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Re: Has Anyone Tried the Gazelle Trainer?
I just purchased one of these yesterday morning, as I was tired of attempting to do serious aerobic activity while not bothering my knees. It just isn't possible for me to get to the point where I'm benefiting unless I racewalk or jog/run, and unfortunately, my kness just aren't doing well with either for extended periods of time.
I even have an inexpensive elliptical, and the thing still bothered my knees after a point. Even if I went at a slow speed.
So I either was looking at getting a high-end elliptical, or just trying the Gazelle at Wal-Mart.
I've used it twice, and I'm impressed with the basic premise of the thing--it provides a low-impact aerobic session, and I can certainly get my heart rate where it needs to be very quickly. Plus, I can tell that it's working the lower-body.
Having said that, the thing is a bit too flimsy for me. This isn't an issue when I'm just going 4.0-5.0 mph, but I could rather easily hit the point where I was doing 6.0-7.0. That machine just did not seem to like operating at that speed--moreover, the speed actually stopped registering at 7 mph, and then kept reading 1.3-5 mph.
I don't like that the calorie readouts are so inaccurate, either--for my size, and for the average speed that I maintained, I really doubt that I burned 388 calories in 40 minutes. I checked the numbers with those for ski machines, which was the closest machine I could find that has the body do a similar range of motion--it said I did about 250-280. That seems more realistic. I saw other online reviews in which people also wondered about the accuracy of the calorie readings.
Beyond those things, the machine basically does what it says. I'm happy with my purchase, as I definitely needed something to do while waiting for my knees to get better. It's a shame that I can't keep my speed where I want it, though, but I can't really fault the machine for my wanting to basically simulate running...even though, my booklet says that you can do a movement that's a jog. Maybe they meant a slow jog or something.
I have several Tony Little videos; I can pretty much guess what he's going to do after a point, so I just mute the audio.
I just purchased one of these yesterday morning, as I was tired of attempting to do serious aerobic activity while not bothering my knees. It just isn't possible for me to get to the point where I'm benefiting unless I racewalk or jog/run, and unfortunately, my kness just aren't doing well with either for extended periods of time.
I even have an inexpensive elliptical, and the thing still bothered my knees after a point. Even if I went at a slow speed.
So I either was looking at getting a high-end elliptical, or just trying the Gazelle at Wal-Mart.
I've used it twice, and I'm impressed with the basic premise of the thing--it provides a low-impact aerobic session, and I can certainly get my heart rate where it needs to be very quickly. Plus, I can tell that it's working the lower-body.
Having said that, the thing is a bit too flimsy for me. This isn't an issue when I'm just going 4.0-5.0 mph, but I could rather easily hit the point where I was doing 6.0-7.0. That machine just did not seem to like operating at that speed--moreover, the speed actually stopped registering at 7 mph, and then kept reading 1.3-5 mph.
I don't like that the calorie readouts are so inaccurate, either--for my size, and for the average speed that I maintained, I really doubt that I burned 388 calories in 40 minutes. I checked the numbers with those for ski machines, which was the closest machine I could find that has the body do a similar range of motion--it said I did about 250-280. That seems more realistic. I saw other online reviews in which people also wondered about the accuracy of the calorie readings.
Beyond those things, the machine basically does what it says. I'm happy with my purchase, as I definitely needed something to do while waiting for my knees to get better. It's a shame that I can't keep my speed where I want it, though, but I can't really fault the machine for my wanting to basically simulate running...even though, my booklet says that you can do a movement that's a jog. Maybe they meant a slow jog or something.
I have several Tony Little videos; I can pretty much guess what he's going to do after a point, so I just mute the audio.
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