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Arc Trainer or Elliptical

Run4UrHealth
Run4UrHealth Posts: 348 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Which machine gives a better work-out? I always get on the Elliptical but I see a girl at the gym everytime I am there that gets on the Arc Trainer everytime (and is in really good shape). Do they work-out differents parts of your body and is one better than the other? Should I do both or rotate? Just wondering because I have never been on an Arc Trainer.

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  • Run4UrHealth
    Run4UrHealth Posts: 348 Member
    anyone????
  • tishsmith101
    tishsmith101 Posts: 1,737 Member
    I use both but always feel the ARC trainer is a better work out. I sweat and burn more calories per my HRM.
  • May63
    May63 Posts: 162
    i love both but knees do not like the arc. i also burn more on elliptical.
  • May63
    May63 Posts: 162
    How is everyone logging the Arc trainer?
  • StarkLark
    StarkLark Posts: 476 Member
    In my experience (which is limited to the data the machines give out) is that I burn almost twice as many calories on the Arc trainer as I do on any of the ellipticals at my gym. That's based purely on the amount of calories the machines say you burn, so keep that in mind.

    Additionally, I find it much easier to get a harder workout on the Arc so that may play a role as well.
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    The arc trainer. According to my HRM, I burn a lot more calories on the arc trainer, plus my legs have muscled up really nicely from using it regularly.
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