pedal excersizer

[montage]

as seen here .... unable to use my knee at the moment, I have been thinking of buying one of these, plonking it on a table and spinning away with the arms.

Good idea? Would they fall apart with rigourous use? Will there be enough resistance?

 

[Globalti]

Why not take up rowing?

 

[arallsopp]

Not much resistance on offer, and if there was a way to tighten it to the point where it was reasonably hard, you'd just pull/push the unit over.

I'm not sure I understand the OP, tbh. Are you going to pedal it with your hands? For what purpose? Won't gripping the pedals hurt your hands?

 

[montage]

I want to maintain CV fitness, but I am unable to use my legs for a few more months yet - rowing isn't much of an option, though I have tried stiff leg rowing on the ergo machines - it is a good workout but I find it really hard to keep the back straight over 20 or so minutes, and I don't really want to risk a back injury.

Arallsopp, the plan was to pedal it with my hands yes. I found these whilst looking at handbike machines, and these looked like possible alternatives - unfortunately they are made for pensioners who sit on the sofa too much by the looks of things

 

[Fiona N]

Possibly a silly question, but what about swimming using a float between the legs so you don't have to kick your legs (this is how I tend to swim anyway as open water swimmers don't do much kicking compared to pool swimmers)?

 

[montage]

Cheers for the suggestions. I go swimming 3-4 times a week at the moment, for 30-40 mins a time, which is ok, but still not enough to get me anywhere near the fitness I was