Ellipticals Provide Weight-Bearing Exercise without Impact
In order to prevent osteoporosis, it is important to participate in weight-bearing activity. However, many weight-bearing exercises, such as running and high-impact aerobics, can produce a good deal of stress on the joints. On an elliptical machine, your feet never leave the pedals, so there is less impact, and therefore less stress on the joints.
Ellipticals can Tone the Body While Providing Aerobic Benefits
Many elliptical machines feature handles that can be pumped during the exercise, thereby providing an upper body workout. Others can be adjusted so that the incline is increased, which provides an excellent leg and rear end workout. The machines that have both the incline feature and the upper body handles increase caloric expenditure.
Ellipticals Burn Calories
Depending upon your weight, your gender, the incline and the resistance, an 30-minute workout on the elliptical machine can burn between 300 and 500 calories.
Cardiovascualr Benefits
Exercising on an elliptical machine can strengthen your heart, improve circulation, lower your blood pressure and possibly enhance your mood.
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