Upper Body Workout... ⛮

[Sabertooth]

I ran cross-country in high school and have been a touring cyclist ever since. That has been great for my lower body, but not my upper.

I find repetition-based exercises (like weights & rowing) to be tedious and hard to maintain, but I think that I finally found an upper body exercise that I can connect to.

I was reading about the Upper Body Ergo. It works the upper body in the same way that a spin-bike works the lower.
Not having an extra $2K lying around, I read about people repurposing their old-school spin-cycles, like my DP AeroCycle. (I replaced the pedals with custom-made handles. ⛮)

AeroCycle by DP

Going a distance with a cyclic form of exercise is a lot more intuitive for me.*
It is also known as:

• an arm bike/arm-cycling,
• a hand bike/hand-cycling,
• an inverted bike/hand-pedalling, etc.

In my exercise notes, I now refer to it as a crank-bike/cranking. Reverse-cranking works antagonistic muscle groups.

I think that it is the perfect complement to cycling.

*A hand-cycle (for paraplegics) would be a comparable workout, but they are also very expensive.

 

[Sabertooth]

This isn't my machine, but it shows the appeal of "cranking," ⛮

The Predator UBE

 

[Sabertooth]

In my exercise notes, I now refer to it as a crank-bike/cranking.

FYI, there is a UBE with the brand name, Krankcycle, and the trademark, Kranking, so others are thinking along the same lines.

 

[farouk]

I ran cross-country in high school and have been a touring cyclist ever since. That has been great for my lower body, but not my upper.

I find repetition-based exercises (like weights & rowing) to be tedious and hard to maintain, but I think that I finally found an upper body exercise that I can connect to.

I was reading about the Upper Body Ergo. It works the upper body in the same way that a spin-bike works the lower.
Not having an extra $2K lying around, I read about people repurposing their old-school spin-cycles, like my DP AeroCycle. (I replaced the pedals with custom-made handles. ⛮)

AeroCycle by DP

Going a distance with a cyclic form of exercise is a lot more intuitive for me.*
It is also known as:

• an arm bike/arm-cycling,
• a hand bike/hand-cycling,
• an inverted bike/hand-pedalling, etc.

In my exercise notes, I now refer to it as a crank-bike/cranking. Reverse-cranking works antagonistic muscle groups.

I think that it is the perfect complement to cycling.

*A hand-cycle (for paraplegics) would be a comparable workout, but they are also very expensive.

@Sabertooth You must be pretty fit, Sir...

 

[Sabertooth]

@Sabertooth You must be pretty fit, Sir...

I was...

 

[farouk]

I was...

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