The difference between mountain climbers and ellipticals

Mountain climbers and ellipticals are very common fitness equipment, both can play a role in exercise, weight loss and slimming. But there are many people will be confused between these two types of fitness equipment, may have wanted to choose the mountain climbers exercise, but chose to become an elliptical machine. The following will give you the difference between the mountain climbers and ellipticals to help you choose the two as a reference when working out.

Different ways of exercise

Mountain climbing machine is designed to simulate mountain climbing or climbing movement, so in the exercise is through the use of continuous back and forth alternating movement of the feet, to achieve fitness purposes;. Elliptical machine has two pedals, the palms of the feet in the above movement will feel like walking or running, and its trajectory is basically oval.

Fat loss effect is different

Relatively speaking, the fat loss effect of the mountain climbing machine than the elliptical machine to be better, mountain climbing machine using 15% of the slope, you can achieve the cardiovascular system and muscle system of the dual exercise, fat consumption rate will be faster than the elliptical machine.

Exercise parts are different

Mountain climbers focus on the exercise of the lower body parts, the role of the legs, waist and abdomen is relatively large, the handle just play a balancing role; while the elliptical machine can achieve the organic combination of arm and leg movements, to play a coordinated limbs, exercise the whole body effect.

Different degree of sports injury

Elliptical machine in the exercise, the feet do not have to leave the pedals, the knee joint is not a point of force, and the elliptical machine is basically a circular motion, to avoid excessive impact on the knee, can be better protected joints;. The mountain climbing machine simulation is the movement of the mountain climbing movement, although relative to the real outdoor climbing, the damage to the knee has been reduced a lot, but for the elliptical machine, the degree of damage to the knee joint will still be greater.

Can adhere to the time is different

Mountain climbing machine even if the use of a small slope exercise, the amount of exercise will be relatively large, will sooner produce a sense of fatigue. In contrast, the elliptical machine is relatively easy, adhere to the time can also be relatively long.

The crowd is not the same

Elliptical machine for a wide range of people, healthy people can use the elliptical machine to enhance physical fitness, and bad knee and ankle people, because the elliptical machine has a relatively good shock absorption effect on the knee, choose the elliptical machine exercise will be more comfortable and safe. Mountain climbing machine is also required to constantly pedal the ground, the knee joint is also impact, so the mountain climbing machine for those who have been injured knees, joint damage is not applicable to the crowd, will aggravate the degree of injury.