The elliptical machine: forged by Lucifer himself

[THE HAT]

I call it the Demon and say that machine is what powers the fires of hell......I can only do 25 min before I am bored out of my ever lovin mind....it took me forever to work up to 25...at first I could only do 5 min....I love love the treadmill and see quicker and better results with it. The owner/trainer at my gym is a Elliptical lover and pushes it on you.....................

 

[mtemm]

love the elliptical! make sure you have it set right. oooh, and if you have an arc machine (I think thats what its called), give it a go, too.

 

[Jennasis]

Well that's the thing too. I didn't see anyplace to adjust it for height etc. The guy who used it before (a students grandfather actually...man am I weak!) just got on and powered away. he's about 6 inches taller than me, so I figured there had to be a way to adjust for your height/stride.

Anyhoo...I did a shade over 30 minutes on the treadmill (2 miles) again today. Started on 3.5, worked to a 4.0 and felt FANTASTIC (like I could've gone all day). So then I bumped up to a 5 for five minutes to build a nice burn and then back to a nice solid jog.

Felt great! The gym has a TON of nautilus stuff so I started a circuit of arm/upper body stuff. I figure my legs will take care of themselves doing all the running but I have a thing for toned arms, so my goal is to have GUNS at my sisters wedding in June.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I call it the Demon and say that machine is what powers the fires of hell......I can only do 25 min before I am bored out of my ever lovin mind....it took me forever to work up to 25...at first I could only do 5 min....I love love the treadmill and see quicker and better results with it. The owner/trainer at my gym is a Elliptical lover and pushes it on you.....................

That is me too. Bored out of my ever lovin mind on this stupid contraption. I can do 20 minutes and that's it. And the last 10 are chanting, am I done yet, am I done yet. So sometimes I just quit at 11.

Treadmill is broke and hubby won't buy a new one. I'm stuck with the elliptical and old fashion walking on the road.

 

[PatsMom]

I am thinking of doing a trial membership at a gym just to try out the elliptical since most people rave about it. I have a treadmill at home and do at least three miles every day I am home. On days when I am at my office, I walk on the road for three or four miles. I am thinking of the elliptical just to do something different.

I'm training for the Susan G. Komen 3 Day for the Cure 60 mile walk so I am thinking that the elliptical might give me a break from the treadmill since the training tips recommend doing some cross training to avoid overuse injuries.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I love the Elliptical! I am so glad to read that others toes go numb too! I am going to have to try going backwards for a little bit to see if that helps! I can't do the treadmill because I really hurt my knee on the treadmill, the elliptical is much easier on my knees.

 

[All American]

I call it the Demon and say that machine is what powers the fires of hell......I can only do 25 min before I am bored out of my ever lovin mind....it took me forever to work up to 25...at first I could only do 5 min....I love love the treadmill and see quicker and better results with it. The owner/trainer at my gym is a Elliptical lover and pushes it on you.....................

Funniest thing I have read today!

 

[bumbershoot]

I have really liked the elliptical machines in the past, but for some reason, the sides of my feet would go numb.

For me, if that happens, it's b/c my shoes are tied too tight.




Is the elliptical at your gym the kind with the arm things, too? i cannot do that one.

I can only do the kind where you just put your hands lightly on the heartrate monitor metal things, and only your legs move. Then I put my Kindle on the book ledge, set it to Interval (where it does 2 minutes easier, 2 minutes harder, 2 minutes easier, etc) for an hour, and get to it! First 30 minutes I just want to cry, and then I want to cry but at least I'm getting closer to the end for the next 30 minutes. And then I whine that night about my legs. It's my routine, I'm good at it.


But I say,if treadmill works for you, just do that. I can't do the treadmill yet...my body was NOT made for walking, but I have too much extra on my body right now to run...so I like the elliptical.

 

[Mermaid02]

You inspired me to dust off my elliptical yesterday- I did 2 miles in 30 minutes!