Hi everyone, I recently joined the group and wondered what you all think. As I said I have had emphysema for over 20 years. I have done pulmonary rehab 3 times and joined a mechanised gym over 2 years ago. Unfortunately since my severe chest infection and hospitalisation last year I have not been able to go to the gym mainly because the weather effects me so much and the gym is very cold. I have decided that I have to get back to exercise so am planning on buying either a small treadmill or an exercise bike. I live in a small bungalow so space it limited. I'm not sure which of these exercise aids would be best and wondered what anyone else's opinion was. Thanks.
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I have an exercise bike, I've had it over 10years & it's still going strong. Coats are hung over the handle bars however I still can use it. I sit up, not holding the handle bars either reading my kindle/book or playing word games on my Ipad, using it for 3 x 20 mins stints a day. I'm sure it helps move the phlegm :), my knees wouldn't cope with a treadmill :(. You really need a comfy seat though, mine is a reebok and I love the seat
Hi.......we have a treadmill. and live in a cottage.
Only snag is size. It lives in the spare bedroom till we have visitors , then as now it's moved anywhere we can fit it in.
We also have a folding exercise bike.......that's fine ......so long as you have hard skin on your bottom.......as its an old cycle we have been unàble to find a new cumfy seat. .........
So whichever I use I get corns !
Hi barbsm have just got exercise gym chair its great and folds up so no problem storing it
The Bike will give less shock to the knees and may be smaller? Plus you can still sit in between spurts?
Hi as well as chair based exercise I use the small bicycle peddler,storage not a problem,use it for arms as well has built in compute find it very useful naresh62