eliptical, bike, or treadmill?

[alohanema]

I am quite new to exercise, I started in December last year. At the moment, I have got myself up to doing 65mins on the X-Trainer, 40mins on Bike and 20mins on Rower. I love all three because I watch the Simpsons on my mobile phone whilst doing them all (apart from the rower)!!

I also try and make sure my heart rate is above 180bpm for all of the X-Training, which is really tough but is very enjoyable when you pass the pain barrier. Not sure how I will feel once I run out of episodes to watch!!


I think once I am below 180lbs, I will start using the Treadmill, but until then, I will stay on X-Trainer, Bike and Rower because they are all low impact but high intensity (depending on resistance and effort, obviously).

I think to summarise, do a mix. you will soon find the one you know you can stick at.

So what does X-Training is?

 

[krique]

Ellipticals are my favorite. They are low impact and give an upper body cardio workout. But why I really love them? I know this is probably a bad reason, but they are more quiet than treadmills. This makes watching TV at home much easier.