Treadmill or elliptical?

I think the running burns more calories if everything is equal, but we are talking by only a few calories. Hardly worth considering.

Which is better? ellipticals are lower impact and can give your arms a bit of a workout instead of just your legs. However, treadmills force you to keep a pace (which is nice for me, I trail off on the elliptical)

Do whatever you enjoy more, overall the differences are so minimal that enjoying it is far more important.

Tedebearduff wrote: »

You'd be better off and burn more calories if you lifted weights for that hour instead of doing cardio....

do 60 mins of lifting 20 mins of cardio IMO

Yeah, if you lifted heavy weights with no breaks at a run like pace you'd burn more calories, but no one can keep that up for 1 hour. If you do a normal heavy lifting program you'll burn about 1/3.

I wouldn't worry so much about which burns the most calories......which do you enjoy more?

Both, if done at reasonable intensity, will give you a great cardiovascular workout and help improve your fitness which is, after all, the point of exercise.

mariamwhatandwhy wrote: »

I've been doing 20 minutes of both, everday.
But I'm thinking about doing an hour of the most effective one.
So which burns more calories, and is better for me? Or shall I keep on doing what I'm doing

machines don't burn calories...your burn, improved fitness, etc are bi-products of your level of effort...not which machine you choose to use.

maybe also try to look at exercise as more than just burning calories...you can get a good cardiovascular workout using either machine...which is really good for your cardiovascular system and overall health and well being...exercise goes way beyond burning calories and in fact, calorie burn from exercise is rather minuscule relative to the other health benefits of regular exercise.