June 22, 2011
Do you get bored with the same weights and cardio routine?
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Question by FitnessFrenze: Do you get bored with the same weights and cardio routine?
Same here…that’s why I love that 24 Hour Fitness has a variety of ways to meet your workout. They have weights, group exercise classes (I want to sign up for turbo kick boxing and amped abs)basketball, cardio equipment, pool, steam room, tanning– the list goes on.
Would amenities like this keep you from getting bored of your same weight and cardio routine?
Best answer:
Answer by Robert S
No
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Horizon Fitness EX-59 Elliptical Trainer
- SixStar Certified™ elliptical platform featuring the six key elements needed to deliver the smoothest
- 10 levels of electronic resistance and a heavy-duty 14.3-pound flywheel provide a smooth ride; low step-on height
- Q-Factor: ZEROgap™ overlapping pedal motion; MP3 port with built-in Sonic Surround™ speakers
- 3 orange LED display windows; 10 programming options; 3 target and 3 workout programs plus 1 custom workout
- User Capacity: 275 pounds
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Comments on Do you get bored with the same weights and cardio routine?
Just got it and I love it!,
This is totally worth buying! The quality is very good and it’s easy to put together. I put it together mostly by myself and I’m a 21yr old female with average strength and it wasn’t too hard. I did have trouble tightening a couple of bolts, but that was the hardest part, and mostly just because of the position of the bolt. Most of the pieces are together already, the pieces that need greasing were already greased. It comes with the tools you need to put it together, and the hardware is separated into what you need for each step, so there’s no digging around looking for the right part.
As far as the elliptical itself, it’s awesome.
*It has an audio input jack and comes with a cord for it, and you can either listen to music on its speakers or plug your headphones into the elliptical itself.
*There’s a spot were you can set your ipod or mp3 player and it also has a little book stand at the bottom of the console display.
*There’s a water bottle holder and it has two smaller side holders where you can set other things like a cell phone or something, which is nice.
*It has a power cord, it doesn’t take batteries like some do.
*It has a fan that has 3 different settings and an option for changing what you’re looking at on the screen, calories burned or distance and time or heart rate. It has a spot that tells you your rate in MPH and also your resistance setting.
*It measures the distance in miles and starts at 0.00 goes up by .01 miles at a time.
*It has some preset programs, but I haven’t used them, I’ve just done it as manual.
*It has 2 options for changing the resistance level: it has + and – buttons, but it also has numbers 1-10 on the sides so you can change resistance quickly.
*It has a really smooth motion, you don’t feel like you’re bouncing that much when you run on it and it’s super quiet! It’s not wobbly and feels really stable and sturdy. The foot pad is pretty big too, which is nice because you have room to find which spot is most comfortable.
The only thing I don’t love about it is that when you start using it, it beeps pretty loudly. It also beeps when it’s shutting off, and I think when you press the buttons. It’s not a big problem, but it can get annoying when you’re trying to be quiet.
I think that about sums it up, and if I come across any problems, I’ll update this later.
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|Very nice elliptical in this price range,
Tried this machine along with a similarly priced Proform and a used LifeStride. This model definitely offered smoother motion, more realistic action; on the Proform it felt like I was constantly bouncing. Has the right amount of bells/whistles for a model this price. Compared to the next Horizon model up, this one has a shorter stride at 18″; but if you are average height/stride this wont be a problem. It is large, does not fold, but it is super quiet so I can even read while I exercise.
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