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10
This sounds pretty dense but if your arms arent moving, ie they hold the fixed bar, is it pointless?
Reply 1
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saoirse
This sounds pretty dense but if your arms arent moving, ie they hold the fixed bar, is it pointless?
Depends if they are holding it up or holding it on the floor!
Reply 2
I dont understand that reply at all!
I wouldnt have thought so, you still have to use your legs to rotate it! I always though it was pointless to hold the bars, as they got move by my strong legs, and my arms just sort of followed, never liked them anyway.
I wouldnt have thought so, you still have to use your legs to rotate it! I always though it was pointless to hold the bars, as they got move by my strong legs, and my arms just sort of followed, never liked them anyway.
Reply 3
1
Cross trainers are pretty pointless no matter what you do.
Reply 4
They can build a sweat and if you assume the correct position it is possible to work your glutes
Reply 5
1
You can build a sweat from walking.
Reply 6
Bis
You can build a sweat from walking.
Yes, but only uphill while carrying weight, on a summers day I find.
Reply 7
1
I'll have to try that in future.
Reply 8
it's good
Running machines are personally the best form of exercise in the gym
step machines are just hilarious - you get people on them with beautiful calves and fat tummies
Running machines are personally the best form of exercise in the gym
step machines are just hilarious - you get people on them with beautiful calves and fat tummies
Reply 9
17
Bis
Cross trainers are pretty pointless no matter what you do.
Errr...why exactly?
Reply 10
14
Holding your hands on the bar doesnt work your hands, but it does make u work your glutes and thighs more so I heard.
I used to love the cross trainer as you'd be working out but not feeling like you're doing anything, but I dont like it any more as I cant get a good stride.. you're kind of fixed to the machine if that makes sense.
I used to love the cross trainer as you'd be working out but not feeling like you're doing anything, but I dont like it any more as I cant get a good stride.. you're kind of fixed to the machine if that makes sense.
Reply 11
its low impact cardio excercise.. so if you have any joint problems.. or impact aggravated asthma theyre a good thing 
Reply 12
I'm not a big fan of cross trainers, when I am at the gym and I go on them I feel like I am cheating because they don't make me tired.
Reply 13
rewmck
I'm not a big fan of cross trainers, when I am at the gym and I go on them I feel like I am cheating because they don't make me tired.
Try it on the hardest level for 40 minutes. I guarantee you'll get tired.
Reply 14
They burn more calories than the treadmill. It's a great cardio workout. My heart rate sometimes gets as high as 180! I've stopped going though... Too much like hard work!
Reply 15
i love the cross trainer its my fav machine at the gym, i find they burn loads of calories off, more than other machines which is good.
Reply 16
icedout
Try it on the hardest level for 40 minutes. I guarantee you'll get tired.
Well of course I would but I like my excercise to be intense and tiring the whole way through and not something that takes ages to tire me out.
Reply 17
rewmck
Well of course I would but I like my excercise to be intense and tiring the whole way through and not something that takes ages to tire me out.
A cross trainer only takes ages to tire you out if you take it easy. If you maintain a high speed at a high level of resistance it tires you out quickly, but not so much that you have to stop. It's also low impact so your knees won't give way by the time you're 30. Cross trainers are some of the best cardio excercise machines. Intense excercise is hard to maintain and therefore crap for cardio (i.e. people doing 5 minutes on a treadmill).
Reply 18
saoirse
OP
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Thanks everyone, thats cool then cos i love the xtrainer
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