Eliptical?

[giantsbran1227]

How do you guys feeling about doing work on a eliptical? I have one at my gym and am thinking about starting to use it. I hear that it is just as good as running and is less stressful on your body. Any opinions?

[Chris46]

Explain "Eliptical" and i'll tel you my opinion

[GhostInMachines]

eliptical trainer

[AndersonSilva]

helllll yeahhh get it man i use that at school all the time when we are in the weight room i ***in ripp it up ....24 mins non stop lost 264 Calories lol and thats after runnin 10 laps around the gym me have

[giantsbran1227]

Wow sounds sick man. ima start usen it tomorrow

[GhostInMachines]

reminds me of a treadmill mixed with cross country skiing mixed with exercise bikes

[AndersonSilva]

yeah but just a tip guys if you go all out for lets say 10 mins non stop then get off your gonna feel like puking trust me it almost happened to me...just take it easy at first then rip it up.

[AndersonSilva]

u can also change the resistance level i usualls start at 4 then go up to 10

[DutchDynamite]

i like it a lot, i use it twice a week at high resistance for 30 min. Its a great workout

[PunchDrunk]

It has pros and cons.

Giants you mention that it is less stressful on the body. Do you realize what training is? It is stressing the body, forcing it to adapt and get stronger and fitter. Less stress = weaker workout.

If you have injury problems associated with running (like if you're overweight, and get knee problems), then that thing is a good alternative. Most likely though, most of you in here who swear by that thing, do so because it is in fact easier than running.

The heavier toll running takes on your body can be good and bad. Bad if you get injuries from it, good (as in better than the elliptical) if you don't, because you'll be conditioned to handle the impact running has on your body, so if you're not injured, go running instead and leave that thing for when you're injured.