An important part of any workout is cardio. Every day that you eat you should plan to exercise for at least one hour. Many Americans are overweight because the fail to find time to exercise for the recommended one hour a day. Some may find it hard to go for a bike ride or a run every day, but there are some tools you can use to keep your heart rate up and save you time.

Heading to the gym to ride on a gold’s gym power 290 upright bike might be one of the best tools to get a good cardiovascular workout, but Gym’s can be crowded and expensive. Purchasing an upright bicycle for your home is one option. However, most people don’t have the space available to put an upright bicycle in their home.

A compact exercise bike will allow you to save space and get a cardio workout anywhere in your house. If it’s watching television, working on the computer, or just sitting down with a good book, a compact exercise bike can be used. For those of us who like to multi-task this is a wonderful tool. A buddy of mine uses his when he’s catching up on his television shows. If you are interested in getting one for your home, some brands you may want to consider are:

• Total Body Mini exercise bike
• Resistive Pedal Exerciser Stationary bike
• Marcy Cardio Mini-Cycle exercise bike
• Sunny Health & Fitness Mini Cycle exercise bike

If you’re looking for a more intense cardiovascular workout many of these portable exercise bikes have a resistance feature. Most of them even feature a distance tracker. So you can feel like you’re riding up hill and tracking the distance you’ve gone while catching up on your television shows, a compact exercise bike is the thing for you. These are great tools to include in your daily workout routine because they allow convenience of being able to do it in your home/office and save time by multi-tasking.