Advantages of the Dual Action of Elliptical Trainers

The Rise of Elliptical Trainers

Crosstraining elliptical trainers are gaining momentum and popularity as exercise equipment that may eventually trump the treadmill. Scientific sports research shows that elliptical trainers provide just as much or more of an effective cardiovascular-based exercise than that of a treadmill and does so in a safer manner. Since treadmills force the user to pick up and put down their feet in rapid succession hundreds or even thousands of times during a single workout session, the damage caused to fragile tissue and muscles located in the back, legs, and feet. Since the user is not forced to pick up their feet from the pedals of an elliptical trainer, there is no jarring, shocking motion transferred into the user's body, giving a safer, more comfortable exercise session. And since that jarring motion in and of itself can create user fatigue, energy spent is focused more prominently on the targeted muscle groups, enabling the user to burn more calories in a more effective manner.

Dual Action Motion

The dual action motion of the elliptical also effectively maintains that more calories will be burned properly. The elliptical utilizes handles that are attached to the pedals by a series of gears which allows for an upper body workout as well as for a lower body workout. Since the upper body has to move against assigned resistance by pushing and pulling the handles, the result is a more effective caloric burn and efficient exercise motion than that of a treadmill.

Get a handle on it

The handles of an elliptical trainer can be set to provide a level of resistance generally independent of the elliptical pedals on high-end machines. This feature is designed not only to give the user a greater sense of comfort and control of their exercise regimen but also to serve to dial in a truly custom crosstraining experience custom tailored for the individual user. The result is that the amount of resistance utilized from pushing and pulling the handles with the upper body can be honed to promote maximum caloric burn as well as the adjustable resistance provided by the pedals. Ultimately, this level of customization to the user's comfort will provide for a more comfortable and effective training session because of the ability of the user to work out for longer periods of time at sustained raised resistance levels, enabling more calories to be burned.