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exercise machine options pls

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CleverCatty · 11/11/2020 14:50

Am looking into buying some sort of home exercise equipment.

Options are:-

Cross trainer
Exercise bike
treadmill

Which is best and any makes to go for?

I already do cardio, hip hop tabata and yoga and have recently started couch 2 5K.

I've also seen - an exercise bike with desk attached - like sort of a shelf or two - is this gimmicky or any good - has good reviews?

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mumsiedarlingrevolta · 11/11/2020 14:54

We were on the brink of buying a treadmill when a friend who did some personal training and she said never to buy a machine that did the same thing that you could walk out your front door and do.

And exercise bikes seems to end up as clothes horses.

We bought a cross trainer. This was about 12 years ago and it still gets used almost every day by multiple family members. Has been a godsend for me as my knee is shot and can't run anymore but can do the cross trainer.

But buy a good one. It's worth getting the best you can comfortably afford.

IrkedEssex · 11/11/2020 14:53

Depends on what your aims are. My view is that for all round cardio full body work a rowing machine is hard to beat. Of your options I would personally pick a cross trainer.

Bluntness100 · 11/11/2020 14:52

I have all three (in a shit out building) and a rower, it depends what you like doing, but I find I get the most bang from my buck on the treadmill, because I can run up hill on a flat etc.

However if you’re putting it in the house, a treadmill is noisey and I’d go for the quietest which takes the least space, which is the bike. Again you can cycle up hill, standing up etc and vary it up.