Sentences with phrase «minutes on a stationary bicycle»

Participants who were asked to spend 10 minutes on a stationary bicycle, including one minute at full intensity, improved their oxidative capacity, cardio - metabolic health and insulin sensitivity.

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These volunteers then pedaled on a stationary bicycle, with the researchers ratcheting up the workout's intensity every few minutes until the volunteers bowed out from exhaustion.

A 2006 study by Martin Gibala, a physiologist at McMaster University in Ontario, showed that a 3 - minute sequence on a stationary bicycle — 30 seconds of maximal effort pedaling, followed by a brief rest, repeated five or six times — led to the same health benefits as 90 to 120 minutes of steady - state cycling.

The participants recovered for four minutes between sets with either passive sitting or low - intensity exercise on a stationary bicycle.