Ways to Exercise: Gyms, treadmills, elipticals, yoga, cycling etc Discuss here

Hi all

Just my 2 cents..Treadmill and elliptical..both provide excellent forms of exercise. But purely on the basis of weight loss, there are many articles which states that elliptical is better, since it works out the hands areas as well. I have a treadmill at home..bought it some 5 months ago but I am not very regular with it.

Just remember one thing..treadmill is fantastic but the weight loss is very very gradual in it. One pound of fat is about 3500 calories. And an average person has to walk for about 13.5 hours to lose one pound of fat! So, even after you start working on a treadmill, it is very difficult to see results in a few weeks or so. You might feel your dresses loosening up and all..but for others to see it and for your weight to actually go down in the scales..will take a lot of time.

I do not know much about elliptical since I used one only for a few months in the gym in my apartment. But it is good and is very safe..so if you have knee pain or joint pain or somethng like that, and if treadmill is too hard for you, or you fear you might hurt yourself in a treadmill, then elliptical will be a great alternative.

Thanks

Hi,
Sangeetha good to met you .
I have ex in both threadmill and elliptical.
In treadmill if you run you burn more calories than ex in elliptical.

Hi Celebrate,

Nice to meet you too :). Yes you are right. We do burn more calories in a treadmill if we elect to run.

Originally Posted by celebrate

Hi,
Sangeetha good to met you .
I have ex in both threadmill and elliptical.
In treadmill if you run you burn more calories than ex in elliptical.

Hi,
I added about 20kg during my pregnancy. I bought a basic motorized treadmill to shed off those extra kilos.30 min of treadmill(6kmph) combined with a low fat diet help me shed about 8 kilos in 3 months.
I think motorized treadmill(the basic ones start in the range of Rs 28,000) are a great investment for losing weight and keeping in shape.

hi ladies

you all have given a good suggestion on buying a moterized treadmill, but i do have it ,but i feel its of no use using it ,coz since 4 months i'm working on it for 1hr a day , but no sign of weight reduction. my weight has been the same .

Originally Posted by nehajagadeesh

hi ladies

you all have given a good suggestion on buying a moterized treadmill, but i do have it ,but i feel its of no use using it ,coz since 4 months i'm working on it for 1hr a day , but no sign of weight reduction. my weight has been the same .

HI neha...

If you wanna maintain your weight only exercise will workout... but if your weight loss process you need to do some restriction on your diet and along with that if you do workouts sure you can reduce ...

instead of walking for 30 mins in thread mill... 10 mins jogging in thread mill makes a big difference try it out... even though you dont find any changes in the thread mill chart... sure there will changes in your weight... all the best...

Hi shvap_786

thankyou for your suggestion and support. i'll try to follow the guidelines that you have suggested me.

bye

I have a clarification to make regarding the workouts...

i have a gym close to my house which has thses treadmills and cycles...but when i tried walking on the treadmill...i felt little dizzy...n didnt have the stamina to do more than 10min...

i am 26 and 5'5 n weight 69kgs..can u please help me out with smething that might help me in building stamina?

Anu

Hello Friends,

Since one month i used to go gym in my apartment.There i have threadmill and eliptical.I used to burn daily 400 cal using these two.
40 min --Threadmil
30 min --Eliptical.

During using the threadmill i am getting the leg pains like anything.
Specially jointpains to my legs.I am not too fat .My height is 5.2 inches and weighjt is around 63kgs.Mainly i ahve thummy and bumbs thats why i am going to gym.Friends any one can tell me why i am getting the pains
when i was india i used to aerobics or swimming then i stopped for 6 months and now i am continuing

Thanks in advance
Pushpa

Originally Posted by pushparamireddy

Hello Friends,

Since one month i used to go gym in my apartment.There i have threadmill and eliptical.I used to burn daily 400 cal using these two.
40 min --Threadmil
30 min --Eliptical.

During using the threadmill i am getting the leg pains like anything.
Specially jointpains to my legs.I am not too fat .My height is 5.2 inches and weighjt is around 63kgs.Mainly i ahve thummy and bumbs thats why i am going to gym.Friends any one can tell me why i am getting the pains
when i was india i used to aerobics or swimming then i stopped for 6 months and now i am continuing

Thanks in advance
Pushpa

Hi Pushpa..
The reason for you to get leg pains is the shoes u are using while running in threadmill.
Try to get some shock absorber and very light weight shoes for running in threadmill because while u run the whole body weight is carried in ur legs and that needs great support .
I have seen many ppl running with ordinary canvas shoes,slippers in thread mill or even in ground which is not at all adviceable . Frequent stain to the leg musules will result in big problems in future.

So pls go ahead get good shoes for running .