Anyone Tried the Elliptical Machines

Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south

Stan wrote:
Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south

I've tried elliptical trainers. I hate 'em.

there is always 1 or 2 more excuses to be found

Tori

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"Stan" wrote in message
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Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this
winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Stan wrote:

Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south


Ellipticals are great. Very low stress on the joints - or anything else
that doesn't need too much bouncing around. I like them better than the
treadmill mostly because it's easier for me to change the tempo according
to what comes up on my mp3 player.

I wasn't sure whether it was a legitimate cardio workout compared to say
actually running - but I checked and I can in fact run on the treadmill at
around the same rate that I average on the elliptical, so I think it's
providing a comparable workout. The only thing that I know is wrong is the
measure of calories burned - I'm quite sure that overestimates by a fair
bit.

The only downside I see for you is that I do have a bit of a kneejerk
sexist reaction when I see men using the elliptical - it just seems a bit
girly to me. Unreasonable and unjustifiable, I know, but there it is.


Martha

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That still sounds better than the couple of lamoes talking about
excuses...guess they have problems

Martha Gallagher wrote:
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Stan wrote:


Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south



Ellipticals are great. Very low stress on the joints - or anything else
that doesn't need too much bouncing around. I like them better than the
treadmill mostly because it's easier for me to change the tempo according
to what comes up on my mp3 player.

I wasn't sure whether it was a legitimate cardio workout compared to say
actually running - but I checked and I can in fact run on the treadmill at
around the same rate that I average on the elliptical, so I think it's
providing a comparable workout. The only thing that I know is wrong is the
measure of calories burned - I'm quite sure that overestimates by a fair
bit.

The only downside I see for you is that I do have a bit of a kneejerk
sexist reaction when I see men using the elliptical - it just seems a bit
girly to me. Unreasonable and unjustifiable, I know, but there it is.


Martha

"Stan" wrote in message
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Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south

You could try varying your workouts with swimming, bike riding, and
weight training. I don't know how heavy you are, but your knee pain is
probably due to stressing the same joints in the same way day after day. You
could alternate upper body exercises with walking every second day. If it's
burning calories that you want, building some muscle helps a great deal.
Possibly a Podiatrist may help if your landing on your feet the wrong way
when you are walking.

Great advice


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"Stan" wrote in message
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Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south

You could try varying your workouts with swimming, bike riding, and
weight training. I don't know how heavy you are, but your knee pain is
probably due to stressing the same joints in the same way day after day.
You
could alternate upper body exercises with walking every second day. If
it's
burning calories that you want, building some muscle helps a great deal.
Possibly a Podiatrist may help if your landing on your feet the wrong
way
when you are walking.

The Precor ones are nice! Low impact and a variety of preset programs.
Nothing girly about them.

Dan

Stan wrote:

Any of ya'll tried the Elliptical machines. All the walking i have done
is taking a toll on my left knee. And i was wondering what i would do
this winter when the cold and rain get here...thanks...Stan down south

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