Health and Fitness Tips

Health and Fitness Tips - Elliptical Trainers:

Most elliptical exercise machines built for home use provide resistance through a band around the flywheel. Some high end and commercial elliptical cross trainers use magnetic resistance. Like a bicycle, this elliptical motion is smooth and continuous.


With a stair stepper or other similar equipment, there is a pattern of motion and reverse motion, an up & down or back & forth. At the point where the forward motion ends and the reverse motion begins, there is an impact from the force of the machine, which is still in motion. Your bones and muscles have to stop the motion and reverse it each time.


The advantages and benefits of an elliptical trainer as compared to other fitness equipment are:

• Weight bearing form of exercise that helps maintain bone density

• Continuous elliptical motion creates a low impact workout

• The motion is similar to walking and is thus easy to learn and sustain

• Handles encourage users to work upper body muscles providing a total body workout

• Offers one of the best forms of cardiovascular training – onboard computers help plan and monitor cardio workouts.

• Equipment is relatively simple, so there are fewer parts to replace or mechanical things that can go wrong.


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