One of the most appealing machines in the gym right now is the elliptical trainer.Too bad that ellipticals aren’t helpful when it comes to fat-burning and weight-loss. You’ll usually find a lot of elliptical enthusiasts in a weight loss forum.
A well respected magazine, Men’s Health, has come out very critically about the popular ellipticals, but there still isn’t much reason except for having bad knees for using one. Assuming each knee on your body is doing pretty well, you need to stay away from the ellipticals. Here are a few points about ellipticals that should change your mind.
The proof is in the pudding, and for most people, there’s very little in the way of positive results to show for a lot of time spent on those machines.The fundamental truth is that you cannot trust an elliptical machine. The calorie count that attracts so many people does not reconcile with the observable fact that ellipticals don’t help anyone’s fitness very much.
Does it surprise you that the calorie count on the machines are inflated by about one-third?
You can read about how a person on the Biggest Loser TV show thinks that ellipticals just don’t make you work hard enough to make them do any good. My rule of thumb is that if you’re not feeling like you’re working out, you’re not working out. In short, ellipticals will not give you rapid weight loss.
Right there you’ll find the 3rd reason to stay away from the ellipticals: the way people are. What I mean is that people are always looking for the easiest way to get what they want, and that’s why ellipticals are so popular.
Just think about what happens when there are an equal number of treadmills and elliptical machines: people gravitate to the ellipticals because they are easy.
So ellipticals are easy, but they are not going to get the weight loss that you want. You cheat yourself by wasting your time looking for a care-free solution. When you lose 20 pounds it will because you quit the elliptical trainers.
