Friday, October 16, 2009

Using an Elliptical Machine For Low Impact Exercise

By Amanda Jocks

So often exercise machines at home are used for a week and then are left somewhere to gain dust because they are too hard to use or take too long before results occur. Or every time you use it you pull a muscle or experience pain. It is possible to get a machine that is low impact and effective, and that is by getting an elliptical machine. Using this machine is like having a personal trainer with you which is what has lead the machines to also being called elliptical trainers. Health and general fitness will improve rapidly.

The elliptical machine is easy to use and can be used for various types of workouts depending on what you are looking for. For example if you are looking to burn some calories, build up some muscles and make your bone density better you can use the elliptical to do weight bearing workouts.

In case you are not sure what we mean by low impact, it simply means there is low impact on your joints and your bones. A lot of stress and impact can cause muscular strains and ligament fractures but even with a good work out on elliptical machines the foot cannot get away from the pedal.

Nowadays there is a lot of emphasis on cardiovascular exercises and using elliptical machines is one way to achieve that, so that a user is able to combine that with the weight bearing work out too. Cardio is a great way to burn off calories and weight bearing tones and gives muscle definition so whether you are looking to tone and firm up or to loose weight or of course both, then this machine can cover it.

People have hectic lives nowadays, everything has to be scheduled and finding time to take care of yourself and your body by visiting the gym is not always possible. Using an elliptical machine means you can get great results in a short amount of time at a pace and schedule you can set yourself.

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