Recumbent Bike

How to do it

To begin, seat yourself on the bike and adjust the seat to your height.
Select the desired option from the menu. You may have to start pedaling to turn it on. You can use the manual setting, or you can select a program to use. Typically, you can enter your age and weight to estimate the amount of calories burned during exercise. The level of resistance can be changed throughout the workout. The handles can be used to monitor your heart rate to help you stay at an appropriate intensity.
Recumbent bikes offer convenience, cardiovascular benefits, and have less impact than other activities. A 150 lb person will burn about 230 calories cycling at a moderate rate for 30 minutes, compared to 450 calories or more running.

What muscles does the Recumbent Bike work?: Mainly the quads, with help from the calves, glutes, hamstrings.
What equipment do I need?: Machine.
Is it good for beginners?: Yes, it is rated beginner level.
How do I track progress on it?: Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.

Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.