As a fitness program that can burn calories and burn fat, many beauty may have questions, is it better to practice elliptical weight loss or treadmill weight loss?
Elliptical machine and treadmill which weight loss effect is better
In general, the treadmill than the elliptical machine weight loss effect is better.
Elliptical machine and treadmill as a weight loss fitness equipment is not much of a difference between the advantages and disadvantages, according to their own actual situation to choose the right fitness equipment, are effective exercise body muscles, accelerate fat burning. But in the same exercise time, the intensity and slope of the treadmill are adjustable, so the calorie consumption of the treadmill will be more than the elliptical machine.
Lighter weight practice elliptical weight loss effect is better
People with a smaller weight base in itself may feel more relaxed on the treadmill, while performing elliptical exercise, the large flywheel, large resistance elliptical machine will instead make it more strenuous, consume more calories, fat burning effect is better.
Elliptical machine and treadmill difference
The difference between elliptical machine and treadmill can be seen from the advantages and disadvantages of elliptical machine and treadmill respectively.
Advantages and disadvantages of the treadmill
Advantages: treadmill can provide a wide range of speed, incline and a variety of training programs, such as fast walking, slow walking, fast running, etc., more functional; low-intensity and high-intensity training can help burn calories, the use of relatively simple.
Disadvantages.
1, there is no outdoor running effect, although it can avoid the various resistance of outdoor running, but the weight loss effect is also correspondingly discounted.
2, running on the treadmill is relatively boring, it will not really burn fat until after 30 minutes of exercise, it is more difficult to adhere to the fat burning time.
3, the treadmill is a risk of knee injury, although the calorie consumption than outdoor running is small, but the impact and wear and tear on the knee is about the same, and will be easy to slip or fall and injury.
The advantages and disadvantages of elliptical machine
Pros.
1, elliptical machine can imitate the running action in your body, but not as much impact on the knees as on the treadmill.
2, elliptical machine with handrails, can exercise in the movement of the upper limbs, play a simultaneous exercise of the upper limbs and lower limbs, to help improve the coordination of the upper and lower limbs.
3, you can do more training changes in the elliptical machine injuries, like increasing resistance to increase the intensity of the movement, or walking backwards, which is not easy to complete on the treadmill.
4, elliptical exercise is more like standing and riding a bicycle, is a more natural and easy way to exercise.
Disadvantages.
1, the amount of exercise and exercise intensity is relatively small treadmill, fat burning effect is not as strong.
2, easier to feet numb, because in the process of elliptical machine, the palms of the feet can not leave the pedals, which means that the feet can not move, a long time will be easy to appear numb feet.
3, elliptical pedals are suspended from the ground, can not be weighted exercise. And weight-bearing exercises to strengthen muscles and bones, is helpful in preventing osteoporosis.
Choose elliptical machine or treadmill weight loss
Although the overall fat burning effect of the treadmill will be better than the elliptical machine, but this does not mean that everyone should choose the treadmill to lose weight. People who are flexible and have a good grasp of rhythm can choose the treadmill, while people who have bad knees can choose the elliptical machine to exercise.
In short, the choice of elliptical or treadmill, or according to their own conditions, weight loss needs, hobbies and so on to choose.
