Hello Lovebugs!!
How are you?
We had a foodie weekend. Ribs and baked spuds Friday.
Chicken fried steak at a restaurant with the kids Saturday.
Steaks and boiled red skin potatoes Sunday.
We got other veggies. And salad. It wasn't alllll crazy food. 
Time to up the exercise to work off the extra calories, LOL.
When riding an exercise bike, is your foot flat on the pedal? Whole foot.
Or do you ride with the ball of your foot on the pedal?
We had a side chat about seat placement on an exercise bike to not stress out legs. Now I am examining foot placement.
To be honest, I actually shift my foot on the pedal randomly. Sometimes I am using the ball of my foot, which is heel up I suppose, as though I were tip toeing. Then I shift and use the arch/flat of my foot so my heel is also on the pedal.
I do this for comfort as well as to work different muscles. No clue which is 'correct'.
Are you getting outside for fun this summer?
Have a marvelous day!
xoxox
Pony
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I don't spend much time outside when it is over 80 degrees (and less time the higher the humidity). When I was really into cycling, I used clip in shoes and those make you drive more with the ball of your foot (and pull up as well). But I also had dual pedals so if I got a "hot spot" from where I was clipped in, I could unclip and use the platform side of the pedal (or ride in tennis shoes if I wanted). Your foodie weekend sounds lovely.
You eat a bunch? No way!
Sounds like a lot of good eats for you all over the weekend. Diane and I went to a family reunion yesterday (Sunday) and it was food overload! Not just a lot of it but a lot of different kinds. I believe there were 6 or 7 different desserts. I might have missed one or two others. My favorite main meat was a pulled ham in a barbecue sauce. I ate too much and Diane says she did too. Haven't posted about that adventure as I just finished posting the rest of our ruined house car ramble.
When riding an exercise bike, or a regular one, it mostly put the ball of my foot on the pedal and flex it down on the power stroke. I often move my sole onto the pedal to change up the muscles used. I have not been using my bike this summer one of the pedals is broken and I really should get it replaced.
I am getting outside for some fun this summer but perhaps not as much as I should. Been too many days of upper 90s, actual and "feels like". I need to quit wimping out.
Sending you big naked hugs and an apology for not keeping up with your posts. I may have to just read the post and not all the comments and replies and then just do hug till I catch up. Do it for all the posts I am behind on.
Don't worry about keeping up. Real life, right in front of you is always more important.
Please be careful if you go out on the hot days. Heat stroke can happen very fast. I need you to be healthy
The pulled ham sounds yummy. I love family reunions and everyone bringing their best dishes. My grandmother would have plastic bags and foil in her purse so she could take home a little extra, hehehe. She was a smart lady.
Hugs!!
@PonyGirl1965 Thank you about keeping up. One problem I have is that I also love to go on and read the comments to each post. Slows me down because they are often as interesting as the post
I use the ball of my foot
Thank you!!!
Sounds like you all had some amazing meals over the weekend. For exercise I do what is called senior exercises, I wish I had a treadmill of exercise bike but there isn't any room for them here.
I don't go out in the heat as when I do my blood feels like it's boiling, so I will be so friggen happy when this hot Summer is over and my favorite time of year Autumn is here.
I hope you continue to enjoy your exercise bike and may your Monday be a marvelous start to your week.
Hugs
T
I have started looking at the exercises for senior people. I'm very thankful for my bike. It motivates me to keep exercising.
Hugs!!
Never really thought about it. I use the elliptical so my whole foot is in contact, but I'd suppose on a bike it would be the ball. That's surely what I do on a real bike.
Is Hilda a bit peeved here, or just intently focused on her work?
I'm hoping Hilda is just intent.
I had an elliptcal for several years. Then one of my sons took it when he moved out, LOL. What's mine is theirs apparently, LOL.
Hugs!!
Hello Pony Luv, I finally got the truck put back together. Sad thing is, all that time and effort was for naughty. The issue is still there but, the good news is, I think I found the problem and am now waiting for a part to arrive. At least the clutch will last until I retire, right?
Anyways, I do both like you when riding a bike.
Oh buggers. I hate it when the truck resists repairs.
Hugs!!
Foodie weekends are the best—I’d be all in for that chicken-fried steak!
I’m not an exercise biker, though. I’m a walker—city streets or nature trails. It’s my thing. And hey, shifting foot pressure while walking works muscles too, right? 😉
I love nature walks and hiking. I get distracted in cities
Hugs!!
I would say the balls of your toes when riding bike but I would rather eat the food you made sexy.
The food was amazing. I had leftovers for lunch
Hugs!!
I've never ridden an exercise bike, though I have ridden many a bike.
I think its more fun to just ride a bike along a path. If only there were safe paths anywhere close, LOL.
Hugs!!
Summertime don't ride stationary bike. Working outside all the time. Have a blessed Monday Pony...Hugs
I only ride on days I don't work outside. It is so hot now, my outside tasks are shifted to the evening. I just can't handle the big heat anymore.
Hugs!!