Benefits of Elliptical Trainers - Exercise & Fitness Message Board

free2be · 11-23-2005, 07:08 AM

I am a big fan of the elliptical machines at my gym but I was wondering what the benefits of using the ones that move your arms vs. the ones that focus on your legs only.

I am interested in loosing overall body fat so I want to know if one is better than the other?

Axa · 11-23-2005, 10:11 AM

The machines which include your arms are better as you theoretically burn more calories as your also exercising the upper body too. If you have a choice take the cross trainer which includes the arms. If you exercise on these correctly you can actually burn approx 25% more calories than on a trainer which does not include arms!