Question about this elliptical!

Panda86
Panda86 Posts: 873
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Recently my church starting building a mini-gym inside the church. A nice lady donated an elliptical machine- It is aPro-form xp thinline 480. It's great, but it didn't come with a manual, and I have a question about the distance tracker. For my distance, it gives a huge number- 3674. I am wondering what this number means? It's obviously not miles, LOL! So if anyone has a elliptical that counts your distance similar, can you please tell me what this number means, because I am trying to track my distance in miles. Also, does a pedometer work on an elliptical? Thanks!

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  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I found my pedometer didn't work very well on the elliptical machine. I think the movement is just different enough from walking that it didn't know what I was doing. lol.
  • eillamarie
    eillamarie Posts: 862 Member
    Sounds like it's tracking meters/yards....or even more likely is that it's tracking steps. The ones @ my gym track distance AND steps.
  • MzMiller1215
    MzMiller1215 Posts: 633 Member
    My first elliptical was like that and it tracked steps.
  • radio_flyer
    radio_flyer Posts: 85
    The one I use at my gym tracks distance and steps ... but if its a negative number maybe it needs to be reset .... try to look up the manual on the internet ---
  • Panda86
    Panda86 Posts: 873
    So I guess now I need to measure the stride length so I can figure out how many elliptical steps equal a mile. I did 60 minutes of elliptical the other day, and I just can't find the owners manual online to figure out how many miles that is. :(
  • janeosu
    janeosu Posts: 140 Member
    my elliptical measures revolutions per minute (RPM's)

    Have fun, it is a great workout and I have been very happy with my elliptical!!
  • Panda86
    Panda86 Posts: 873
    Every calculator tool I have used says that I did just over a mile- in 60 minutes? I know that has to be completely wrong, because I can run 3 miles in 30 minutes, and I don't have a very wide stride at all. Should I just assume that since I can run 1 mile in 10 minutes, 60 minutes of elliptical is about 6 miles??? I need to know because I am in on a challenge that involves tracking miles. Who doesn't put a distance tracker in miles or kms, anyway? Goodness!
  • onehecticmom
    onehecticmom Posts: 299 Member
    Does it display a track on the console?
    I have a proform I got off of craigslist... no manual either. I found one on the proform website. It shows the track is 1/4 mile ( 400 meters or 640 revolutions. However, I did the full track & my distance showed 440 as the distance, so assuming that means 440 meters. I also looked up meter to mile ratio online... 1,609.344 meters to a mile. Does your calc come out correct now?

    This makes me feel bad. I just did 15 minutes, 2 laps around the track... or only half a mile per proform user manual. Man I feel old & out of shape. I did 2 miles in 18 minutes back in the day. What happened to me? I felt good about my workout until I stumbled onto your post... looking for the same info. I liked it better when I thought a lap was a full mile. I may go back to my land of dilusions so I can feel better.

    Good luck in your journey
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