Originally Posted by MaximRecoil

I didn't say anything about harder or easier, I said it's a different workout, as opposed to the person I quoted, who said you can get the same workout with any weight bike.



"Work" is just force multiplied by displacement. For example, if you bench pressed 5 pounds 100 times you've done the same amount of work as someone who bench pressed 500 pounds 1 time. However, those two "workouts" are still drastically different, because they have a drastically different effect on the body, and they also require drastically different levels of strength to achieve. A child could achieve the former, while it takes a very strong person to achieve the latter.