love the elleptical?

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  • SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
    SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Posts: 831 Member
    Its a great machine, burn rate is always too high as reported by machine, but its nice to get an aerobic workout in on short notice or rain outside. I'm kind of perplexed by the "too easy" comments though, unless those people don't have one with incline and resistance levels and don't increase their speed? Sure running at a high speed is more calorie burn, but you can get pretty close on elliptical and without as much wearing on your joints, and you cant do the highest setting and incline on modern ellipticals and increase your speed at the same time for very long either...that's a pretty good indicator.

    I did a few drastic short term cuts years ago using primarily elliptical, probably this machine saved my knees since I was burning several thousands of calories/day.
  • fjellrev
    fjellrev Posts: 5,078 Member
    It's my machine of choice and I find that it motivates me to push harder than the treadmill, so I always end up burning way more calories. I also monitor myself with an FT4. :D
  • ajones1227
    ajones1227 Posts: 180 Member
    I love the elliptical. That's my main source of exercise.

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