Just a quickie

DaisyJane
DaisyJane Posts: 147 Member
edited September 19 in Fitness and Exercise
Is an Elliptical Machine the same thing as a Cross Trainer?

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  • DaisyJane
    DaisyJane Posts: 147 Member
    Is an Elliptical Machine the same thing as a Cross Trainer?
  • BCase
    BCase Posts: 24 Member
    I believe so.
  • DaisyJane
    DaisyJane Posts: 147 Member
    Thank you! Oooh I hate the cross trainer...but i spose I'd better learn to love it!
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    In my gym, the ellipticals and cross trainers are different machines. The ellipticals have pedals that are either stationary or can move up and down and the handles move with the legs. The crosstrainers pedal angles are fixed and flatter and do not have mobile arms.
  • BCase
    BCase Posts: 24 Member
    Once you do it for awhile, your muscle memory will remember the activity and it will get easier and easier. The problem is: once its easy (3 weeks) your supposed to change aerobic activity.

    Good grief, is anything ever easy? ha
  • hmo4
    hmo4 Posts: 1,673 Member
    I believe they are different. Different programs and ways to use the machine, I found the Cross Trainer a better, harder workout.:smile:
  • hmo4
    hmo4 Posts: 1,673 Member
    The Cross trainer was more fixed like a stepper, and the arms did move. It told you to "just use arms, pedal backwards", so it focuses on specific parts of your body.
  • johnblake
    johnblake Posts: 661
    not right now I need a smoke after the quickie
  • DaisyJane
    DaisyJane Posts: 147 Member
    not right now I need a smoke after the quickie

    Sauce

    :blushing:
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