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Originally Posted by Yogini
I am another person who is new to using this machine. I can only do it for a few minutes before my heart rate shoots up! After reading this thread and seeing that women of various sizes use it successfully, I am going to make it my goal to start including it as part of my regular workout routine I think I'll start with 5 minutes each workout and go up from there
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Yogini, that's exactly what I did when I started.
I can remember doing ten minutes on the elliptical and then having to sit in the locker room for ten minutes before I could drive home from the gym because I was so exhausted. But I gradually added a little time each day - it was a game to me
- and got to where I was doing an hour a day, no problem.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that the elliptical isn't one heck of an awesome cardio workout! It's the ONLY cardio I did for the year that I was losing weight. I mix things up now to keep from being bored, but the elliptical is almost always part of the mix.
Matter of fact, I just got home from cardio: 30 minutes on the elliptical and 15 on the bike. With my iPod, the time just flew by.