Thread: Eliptical or Tread...or maybe even bike?!?

you can use the eliptical all you want man, they are great and your knees will love you for it. the only way to loose body fat lies in a calorie deficit. make sure you count your calories and your burning more than you eat. also, every five days or so eat more food (refeed). that way you dont go into starvation mode. focus on your diet to loose weight. it doesnt matter what kind of cardio you do - do whatever burns the most calroes.

There's nothing wrong with the elliptical. It's great you've found something you can stick with; that is the really important part.

Eliptical is fine like CowPimp said. When it comes to your situation though, cardio is cardio. Whether it be a few wind sprints, a 30 minute walk in the park or on a resistance bike, just do it. Good luck!

I love the eliptical machine. easy on my knees and ankles.

It depends on the person. I'm 6'1 38, and 235 right now and I run 3 days a week with no problems to my joints. But if your extremely heavy or have bad knees, ankles, back ect, you might want to do elliptical or biking.
Nothing IMO burns more calories or is better for cardiovascular conditioning than running.

Why don't you use a circuit of all machines to keep from getting bored?

10 min steps
10 min tread
10 min rower
10 min bike
10 min elip - w/hndls
10 min versa climb

mix and match

Bicycling will burn up to 600 calories per hour. Only a few other aerobic exercises, can compete with it. Cross country skiing, and swimming being two. But you can't ride lazy, you have to maintain a 15 MPH average, this means you must be able to hit 20 on flats. If you can do this, I guarantee it will take weight off you. The secret is being able to maintain a high RPM 120 +.