[Katana]

Well, it doesn't ultimately matter what I'd like to use, what I have available is what I have available. I just looked out of curiosity and there's no way I could afford either a treadmill or elliptical or new anything. And this barely functional stationary bike is all I have for now. I can maybe do some outdoor riding when the weather warms up with my regular road bike. If I just do a loop around the neighborhood for an hour a day at a just high enough gear that I don't freewheel it should actually be lower muscle impact than the stationary. I'm going to need new shorts though, none of my shorts from last summer fit when I pulled them out of storage. Can't even pull them over my hips lol.

It's muscle impact I want to minimize btw. The goal includes losing lean mass. I don't care so much about skeletal or joint impact, I'm still young enough that those are still okay.

I don't like shorts lol, probably because I don't like my thighs. The day I found leggings was the happiest day of my life (probably exaggerating here). They keep my legs cool in the summer without me having to show my thighs (they also make my legs look a better shape,I have thighs like tree trunks lol)

Ah I see. Normally when I hear low impact I think of joint impact. I have awful ankles and have to wear supports during exercise so I normally stick to low impact (skeletal) which is why I love the elliptical.