The key to weightloss is consistent effort, do something every day to move you closer to your goal. Exercise bike for weight loss are a great tool to help achieve good results. Because they are convenient there is no excuse for just hopping on and pedaling away for 10 mins. I keep mine in the lounge, every night I pull it out in front of the TV and pedal away. We have a magnetic exercise bike at home, when using it it is really quiet. It doesn't even disturb the other people in the room.  

If like mine your bike has a heart monitor built in then key for weight loss, is slow steady burn. If you exercise in your fat burning zone; that is 60-70% of your max heart rate. The majority of energy that is burnt up is provided by converting fat from your body. Exercising at this lower intensity, shouldn't leave you in a pool of sweat or with sore legs. If you don't have a heart rate monitor then you should work out at a level that you can still talk fairly easily, but begining to breath at a higher rate.

Follow the simple pattern of 3-5mins warm up below 60% MHR (Max Heart Rate), then between 60-70% MHR for 20 mins followed by a cool down again less than 60% MHR for a further 5 mins. The key to this exercise is it is fairly easy too do and that you do it often, it is not to strenous that you can do it every day.

If you want to increase the work load or add in some upper body exercise, try getting a couple of light hand weights, do some curls or shoulder lifts at the same time. This is a time when multi tasking really does work.

Your bike should be your friend – this will make getting on to it on a regular basis a lot easier. In any weight loss plan, consistency is the key; don’t try to do it all at once. Hopping on one of these home exercise bikes and pedalling for hours might seem like a good idea, but your legs won’t thank you the following day, and you'll be put of exercise for good. In order to establish a workout plan that will really help you lose weight, take it nice and slowly, and incorporate your new exercise bicycle into your life in a way that will last.