with the PowerBIKE is another way to do more than just spin.
Spin With the RealRyder
Spinning is great exercise, especially in the off-season. Yet it’s still a stationary bike. RealRyder International ABF8 stationary bike threatens to break the monotony of spinning. RealRyder tilts so you can steer some mock turns. It’s articulating frame allows you to steer and lean.
The Gym as the New Power Plant
When you go to the gym, do you think about how much power you’re expelling? The Columbia Athletic Club, part of Columbia Association, in Columbia, MD, just installed 28 Green Revolution stationary bicycles to divert the power exercisers produce and put it into the facility’s power grid.
The bikes in the spin class work to power the building. Each 45-minute cycling class averages about 20 bikes, and produces as much as 3.6 Megawatts of energy over the course of the year. That’s enough power to light 72 homes for a month. It reduces about two tons of carbon emissions per year, according to Green Revolution Inc.
Does it feel like you’re generating energy on the bike? “The ride is actually smoother than it was previously, so that has been an added bonus!” said Leslie Flynn, general manager of the Columbia Athletic Club.
“The generator does not add any measurable resistance to the bike,” explained Mike Curnyn, chief strategy and marketing officer and co-founder of Green Revolution, the Ridgefield, CT-based company that supplies the green bikes.
Since adding the bikes to the gym, Columbia Athletic Association has seen an increase in participants in its spin classes. “We have added two classes due to an increase in demand, partly because of the new Green Revolution bikes, but also in part to the usual increase during the busy season,” said Flynn, referring to January to March when more people attend fitness classes. The club currently runs 22 classes a week and looks to put more on the schedule. “We are maximizing our energy producing potential,” Flynn said.
Spin with Google Street View
The season to go outdoors for a workout is coming to a close and we’re looking for ways to make spinning on a stationary bike more enjoyable. There are plenty of programs that let you play video games with the pedal, or take you on scenic routes, but what if you want to explore some real neighborhoods and streets? Continue reading Spin with Google Street View
Expresso is no Spin Training
Sometimes weather dictates an indoor workout, even when you’re longing for the outdoors. A video screen mounted to the handlebars with scenery doesn’t replace the outdoor feel. Expresso Upright Bike makes claims to “fuse exertainment with Web-based personalization features in a commercial-quality system! Eye-catching and fully-integrated design.” The bike has over 30 Basic-to-Extreme rated interactive tours such as rides along the California coast and the Peruvian mountains.
If you look at this bike, about the only thing that’s advanced beyond other stationary bikes and spin bikes is that the handlebars move to simulate turns and steering around a course or those curvy coastline roads. It also changes the resistance with the terrain on the road or course you’re riding. The video screen provides the scenery, but we’re not certain if it speeds up or slows down to match your speed as you ride. The screen is too small to offer any kind of immersive experience the company claims to provide. Continue reading Expresso is no Spin Training