The Elliptical, Ranked: Third of Seven Machines for Energy Cost, About Five Sixths of a Treadmill at the Same Effort - and a Lower, Earlier Fat-Oxidation Peak
3 days ago
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The elliptical is the machine people choose when they want the effort of running without the impact, and the machine coaches quietly suspect is a way of feeling busy. Its cousins on the gym floor, the cross trainer, the glider, the lateral trainer, the rider, the skate and ski machines, all sell the same idea: a gliding, low-impact stride that still counts as cardio. Whether it counts as much as a treadmill, a bike or a rower has now been measured head to head.
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