For all you elliptical users...

I too think that is a silly article.. I have lost weight on my machine.
Strange:indifferent:

I don't know about you guys, but I cannot read or concentrate on the tv when I'm on the eliptical. I'm working my *kitten* off! You can change the resistance, stride, etc and do intervals. I know I've seen results using the eliptical. It's also so much better on my knees than just about anything else I've tried, so I think I'll have to take this article with a grain of salt. And, yeah, where are you going to run barefoot? I don't even think I'd do that on a beach anymore (not that I'm anywhere near one). Some of those other "tips" might be fine, but I think they've gone a little loco with some of them, too.:laugh:

I know about concentration, I spend most of my time my eyes shut listening to my ipod, concentrating on the beat to keep my butt moving....

My husband sits on the couch near me watching t.v thinking im strange :laugh:

"According to psychologists, red can increase blood circulation and body temperature, which can boost workout efficiency. Light waves enter the eye and are converted to electrical impulses in the brain, explains environmental psychologist David Alan Kopec, Ph.D., an associate professor at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego. "Red is a long light wave that affects the hypothalamus, which regulates body temperature, appetite, and energy levels." He adds that reds and oranges increase body temperature, which pumps you up for exercise and keeps you energized for a longer workout."

All I had to do was read this and I lost faith in the entire article. I love the elliptical. I have to FIGHT to get on it at the gym. :laugh:

Lot of problems with that article!! Drink pickle juice after a workout?? Are they insane?? How do you stand up from a lying position while holding weights over your head? Ummm, I'm not that coordinated myself! And watch for broken glass and rocks while you're running barefoot?? Really?? How 'bout just wearing shoes?? If you're running are you really going to notice that one, clear piece of glass buried in the grass or sand you're running on?? Plus, running with no support under your feet, in my opinion, would do far more damage than they claim shoes cause. Plus, I think they are dead wrong about the elliptical - I've only used one once, only had access to one once, and it kicked butt. So my $.02 :laugh:

The article didn't totally slam ellipticals, it said most people don't work hard enough on them, that you have to vary intensity and resistance. I'd believe that statement. We've all been at the gym with someone on the machine next to us going 100 mph on their elliptical, because it's on a level 1 with no incline....

And as for the running barefoot, I remember when I was a kid, there was some guy in the olympics who ran all of his races barefoot. And won! (Of course, I was a kid, ummmmmm....., several several years ago, but I betcha someone else remembers that guy!)

And I've done that standing up move with the weights... It's harder than heck! It's actually a move on the WII FIT as well.

And I've done that standing up move with the weights... It's harder than heck! It's actually a move on the WII FIT as well.

Wow - you can do that??? I'm impressed :smokin:

Ummm... sort of... It wasn't pretty. The picture on the website listed showed a lady with two weights, I only had one arm held up above my head with a weight... I was ok for the first one or two, but then, I started having to push myself up with the other arm... Then I gave up... lol It is very very hard!

I agree with the barefoot thing. I started doing aerobics barefoot and it has greatly improved my foot strength. I no longer have foot pain. But like with anything else you have to take care.

About the elliptical, I just read it as saying it's not doing you any good if you don't push yourself past your comfort zone. But that is true of anything.:flowerforyou:

I have lost 11 pounds so don't tell me it doesn't work!

it doesnt work

(jokin)

if it works then it works...you can find any article on the web to support any position

get sweaty any way you can

Let's tango!

it works for me

I have lost 11 pounds so don't tell me it doesn't work!

it doesnt work

(jokin)

if it works then it works...you can find any article on the web to support any position

get sweaty any way you can

Let's tango!

it works for me

And we have to mix it up with the twist. :devil:

I have lost 11 pounds so don't tell me it doesn't work!

it doesnt work

(jokin)

if it works then it works...you can find any article on the web to support any position

get sweaty any way you can

Let's tango!

it works for me

And we have to mix it up with the twist. :devil:

twist and SHOUT.....I'm with ya....:drinker:

Yeah I didn't agree. If you're using it properly and not bouncing all around like some people I see then it works great. My trainer told me to pretend there is a board above my head and not to hit it. it's really hard to pretty much move your legs like you're on a bike and keep your head from bopping up and down too much. I see other people on the elliptical just bouncing up and down all over the place. anyway...I used to run and watch tv and it didnt mean I wasnt busting my butt or getting as good of a workout.

Good comment. It's really supposed to be like cycling, but with an ellipse-shaped foot path instead of a a circular one (as on a bike). And I agree about the TV... Sometimes it can get you going faster!

yeah I call shenanigans on a number of issues:

1. elliptical raises your heart rate, and therefore burns calories. Higher intensity, higher burn, just like anything else
2. the color of your clothes???? Come on!
3. sauna doesn't burn any calories huh? I disagree. They have done tests with HRM's and saunas burn anywhere from a couple hundred to 1000 cals per hour. ( I can't stay in there an hour, but there are cals being burned!)
4. sweating means nothing? alrighty then:huh:

Down 135 lbs and sweated my butt off on the elliptical!! :laugh:

Hey, I am glad that I am not the only person who has lost weight on the eliptical. I have one at the Y. If I am not there, then my stress level increases and I also have to fight to get on one. I am not going to take this article for anything. It is silly. I have lost 10-15 pounds on my eliptical at the gym. I also think that some strength training should be done to increase the muscle, but at the same time, the whole eating right thing is good. That is just my little opinion though.

Have a great day!