Exercise Equipment Guide: Treadmills, Weights, and Home Gyms

What happens when your treadmill stops suddenly, and how can you troubleshoot common home gym equipment? Selecting the best mini-trampolines, resistance bands, and cross trainers can significantly improve your at-home fitness results and safety.

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Stationary Bike Triathlon Training

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Beth Somerset

Whether it’s bad weather, availability of daylight in winter months, or convenience factors that stand in the way of outdoor triathlon training, it is possible to do high quality training indoors. Using a stationary bike, for example, can be a very effective way to train for the cycling segment of the race.

Beth Somerset has been writing since 2005 and is also a collegiate running coach. A Health Fitness Specialist, Somerset writes for LIVESTRONG and has also written for the "Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance," and "Seasons of the Farmington Valley." She holds a Bachelor of Arts in public health (Wellesley College) and a Master of Science in exercise and sport studies (Smith College).