I love the elliptical! I have tried running on the treadmill but for me it hurts my joints/shins. I like to bike outdoors, and I do love a group cycling class (but not cycling indoors on my own) but if I am looking for cardio I will always choose the elliptical. If it has a scale of resistance 1-10 I would start with around 3 (on manual), then you can pick a time or distance goal. As you improve, you could try running intervals i.e. run for 1 minute at resistance 8 and then 1.5 minutes at resistance 3 to recover- this really helps the time go by and give you a good workout. Or you can find an elliptical that does incline and run intervals by increasing the incline. Hope this helps. It’s what works best for me, but it might not work best for you. Just find something you love and then it will be fun to do cardio. Good luck!
Last edited by tigger175; 03-03-2010 at 11:55 AM.
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