What's better for general fitness, a stationary bike or a treadmill? I've got a home gym for weights but want to get into more cardio. Before saying "just run outside", I'm a single parent and can only workout early in the morning and I'm not leaving my kid.

>>76293890 (OP)
How old is the kid?
>I'm a single parent
lmao

>>76293895
He's four but I got full custody.

>>76293904
Get a bike trailer and/or jogging stroller. Thule and Burley make one that can do both (and ski). Now go outside and do /fit/ness with your son.

>>76293890 (OP)
It depends. If you're trying to burn fat, biking. If you are trying to improve cardio or want a time-efficient exercise, then running.
>Running
Higher intensity, more efficient for calorie burn vs time, more joint impact. Your body tends to burn glycogen rather than fat beyond zone 2. More prone to injury.
>Biking
Lower intensity (zone 1-2, sometimes 3), body tends to burn fat rather than glycogen. Less time efficient for strictly calorie burn. Improves your overall endurance with longer sessions. Much less prone to injury.

>>76293890 (OP)
Do the cardio you want to do. I have a torn miniscus, umbilical hernia, biceps tendinosis, and some degenerated lumber and thoracic spine disc's. Due these injuries I dont tolerate the impact from running well. The bike on the other hand has been amazing. I can sit down on it for an hour, go full on and get a great workout in. I also have kids and can't leave them alone for an hour and don't want to get run over by riding my bike in the road. I think running is probably the better exercise overall but the cardio benefits of cycling are apparent to me. I started doing cardio 4 months ago and in that time ive gone from being completely winded after a set of squats for 5 minutes to recovering in 1 minute. My wife has noticed ive lost weight (down a shirt size) and sex doesn't feel like work any more. I have way more energy in the bedroom and that has been a huge win. I have kids who run around at the park and being able to chase them around and climb up all the jungle gyms without getting winded is really nice. My resting heart rate has dropped significantly and I can push myself way harder in my leg day lifts because my cardio isnt as limiting.
So im sure runners will say if you like to run then run and cycles will say if you like cycling the get the cycle. I personally prefer the cycle.

>>76293912
>do /fit/ness with your son
Already do. One thing I'm adamant about is having him outside and we're at the park at least an hour each evening. When he's a bit older I plan on having him workout, too, but this is just so I can add more with my weight training.

>>76293922
>>76293929
Sounds good. I knew the stress impact of running vs cycling, but I wasn't sure if it was over exaggerated.

I prefer the bike. Easier on my joints, and cheaper. Easier to move a bike and a lot less moving parts to replace. Look on OfferUp, I found a good one for less than 100$.

>>76293890 (OP)
Stationary bike.
Less maintenance, less joint impact, cheaper, quieter, and easier to multitask if that's your thing.

You could also look into a magnetic bike trainer if you don't want a spin cycle and want to use an existing bike

>>76294052
>100$

>>76293904
>but I got full custody.
Oof. How much of a train wreck was she that she couldn't even get part custody?

>>76293890 (OP)
Both are gay and cucked. You can get a child seat or trailer for a bike and you can get a running stroller. I use both for my 3yo son. If you're doing cardio indoors you're genuinely gay, ALL cardio should be done outside shirtless when it's warm.
Summer months are for outdoor cardio building your aerobic base, cold months you can get an echo bike and do an anaerobic phase indoors if you're a mega puss and can't handle the cold.

>single parent
Oh, you're retarded

not op, i have an ingrown toenail and i want to lower my body fat %
is exercise bike my only option?
how does a regular cycle compare to an exercise bike? i think it would be a bad choice since you can't predict the rain and you can also get into an accident

>>76294097
I like the regular bikes more, since I enjoy the variation in terrain, seeing nature is nice, and the pedalling just feels "nicer".

But having a stationary bike is a lot more convenient if the weather is bad or it's late and you want to get your cardio in. There's also less maintenance than a normal bike too.

>>76294079
Not the worst. She's a (high-functioning) alcoholic and still has a good paying job in marketing. She wanted custody but I lawyered up as soon as she refused to get sober. The "equal rights" is starting to backfire on women.

>>76294124
Get an Au Pair, being a single parent I imagine your kid spends their day in daycare, which is a complete and total disaster for child

>>76294174
No need, I work from home most of the time except when I'm meeting clients, then my parents watch him for a few hours.

>>76294191
Doesn't matter, he still needs a feminine nurturing presence in his life. If you're too stupid to see why then it makes sense why you're a single dad

>>76294244
>preschool music lesson with female tutor x2 per week
>preschool sports (they rotate between soccer, baseball, and flag football depending on time of year) with male and female coaches x2 per week
>homeschool group where other parents are female x3 per week

He still spends time with women.

>>76294244
How the fuck would you know why he's a single dad? Daycare is great and plenty of kids have the misfortune of growing up without their mother or some other prominent female figure, it doesn't mean it'll make them retarded or that their dad is a bad father. Peak fitcel autism

>>76294276
>female coaches

>>76294280
>plenty of men grow up without mother
Yeah, which is why psychologically unfit males are so commonplace today, why there are so many fags with mommy issues, anger issues, manchild behavior, anxiety and depression, etc.

I don't know the EXACT reason he's a single dad, but I know for a fact that his decision making played a big role, either in him being a retarded partner or in him picking a retarded woman unfit to be a mother. Either way, his poor decision led to this outcome and now his kid is FUCKED and is being raised in a broken home and will have to watch his dad pedal a stationary bike in the living room like a cuck while his mom gets hammered somewhere and rides the cock carousel

>>76294433
Dubs of retardation

>>76294433
>Hey, ma, watch me project!

Get both
If you won't get a bike

>>76294433
Fkin brootal kek

>>76293890 (OP)
>stationary bike or a treadmill
Neither.

>>76294490
>i once watched a man shit his diaper with unbroken eye contact

This thread is now daycare vs stay at home dad thread.

Fight

>>76294963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPwFDyQyiwI

>pay people you don't even know to raise your own kid teaching them things that you may even agree with
versus
>raising your own kids (and doing it right) and making sure they're safe

Tough fucking choice.

>>76294963
day care dads don't fight

>>76294433
Damn banished that nigga to the shadow realm

>>76294433
double dubs of truth

>>76295060
Not really, a guy made a post about keeping his kid in a divorce but then this anon gets triggered and says he should let some other person raise his kid.

>>76295185
OP, you can't even pick a cardio machine without help from the internet, let alone figure out how to run and bike outside. You really expect us to believe you didn't have poor decision making by picking an alcoholic for a mother.

>>76295210
>asking a fitness board a fitness question
Novel concept, I know. But my decisions led me to a position where I can raise my son without sending him to public schools. Your decisions lead you to trolling threads all day while jacking yourself to sleep every night.

>>76295233
Uh oh. You wouldn't be projecting your insecurities now would you?

>>76295244
Says the person letting random people take care of his kids (if he has any).

>>76295185
Huh? Nice try ESL, telling him to get a hot ass 19yo French au pair to have a feminine nurturing influence in his home since he was too retarded to not raw dog an alcoholic bitch is not telling him to have someone else raise his kid

>>76294433
R E K T
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>>76295290
>get a hot ass 19yo French au pair
he'd fuck that up too

>>76294433
imma be honest, if I got roasted this hard id just log off for the night

>>76295290
The main duties of an au pair is childcare with some light housework. If you hire one and she''s not doing the childcare-- which is help raising the kid-- then your paying a woman to sit around all day and maybe vacuum or do dishes. At that point, have more time with women tutors.
>>76294276

>>76295311
An au pair isn't "raising" your child if you're a remote wagie sitting home all day, she's just assisting you in what you ask of her and provoking lustful passion in your heart. Also you don't pay an au pair, you just give her room and boarding and a small allowance

>>76295320
>you don't pay her, you just giver her an allowance

>>76295325
Ah so you're poor,.I get it now my bad

>>76295329
You still pay her. Anything over 45 hours a week mandates overtime in the US.

>>76294652
No, fuck that

>>76295335
whats wrong with rowing machines?

>>76295351
Gay, sissy, pantyboy shit

>>76294191
>my parents watch him
That worked well for them the first go round

>>76295351
SkiErg, imo.
>>76293890 (OP)
Fuck getting an au pair. Any cunt that thinks au pair is a job will just fuck your kid up. Don't even bother with a girlfriend for now, just focus on your son. He'll learn enough about women when his crazy ass mom tries to force her way into your lives. Teach that lil nigga to read and clean, maybe draw, and you'll have plenty of time for WFH. If you need longer stretches of time to work out, get your kid to workout with you. He's 4, perfect time to start bench, squat, and deads.

Buy a heart monitor and walk your kid like it's a dog. Unless you're an elite athlete you can get to zone 2 by just walking faster than usual.

>>76295421
This is the most clueless post I've seen in ages

Oh this thread isn't about cardio machines after all. Okay then.

OP what you need to do throw out everything with a screen. Phones Ipads TVs throw them all out. Ideally move to the woods and live off of foraging and hunting until your son hits 10. After that you'll leave him for 6 months-2 years to fend for himself applying the skills and tools he's learned.

When you see him again at 12 he will be a fully functional independent strong Leader of Men. From there he will be fine.

>>76295495
What really going to bake your noodle...is he the newfag, or are you for taking the bait?

>>76295421
No you girl thinks being an au pair is a job you retard, they do it so they can get paid and a free place to live while exploring another country abroad