We purchased (Me and Hubby) this exercise machine about a month ago. We are both into keeping fit and run and cycle 3 or 4 times a week. You may think why buy a exercise machine then? Simple, rain and lots of it. It can make you very lazy. I dont go to the gym but on my weekend breaks I use the gyms at the hotels. At easter, I first tried an elliptical trainer in a hotel gym. I thought it was great. It was a better model than this one, but I should imagine cost twice as much. Really the difference was better computor programs.
Right, I should really tell you what the heck a Healthrider Ellipitical trainer is. It's a kind of ski machine. It has to big pads to put your feet on and you stand up on it. You have 2 handle bars which you push backward and forwards. Ok, you have to push your feet around on the pads in a clockwise circular motion and at the same time push the handlebars. Get it?? Its like ski-ing up hill. You can alter the footpads when you want a more uphill exercise and you have a knob that you can tighten for resistance. You have 3 computor programs to follow on this model. Basically its a line going around the screen. You have to keep up with it. As it goes around it clocks your distance, laps, time counting down from 20 minutes. Also it tells you how many calories. You start flat and go up hill and down hill and finish downhill. It depends what program you use as to how uphill. I use the 2nd program and I do 40 minutes of exercise. I burn off 345 calories in that time. At the end it clocks your heartrate and pulse rate. I have used exercise bikes and running machines and its alot harder to burn off that amount. I always do stretches before and after.
If you decide to get this machine please take it easy at first if you havent done any exercise before. I use it about 3 days a week. The manual does explain how long to start off with so check with the doctor if you are unsure. It works out your upper arms and legs and is a aerobic exercise. It doesnt build muscle but it tones you up. I use my hubbys weight bench to build muscle and this machine to burn fat and calories.
This machine is quite big. Weight 80kg, Max user weight:110 kg Length 195cm, width 60cm and height 165 cm
It comes flat packed and it took my diy shy man, about 3 hours to put together. We got it from off the internet for £200 but it should have been about £400 as it was a return. TSLleisure.co.uk suppied it after a week of ordering. The order went through quickly with an email sent straight back to us straight away. They called me when they were delivering it. The whole process from ordering to recieving took about a week. We recieved everything with it and got it on 10 days approvel. It is in our garage and it is not a fold away thing once it is up it stays, so not suitable for a living room. What I mean is it is not portable.
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