Your Favourite Cardio Machines?

ismiseciara
ismiseciara Posts: 211 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I was just wondering what people favourite cardio machines are? I use the cross trainer and treadmill at the gym, i was using the bike but the trainer in the gym told me not to bother with the bike as it is no as effective as the others..


what id really like to know too is what machines do your find most effective for weight loss too?


Cíara
xx

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  • rachelerwin
    rachelerwin Posts: 140 Member
    I really like the elliptical.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    squat rack
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    squat rack

    Yeah, me too. It's the *best* place in the gym to dance your azz off! lol.


    And jumping jacks and assorted gymnastics are also encouraged.
  • MMarvelous
    MMarvelous Posts: 1,067 Member
    Precor AMT 100i
  • love4fitnesslove4food_wechange
    love4fitnesslove4food_wechange Posts: 6,897 Member
    i really like arc trainers but there isn't one in my gym :(
  • ar1ms
    ar1ms Posts: 98 Member
    treadmill!
  • bethygirlie
    bethygirlie Posts: 311 Member
    arc trainer, although it kicks my butt (almost literally)...
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    me.
  • jessicae1aine
    jessicae1aine Posts: 885
    I find I get the best burn from the elliptical, followed by the bike, and then the treadmill.
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    I use the elliptical and sometimes the rowing machine. I love to run but can't stand the treadmill... it's not the same stride and it drives me nuts.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    I'm a big fan of the adaptive motion trainer. It's like a mix of a stair climber and an elliptical. I like it because you can use it either way and you can go forward or backwards with any stopping/jerking motion. The first time I tried using it, I couldn't do it for more than a few seconds. Then I made it all the way up to doing it for 60 minutes non stop!
  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
    lifting barbells and eating less
  • xerotolerance
    xerotolerance Posts: 58
    stairmaster or the spin bike!
  • cjlapier
    cjlapier Posts: 29
    I think treadmill is right up there, but I personally prefer the elliptical.
  • vickiessecret
    vickiessecret Posts: 119 Member
    I have a treadmill & use that...I loved the ellipitical & haven't used one since I was in highschool, but that was my favorite machine to use in the weight room =)
  • amybg1
    amybg1 Posts: 631 Member
    Dislike the treadmill but when there's no guides to run with you..I'll have a run on the treadmill and then use the rower, I'd love to have a Speedstroke available to me more than just in the summer but...I don't have the money for it and it does take up some space so the Concept2 will have to do...
  • MrsBully4
    MrsBully4 Posts: 304 Member
    my husband, he knows how to elevate my heart rate.
  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    The rowing machines at my gym have a little fish video game and you have to row at different speeds at different intervals to keep your fish from getting eaten and to feed it. So... that.
  • rachmass1
    rachmass1 Posts: 470 Member
    Precor elliptical. Others feel too dang weird.
  • saratogaaileen
    saratogaaileen Posts: 11
    Treadmill, step machine and mountain climber in that order.
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    Hate them all. Dreadmills, ellipticals, etc etc. Only one I can stand is a the exercise bike and it's a specific one. I think it's called an Expresso bike. It has a small lcd screen and it feels like a video game. Create an account, login, pick a course and go. You are able to steer in the direction you wanna go, the terrain and things like hills affects the resistance of the pedals, you can swap gears on the fly. There's even a mini game where your little guy sits in a flying bicycle thing and you chase flying dragons. The faster you pedal, the higher in the air you get. It records your times and you can try to beat others. They even have the option to race against a friend on another bike.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    lifting barbells and eating less

    ^ That.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    My front door. I go outside and run. I'd rather run in cold, heat, wind, rain or snow than run on a treadmill.:grumble:
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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  • rachmaree
    rachmaree Posts: 782 Member
    I'd rather lift weights... but I do like to jump rope for cardio :)
  • OnTheRoadToMe
    OnTheRoadToMe Posts: 6
    The elliptical machine (love it) and the rowing machine (despise it).

    The bike is good too, but you have to really go for it if you want to get results from it. (That's vigorous pace, in MFP terms).
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    I don't like any of them. They all bore me to death.

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