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treadmill or exercycle?
What do you all find has worked best for weight loss, treadmill or
exercycle? I gotta get back into wt loss, and during cold winter months I just can not get motivated to exercise outdoors or even drive to the gym. I live in nothern minnesota -- very cold for several months. I figure I can exercise while watching a movie-- but treadmill or exercycle? Exercycle takes less concentration (won't trip and fall off like a treadmill when watching a movie), but I suppose treadmill burns more cals? Of course when weather warms, I love walking and hiking and biking outdoors. Thoughts? Advice? |
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Hi,
Of course exercise of any kind is always a good idea but I think we've found something better. Nothing works if your metabolism is screwed up. My wife is over 50 also and has tried lots of things over the years including exorcise with no success. Recently, our company came out with a new enzyme diet drink and everyone we heard from was raving about it so she decided to give if a try. Guess what? It works!!!! It's a whole food so you can actually live on it, tastes good, gets your metabolism working again and the weight comes off. If you'd like to know more, visit our site at http://www.ecoquest.com/apsna and click on "The Enzyme Diet" link under New Products. So far, we have others using it now too and everyone is losing weight and eating anything they want! If you'd like to speak with my wife, Vivian, call us toll free at 888-801-4482. She'll be happy to share her experiences with you. Sincerely, Jim Bogul ... Leadership Development Bogul Air & Water Purification / 4airfix Hudson, FL 34667 888-801-4482 727-819-2877 fax 208-485-4618 Our Company and Products: http://www.freshairliving.com/bogul (password is "guest") http://www.ecoquest.com/apsna "Beowulf" wrote in message news What do you all find has worked best for weight loss, treadmill or exercycle? I gotta get back into wt loss, and during cold winter months I just can not get motivated to exercise outdoors or even drive to the gym. I live in nothern minnesota -- very cold for several months. I figure I can exercise while watching a movie-- but treadmill or exercycle? Exercycle takes less concentration (won't trip and fall off like a treadmill when watching a movie), but I suppose treadmill burns more cals? Of course when weather warms, I love walking and hiking and biking outdoors. Thoughts? Advice? |
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Beowulf wrote:
What do you all find has worked best for weight loss, treadmill or exercycle? Have you looked into ellipticals? The motion is a cross between cycling and walking. Some come with upper body exercisers too, similar to rowing. You could watch your movies, and by dialing the resistance control the calorie burn rate. p. |
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The Elliptical is my favorite and stains my knees allot less then treadmill
or bike. -- Email me at: perpleglow(AT)comcast.net http://community.webshots.com/user/perpleglow "pb" wrote in message ... Beowulf wrote: What do you all find has worked best for weight loss, treadmill or exercycle? Have you looked into ellipticals? The motion is a cross between cycling and walking. Some come with upper body exercisers too, similar to rowing. You could watch your movies, and by dialing the resistance control the calorie burn rate. p. |
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treadmill or exercycle?
"Beowulf" wrote in message news What do you all find has worked best for weight loss, treadmill or exercycle? I gotta get back into wt loss, and during cold winter months I just can not get motivated to exercise outdoors or even drive to the gym. I live in nothern minnesota -- very cold for several months. I figure I can exercise while watching a movie-- but treadmill or exercycle? Exercycle takes less concentration (won't trip and fall off like a treadmill when watching a movie), but I suppose treadmill burns more cals? Of course when weather warms, I love walking and hiking and biking outdoors. Thoughts? Advice? I recently read that treadmills are the most efficient - but that may only be if you plan to do some jogging/running. If you have access to both, it's probably better to vary your routine and do both. If you're looking to buy something, get what you'll actually use. I also use an elliptical with the treadmill and the bike and I avoid the stairmaster because I hate it. I find the treadmill the least boring because I can really vary the speed and incline and do a variety of workouts. I really don't like the treadmill, but I like to run and I'm just biding time until it's safe to go outdoors again. I am just one state east from you, far north, and inbound because the recent warming (above freezing) during the day plus rain has turned our snow into ice. This means no XC skiing or snowshoeing yet and the only ice skating I like requires a big stick, a puck, and someone to knock over. The temps are in the single digits for the next week or so along with 20 mph winds to make it feel below 0 and there is no real snow predicted. Get out of the house and drive to the gym unless the roads are really crappy! Even then, I'm following the plow If I stay in the house too much I get the ole "cabin fever" which leads to other bad habits like too much snacking, drinking, and sleeping. Good luck! Jenn |
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At the gym, I use the recumbent bike, treadmill and elliptical. I switch
out the cardio machines just for variety. For me, the elliptical hurts my knees least, the bike 2nd least and the treadmill the most. I use the precor elliptical, lifecycle bike and lifestep treadmill. I walk at an incline of 5-8% on the treadmill, at a speed of 3.3-3.6. If I walk faster then that, the impact hurts. I do the bike at level 5-10 on the hill mode. I have some nerve damage in my left knee, so I can't overwork it. On all of the machines, I make sure that I keep my heart rate in the fat burning 70% range for optimal results. For my age, that is 121-128 or so. All of the machines I use have the handle bar pulse monitors. -- Email me at: perpleglow(AT)comcast.net http://community.webshots.com/user/perpleglow "pb" wrote in message ... Perple Gyrl wrote: The Elliptical is my favorite and stains my knees allot less then treadmill or bike. I haven't come across the knee-staining problem before.... But that is an excellent point. My knees have logged more than enough use/abuse so that they couldn't handle much more. The circular (or in this case oval) motion involves virtually no shock and, I find, actually helps build them up. pb |
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"Ignoramus18675" wrote in message ... I read the ingredient list of the crap that you mentioned, there are mostly soy protein and mostly sugar and other carb sweeteners, plus a bunch of other chemical stuff. Certainly I would stay far away from your junk. He states his wife has been using this product to lose weight. If that's her picture on the website it appears it hasn't been working for her. Many in the newsgroup who are in the same age group (50) seem to be reaping bigger benefits from the old "eat less, exercise more" method. Beverly ps - be sure you delete the spammers website next time g . Ingredients: Soy Protein (non-GMO), Rice Syrup Solids, Basmati Rice Bran, Inulin, Fructose, Flaxseed, Safflower Oil Powder, Lecithin, Natural French Vanilla Flavor, Guar Gum, Calcium Amino Acid Chelate**, Natural Flavor, Vegetarian Yeast, Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate**, Carrot Powder, Sweet Potato Powder, Stevia, USP Sodium Chloride, Acerola Cherry and Rosehips Extract, Infinity2 Proprietary Enzyme Blend (amylase, protease, CereCalase, Isolase, cellulase, lipase, alpha-galactosidase), GlutaMagAAC (Glutamine-Magnesium Amino Acid Chelate)*, Shiitake Mushroom Powder, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate**, Copper Amino Acid Chelate**, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate**, Iron Amino Acid Chelate**, Sea Kelp, Selenium Amino Acid Complex**, Dunaliella salina Extract, Marigold Extract (lutein), Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate**, and Chromium Amino Acid/Nicotinate Chelate**. In article .net, Bogul wrote: Hi, Of course exercise of any kind is always a good idea but I think we've found something better. Nothing works if your metabolism is screwed up. My wife is over 50 also and has tried lots of things over the years including exorcise with no success. Recently, our company came out with a new enzyme diet drink and everyone we heard from was raving about it so she decided to give if a try. Guess what? It works!!!! It's a whole food so you can actually live on it, tastes good, gets your metabolism working again and the weight comes off. |
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Hello Beowulf,
I have a treadmill and a stair climber in my home. We never use the treadmill and I use the stair climber daily. I can tell you that a lot of folks don't like the stair climber because it's not a natural motion like walking is. My experience is that you burn more calories on a stair climber than a treadmill. Your going to get different answers from different folks, but I like a stair climber also called a stair master. I'm able to workout for an hour at a time and get a good sweat going as well. My calorie counter is usually between 750 to 1000 calories when I finish. The elliptical exercise equipment is one I've never tried, but would like to one day. To me it's like a stair climber and a treadmill built in one machine. and looks like it would produce more calories burned compared to a treadmill. I hope you find what's best for you and your goals. Paul 300/236/175 "Beowulf" wrote in message news What do you all find has worked best for weight loss, treadmill or exercycle? I gotta get back into wt loss, and during cold winter months I just can not get motivated to exercise outdoors or even drive to the gym. I live in nothern minnesota -- very cold for several months. I figure I can exercise while watching a movie-- but treadmill or exercycle? Exercycle takes less concentration (won't trip and fall off like a treadmill when watching a movie), but I suppose treadmill burns more cals? Of course when weather warms, I love walking and hiking and biking outdoors. Thoughts? Advice? |
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Perple Gyrl wrote:
The Elliptical is my favorite and stains my knees allot less then treadmill or bike. I haven't come across the knee-staining problem before.... But that is an excellent point. My knees have logged more than enough use/abuse so that they couldn't handle much more. The circular (or in this case oval) motion involves virtually no shock and, I find, actually helps build them up. pb |
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"Perple Gyrl" wrote in message ... At the gym, I use the recumbent bike, treadmill and elliptical. I switch out the cardio machines just for variety. For me, the elliptical hurts my knees least, the bike 2nd least and the treadmill the most. I use the precor elliptical, lifecycle bike and lifestep treadmill. I walk at an incline of 5-8% on the treadmill, at a speed of 3.3-3.6. If I walk faster then that, the impact hurts. I do the bike at level 5-10 on the hill mode. I have some nerve damage in my left knee, so I can't overwork it. On all of the machines, I make sure that I keep my heart rate in the fat burning 70% range for optimal results. For my age, that is 121-128 or so. All of the machines I use have the handle bar pulse monitors. -- Email me at: perpleglow(AT)comcast.net http://community.webshots.com/user/perpleglow I use the elliptical more when my knee is bothering me or lately because I have a sinus infection and running gives me a major headache. I can stay steady for at least an hour at level 10-12 (I go up and down every 5 minutes), but going backwards really puts a strain on my quads - though I try to do 2 minutes backward every 10 minutes. I haven't been doing much on the bike lately since I like the elliptical more. I was thinking of getting one of those polar heart monitors since all of the machines where I go can use them. Only the treadmill has the HR monitor in the handlebar and you can't or shouldn't grab it when you're running 6-7 mph. Walking on the treadmill I've been doing a "rolling hills" workout I got from a magazine. It's interesting in that you change the incline and speed every 2 minutes mostly staying in the 3.7-3.9 mph range and 5-8% incline. It's nice on my non-running days when the elliptical is busy, but frustrating nonetheless because I still don't care for walking and prefer to run . Jenn |
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