1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fitness Disrupted, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: I am Tom Holland and this is Fitness Disrupted. Let's 3 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: talk about ellipticals, the elliptical trainer. I'm gonna give you 4 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: the history. I'm gonna give you the different types, different 5 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:36,279 Speaker 1: features involved. If you're in the market for one, I'm 6 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: going to help you out with that. I'm gonna give 7 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: you the pros and cons. I'm gonna talk a little 8 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: bit about studies because there's some incredible misinformation out there 9 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: when it comes to the elliptical, which ties completely into 10 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: common sense and into the way the world works. I'm 11 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: gonna give you some takeaways and you're gonna know what 12 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: you need to know to get started with the elliptical. 13 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: And I think some things are gonna surprise you. I 14 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: know some things are gonna surprise you, especially how long 15 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: it's been around, it still surprises me. And one thing 16 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: that kind of blew me away when I was preparing 17 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: for the show. And I have written about ellipticals, I 18 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: have contributed to so many articles about them, but when 19 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: I did a much deeper dive and a much recent, 20 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: more recent dive into the studies, and many of the 21 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: articles that have been written. Recently, I fell down the 22 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 1: rabbit hole of weight loss and the confusion is even greater. 23 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: And I started to actually, and this is kind of 24 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: a first and the almost three episodes I have done 25 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: of the show, I started to add in all this 26 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: science and added in a whole another kind of part 27 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: to the show, and it got too big. So I 28 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: will save that and I'll talk about that when I 29 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: talk about the massive confusion and and kind of bad science, 30 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: which will again make complete sense to you. I hope, 31 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: well it should when I'm done. But I'm gonna do 32 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: another show. And you know, whenever I do a show 33 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: that has a one oh one after it, it just 34 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: tells you that's the intro get you started. There's so 35 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: much more with all of these topics, including the weight 36 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: loss confusion when it comes to ellipticals. So let me 37 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 1: give you just the history, the quick history of the elliptical. 38 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: When do you think it was invented in the sixties, seventies, eighties, 39 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: how about twenty six years ago? That's it. I have 40 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: shirts that are older. I have race shirts and bib 41 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: numbers and many things that are older than the elliptical. 42 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: That's prey. The amazing when you think about it, and 43 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,679 Speaker 1: invented by a guy named Larry Miller, at least that's 44 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: who is credited with coming up with the idea for it. 45 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 1: And the company was pre Corps. And Larry Miller, an inventor, 46 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: had a daughter who was a tennis player, high level 47 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: tennis player high school, and he wanted to help her train. 48 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: He wanted to help her improve her fitness without exposing 49 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: her to the impact that running delivers. And all of 50 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: this ties into everything we're gonna talk about when it 51 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: comes to the popularity and the misconceptions and the weight 52 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: loss aspect, all of that stuff. But that's exactly what 53 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: I do here on this show, all right. So Larry 54 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: Miller watched his daughter run and kind of watched the 55 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: foot pattern and the way her feet moved, and he 56 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: designed the first prototype, the first crude version of an 57 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: elliptical trainer, and it ended up at pre Corps and 58 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: in it came out and was immediately a success. It 59 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: was the first machine. No, let me read you this. 60 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: I have a bunch of quotes as I normally do, 61 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: that are wrong, and and we'll go through why. So 62 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,679 Speaker 1: this is right off of the pre Corps website. The 63 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: final line from there, right up of the history is 64 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: it was the first machine that worked equally as well 65 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: for the beginner as well as it did for a 66 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: trained athlete. What does that mean? What does that mean 67 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: it worked equally as well? What do I do here 68 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: when we have a phrase like equally as well for 69 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: weight loss, for sports, performance, for enjoyment. No, I can't 70 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: make that statement. And treadmill works equally well for a 71 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: beginner as well as a trained athletes. How you use it? 72 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: What are we talking about weight loss performance? So yes, 73 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,160 Speaker 1: have a problem with that. And you should know that 74 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: ellipticals are the second largest category in the fitness industry 75 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: right now, have been for a while. You know, stationary 76 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: bikes are are coming up. Treadmills will always be incredibly popular. 77 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: But that's the history. When we come back talking about 78 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: the muscles worked, and I'm going to talk about which 79 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: is everything to get us started, and what we will 80 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: keep coming back to is the reason it's so popular 81 00:05:57,080 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: is also it's primary potent chill problem. Say that again. 82 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: I want you to think about what that might be 83 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,920 Speaker 1: during the break. All right. The reason it's popular, The 84 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,719 Speaker 1: reason it's so popular that so many people use them. 85 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: Is also it's primary potential problem. I love my alliteration. 86 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: All right, think about that. What what am I talking about? 87 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: We'll be right back, and we are back ellipticals one 88 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: oh one introduction to the elliptical. So you can get 89 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: the best out of your workouts and your machines. And 90 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: if you're picking equipment for your own gym, that should help. 91 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: If you're trying to pick what equipment you're gonna use 92 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: at the gym, this is all going to help. This 93 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: is the science. This is the science. So before the break, 94 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:59,919 Speaker 1: I said, the reason it's popular is also it's prime, 95 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: very potential problem. And in my notes, potential is in 96 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: italics and underlying potential potential problem. Let me give you 97 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: a quick story. He's going to give you some anecdotal 98 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: with the science and the experience. So many years ago 99 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: I was doing an event for Time X, an awesome event. 100 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: Met Dave Scott. So Mark Allen and Dave Scott were 101 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: too and R two famous iron Man triathletes, triathletes athletes 102 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: who when I started doing the iron Man back in 103 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: the late nineties, you know, they were all over and 104 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: years later had an opportunity to do an event with 105 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: him at a time X event in New York City. Now, 106 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: let me say right up front, because you gotta know 107 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: where I'm coming front. I often talk about the biases 108 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: of people who are writing articles and fitness professionals and 109 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: doctors and all this kind of stuff when it comes 110 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: to food and exercise, and they have I ses. But 111 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: you're also gonna know what I do and don't do, 112 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: and my likes and dislikes. But I'm always looking at that. 113 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: I'm always weighing that. I'm always turning the mirror around, 114 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: as I say, to make sure that those don't cloud 115 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: my advice and interpretation of the science. So I don't 116 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: use an elliptical. It's not something I enjoy. I'm a runner, 117 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: I'm a cyclist. I I do you know, I swim 118 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: because it's part of the triathlon. But there has never 119 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: been a time in my life. This is just full disclosure, 120 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,199 Speaker 1: full honesty, that I have gotten on it an elliptical 121 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: except for this time X event and then other reasons, 122 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: right for articles and testing things out, but not for 123 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: a workout. It's not something I enjoy. I'm gonna get on. 124 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: I would rather run or do other things. So there 125 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: you go. I'm giving you my personal prefer and experience. 126 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: I've been on them obviously, but I'm just saying what 127 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: I would choose personally. But this time X event was 128 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: the first time I was on it for well over 129 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: an hour, well over an hour, and I was on 130 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: it because it had to be for the event, but 131 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: I was talking to people for that just probably seventy 132 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: five maybe ninety minutes, can't remember, but over an hour, 133 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,959 Speaker 1: under two hours, but super low intensity, talking back and forth, 134 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: but low intensity. And my point in telling you this, 135 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 1: and this alludes to where we're going to go with 136 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: this whole discussion about the potential problem, is that when 137 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: that minutes was up and I stopped the machine and 138 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 1: it gave me the calorie count, my supposed calorie burn, 139 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 1: I was blown away. I was shocked way way high, 140 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 1: insanely high, insanely high, given the amount of effort I 141 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: had put out, the intensity I had worked out at 142 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:14,199 Speaker 1: just wasn't right. Crazy overestimation, all right. So I'll give 143 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: you that story because we're gonna come back to that. 144 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: So the reason it's popular is also its primary potential problem. 145 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: Why is the elliptical so popular? Well, it was right 146 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: there in the history description the elliptical was an instant 147 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: success due to its minimal impact. It's super low impact 148 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: when you go, when you move your feet in an 149 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: elliptical motion, super easy on the body. Your feet never 150 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: leave those pedals, that's important. There's no pounding. Now you 151 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: look at the articles and research on this will say 152 00:10:54,679 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: no impact lower, there's no impact. And I'll talk about 153 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: how much of the elliptical is how you use it, 154 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: as is so common in fitness and cardio equipment in general, 155 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: it's in the way that you use it. As the 156 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: song goes, but it's super well impact. When I get 157 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: that question, what's the best piece of cardio in the gym? 158 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: What's the best I even talk about how quotation marks 159 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: best is a problem in fitness best for what? Talking 160 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: weight loss? Most often when that question is asked, my 161 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: immediate answer, which annoys many people, is the one no 162 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: one's using because it's hard. And when it comes to 163 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 1: fitness people, you don't get more by doing less. And 164 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: I will come back to that as well. It's like 165 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: the fat burning zone, the myth about that. One of 166 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: the first shows I did here, you don't get more, 167 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 1: you don't burn more total fat it is not advantageous 168 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,760 Speaker 1: if weight loss is your goal. To stay at a 169 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: lower intensity to lose weight and burn fat, it's fuzzy math. 170 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: It's a percentage, but it's a lower amount of total 171 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: fat and lower amount of weight loss. And so with 172 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: the question about what is best when if your goal 173 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: is weight lost, one, it's gonna be the hardest. The 174 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:28,080 Speaker 1: harder you go, more cowards you burn. But then there's 175 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: that balance you have to strike. How long are you 176 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: going to stay on it? And that's what comes into 177 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: play with the elliptical, and where it gets fuzzy with 178 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: the elliptical as they start talking about rate of perceived 179 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,400 Speaker 1: exertion when they're comparing an elliptical to a treadmill. As 180 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 1: I will talk about shortly, but that's the way the 181 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 1: world works. People. Most people don't like exercise, so they're 182 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: not flocking to that which will bring about the greatest results. 183 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: If the elliptical brought about the results and had the 184 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:08,440 Speaker 1: caloric expenditure that most of these machines will tell you 185 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: you achieved, more people would lose more weight. But let 186 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: me say this right up front. Two. That is not 187 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: to say that it is not an extremely valuable piece 188 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: of equipment because it's low impact, because it allows so 189 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: many people to utilize it, that's really really important. All right, 190 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: So what muscles does it work? Well? It depends. It 191 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: depends generally speaking, you're talking your glutes, your quadraceteps, your hamstrings, 192 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: your hip flex or your cabs, your lower body muscles. Right, 193 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 1: but let's get into the differences in the types of elypticals. 194 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: Right off the bat, you've probably seen there are some 195 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: that are just lower body. You hold onto the handles 196 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: that don't move, and you move your legs, lower body 197 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: some core, but that upper body is stationary. Then there's 198 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: the other kind where you use your upper body too. 199 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes they call them polls handles, but you pump those 200 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: front to back and now you have upper body engagement. 201 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: And that's where it gets tricky in how you use 202 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: it and the studies and what they're looking at, what 203 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: type of elliptical and how they're using it. All right, 204 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: So those are two types, and very simply put, the 205 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: more muscle as you use, the more colories you burn. 206 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 1: Now you can go really easy. This is why it's tricky, 207 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: and this is why it depends. You could go really 208 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: hard with just your legs and burn more calories than 209 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: someone who goes easier using the rupper body as well. 210 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: That's where it gets ricky. But the rule of thumb 211 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: is what it is. When you engage more muscles, you 212 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: generally are gonna burn more calories, You're gonna work harder, okay, 213 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: takes more energy. And so there are those two types 214 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: and a lot of it comes down if you're in 215 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: the market for one, which one you enjoy more. But personally, 216 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: I would recommend that you get one with handles because 217 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: so often you can actually choose to not do the 218 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: upper body and just do the lower body. You have 219 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: the option. So know that two differences, and let me 220 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: give you some other interesting differences you may not know. 221 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: There are three types when it comes to how it's constructed. 222 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: There's rear drive, front drive, and center drive. And that's 223 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: basically where the drive train is the motor okay, and 224 00:15:55,200 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: started off with the rear drive, then front drive, which 225 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: now gets into more of like a stepping motion, center drive, 226 00:16:04,600 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: smaller footprint we're gonna talk about that, and more of 227 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:12,160 Speaker 1: a stepper motion as well added in and so three 228 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: different types and you've probably seen all three. And with 229 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: that comes some other differences right stride length. So generally speaking, 230 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: for less expensive models, you're not gonna be able to 231 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: adjust the stride, which means if you're five to if 232 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:38,480 Speaker 1: you're six five, that stride length is fixed in the factor. 233 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: You can't change it, which isn't as good. You want 234 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: a natural stride length for you. You want the ability 235 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: to change that if you want to. And then there's 236 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: resistance and incline, so you can make it harder and 237 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: you can change the incline on the more expensive models. 238 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: So those are things to think about it again, if 239 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: you are in the market for them, for one or 240 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 1: you're using one at the gym. More resistance, more energy burned, 241 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: changing the incline, different muscles worked, and potentially making it 242 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 1: more difficult or easier. Okay, so you want as much 243 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: customization ideally with your workouts, for the variation, for the 244 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: ability to make it harder or easier, all of those things. 245 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: So all of those will come into play when it 246 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:39,680 Speaker 1: comes to considering which elliptical you're gonna buy. And again, 247 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: the center drive one smaller footprint, so let me say that, Well, 248 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: getting out of myself, well, no, we can go there. 249 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: We'll go there So the pros, what are the obvious benefits? 250 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 1: The one I started the whole show off by saying, 251 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: so many people have aches and pain, so many of 252 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: you have injuries. So the low impact, even though I 253 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: started the show and it have sounded like it was 254 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: a huge negative, it's not. Because more people can use something, 255 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: get in their exercise and work your heart and and 256 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: yes you may burn less cowards for reasons I'm going 257 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 1: to continue to give you, but that doesn't matter. The 258 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: most important thing we should focus on are one of 259 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 1: the most important things, because they're all important, but is 260 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: strengthening our heart, heart health. And then all of those 261 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: other benefits I talk about on just about every show 262 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: at some point, the mental benefits, the physiological benefits, you know, cholesterol, 263 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: all of those things that we can manipulate make better 264 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: through exercise. So if you have a knee injury, if 265 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 1: you have lower back issue and you can't possibly go 266 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: for a run, and maybe sitting on an indoor bike 267 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: is really uncomfortable, then yes, the elliptical is an amazing 268 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 1: piece of cardio equipment for you, and so that's a 269 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: good thing. So the low impact, huge pro, huge benefit, 270 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: and the fact that you can use it frequently because 271 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 1: it is low impact. You know, runners, even when you 272 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 1: don't have issues injuries, you've got to be careful, especially 273 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: as you get older. You know, running back to back 274 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: days can be problematic for people. So because it's low 275 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: impact and you can use it frequently, that's an awesome thing. 276 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: Because it's about consistency. So even though here we go, 277 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 1: even though the weight loss in the session itself maybe 278 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: lower than it tells you and lower than you think, 279 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: it's the frequency and consistency that matters. You can go 280 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: out and run three times a week for thirty minutes 281 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: and get certain benefits. Or you can use an elliptical 282 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: five to six times a week for twenty minutes thirty 283 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: minutes and you're gonna get really good benefits, including weight loss. 284 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: Another benefit, as I said, for those of you who 285 00:19:55,640 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: are nursing injuries, pains, anything like that phenomenal piece of 286 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,919 Speaker 1: cardio equipment. It is awesome for cross training. For you 287 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: runners out there, you can't just run, which is what 288 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 1: I do triathlons, and so I choose to use other 289 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:16,200 Speaker 1: things such as swimming and biking and you know, even 290 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: other pieces of cardio equipment because I have so many options, 291 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: and I want you to constantly remember that one is 292 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: not better than the other. But an elliptical is a 293 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: great piece of cross training equipment for runners. So you 294 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: may run Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and you may use the 295 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: elliptical Tuesday, Thursday, and then maybe bike on Saturday. So 296 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: cross training it as a wide range of users. So 297 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: if you're thinking of buying something for the house and 298 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: you say, you know what, this will work for more 299 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,160 Speaker 1: people in the house because of the low impact. Because 300 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: of all those benefits and specifics to the elliptical. It's 301 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,840 Speaker 1: great for your heart, as I said, it's great for 302 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: your head cardio, get that blood flowing. And just another 303 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 1: thing you might not think about, it's quiet. So if 304 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: you have kids, you don't want to wake up young kids, 305 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: a spouse. If you're an apartment building, you can't have 306 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: that pounding of a treadmill. Ellipticals much more quiet, no pounding, 307 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: feat never leave that pedal. All right, let's get into 308 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,440 Speaker 1: some of the negatives the cons. We'll do that right 309 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: after the final break. We'll be right back, all right. 310 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:45,040 Speaker 1: I told you earlier that I generally pull out a 311 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: bunch of sentences quotes. Suppose it facts about these topics 312 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,640 Speaker 1: when I'm doing the research to help you make sense 313 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,720 Speaker 1: of the misinformation. Here are two end I quote, an 314 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: elliptical cross trainer is comparable tweet treadmill in its exertion 315 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: of leg, muscles and the heart. M hm, not really. 316 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: Let's let's even just maybe tack them maybe on that 317 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: it depends and then ellipticals can give you the same 318 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: workout that running does. Now people just read that sentence 319 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: and the same workout how calories burned in the same 320 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,400 Speaker 1: amount of time. Nope, even though that's what these studies 321 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,959 Speaker 1: will confuse you into believing, as I'm going to end 322 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: the show by talking about, and then we do a 323 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: whole other show where we do a deep dive into 324 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: the science behind the calorie burned. Let me read that 325 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: sentence soo again, because this is just emblematic of the 326 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 1: misinformation that over simplifying and and just pointing you in 327 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: the wrong direction. O. Lipicals can give you the same 328 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 1: workout that running does. What what I'm getting worked up? 329 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: That's always a good thing. If that were true, then 330 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 1: more people wouldn't you know, choose to not run for 331 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,919 Speaker 1: the weight loss because it's less jarring on the body 332 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: and listen, I love running, but it's not the same workout. 333 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: How could it possibly be? How could it possibly be 334 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: what they're gonna tell you and the way they mislead 335 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: you in the Again, we're just talking calories burned here. 336 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: Weight loss is that well, once you start using your 337 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 1: upper body, that makes up the difference. No, no, And 338 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: I can't tell you how incredibly amazed I was at 339 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: this topic and the studies on it and what is 340 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: extrapolated from it being so confusing for the average person, 341 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,120 Speaker 1: and why I need to do a whole separate show 342 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: on this. It's that the same workout if it were 343 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: if it were as a triathlete, as someone who doesn't 344 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: want to get beaten up, more people would you know, 345 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: runners would use the elliptical because they could do more 346 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: workouts and their body wouldn't be as beaten up and 347 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,160 Speaker 1: they could recover faster and then go run for their events. 348 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: This is like the common sense tied into performance and 349 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: taking it all into account. It's a great workout for 350 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: all the reasons I've talked about mental, physical, but it's 351 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: not the same, not the same workout, say, lower colork 352 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 1: expenditure by and large and the calorie count, as I 353 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: started to say at the beginning, is incredibly off on 354 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: so many of the machines. All right, and let me 355 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: just read you. When you do uh semi deep dive 356 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: into the calorie burn treadmills versus elliptical, this quote keeps 357 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: coming up. You would see this, and this is health status. 358 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: In the process your exercising becomes more efficient and you 359 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: burn more calories in less time. They're talking about the elliptical. 360 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 1: You also have a lower perceived level of exertion when 361 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: you exercise more of your body. There's so much wrong 362 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: in that sentence. When you become more efficient, you burn 363 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: fewer calories people in the process. So this is one 364 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 1: of the resources that is commonly quoted when it comes 365 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: to treadmills and ellipticals being pretty much exactly the same 366 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: as far as the benefits talking about weight loss specifically, 367 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 1: in the process you're exercising becomes more efficient and you 368 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: burn more calories in less time. The less efficient you are, 369 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: the more calories you burn. That is that is how 370 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: the world works. I am not a good swimmer. I 371 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: burn more calories than someone who swims the more you run. 372 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: One of the reasons people say, I don't understand. I 373 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: run three times a week or I use the elliptical 374 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: three times a week. I've lost some weight, but now 375 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: three or four or five months later, I'm not losing 376 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: as much weight anymore. Two reasons to primary reasons you've 377 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: lost weight, you're burning fewer calories and you're becoming more efficient. 378 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: You're burning fewer calories, so totally wrong. And then just 379 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 1: one more time. You also have a lower perceived level 380 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,480 Speaker 1: of exertion. When you exercise more of your body. No, no, 381 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,800 Speaker 1: do a burpie or do a push up more muscles, 382 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 1: you feel it more. Now. Yes, there are some really 383 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 1: confusing studies that I will just allude too quickly here 384 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: and then go much deeper in later different show. But 385 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: that's where it gets really fuzzy. So it gets fuzzy 386 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: because of the upper body involvement that they try to 387 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 1: kind of manipulate. Then the lower perceived exertion. Yet you 388 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,760 Speaker 1: feel like you're working not as hard on an elliptical, 389 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,959 Speaker 1: and I would argue that's because you're not working as 390 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: hard because you aren't pounding well. They say, well, you 391 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: don't use your upper body when you run like you 392 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: do when you use the handles on an elliptical. Now again, 393 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,479 Speaker 1: I have used ellipticals. I have used the handles, and 394 00:26:55,600 --> 00:27:00,520 Speaker 1: yes you can feel it, but that doesn't override how 395 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: challenging it is to run on a treadmill. And let 396 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,240 Speaker 1: me say this, and this is where I will go 397 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: much deeper in the next show to the equations. As 398 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: I said when I did that time X event that 399 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:21,880 Speaker 1: I saw, the equations for caloric expenditure on ellipticals are 400 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: some of the most inaccurate out there right now. And 401 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: that's for a variety of reasons, stride length, upper body engagement, efficiency, 402 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: and just the fact that these are equations that they 403 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: are constantly working to get better. The elliptical has only 404 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: been around for twenty six years, as you just learned. 405 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: Maybe probably so, just suffice it to say, for a 406 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: variety of reasons, the elliptical seems to be, according to 407 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,959 Speaker 1: the other research, and a lot of it inaccurate. Let 408 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: me give you just real quickly, because I didn't want 409 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: to go there. This is where I started falling down 410 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: the rabbit hole. Preparing for the show two fourteen experiment 411 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: testing the accuracy of the calorie tracker on ellipticals. Theyn't 412 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: looked at one specific elliptical. What do they find that 413 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,280 Speaker 1: they are not an accurate form of calorie tracking four workouts. 414 00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:28,160 Speaker 1: That was the finding in this study. Not an accurate form. 415 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: And let me give you the exact conclusion in the abstract. 416 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 1: The data collected indicates that the calorie tracker on the 417 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: blank ellipticals are not and it's just a brand name. 418 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: Are not an accurate form of calorie tracking for workouts. Okay, 419 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean it's not valuable. I don't want you 420 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: to go away from the show thinking I should never 421 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: get on the elliptical. No no, no, no, no, no 422 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: again to twenty minute runs on a treadmill or outside 423 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: versus four thirty minute twenty minute elliptical workouts. It's what 424 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,520 Speaker 1: you do often, and then it's how you use it. 425 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: It's about consistency, all right, And I will give you 426 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: that takeaway. But let me just give you two other studies. 427 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: Two fifteen experiment do elliptical trainers accurately estimate energy? One 428 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: of the findings was twenty four point seven percent overestimating. 429 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: And then there's more studies, but I'm gonna hold off 430 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: on those. And as I come to the conclusion, of 431 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:29,920 Speaker 1: this show. I feel like I don't want you to 432 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: not think that it's not valuable. Some of you, that's 433 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: like you're only form or your preferred and only form 434 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 1: of cardiovascar exercise. Keep doing it. I just want you 435 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: to know the numbers. I want you to know so 436 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,600 Speaker 1: you don't want reward e when it tells you you 437 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: burned eight hundred calories and then you go out and 438 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 1: you eat something that's four hundred and people say, what 439 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 1: should I do? Tom? Then with the numbers, cut it 440 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: in half. I hate to say, I hate to say it, 441 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: but that's what I would do. Cut that number in half. 442 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 1: You're only going to benefit from that. And just because 443 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: you've burned fewer cowies than you think, doesn't mean you 444 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: didn't get all of those other benefits that I talked 445 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: about on all these other shows. And even if that 446 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: scale didn't move and you got on the elliptical, you're 447 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: prolonging your life, you are making your life better. You 448 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: are doing so many things you can't see. And so 449 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: that's why the elliptical is awesome, because it allows so 450 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: many people with those issues to do their cardio. Now. 451 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: I want many of you to fix those issues as well, 452 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: as I've talked about recently, especially low back pain, weaknesses, 453 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: muscular imbalances. Want to fix those, and more often than 454 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: not they are fixable. All right, But let me give 455 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,440 Speaker 1: you one more piece of misinformation, and I'm gonna read verbatim. 456 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,440 Speaker 1: A lot of people are under the misconception that running 457 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: on a treadmill is the best way to burn cowies 458 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: during a workout. But is that true? A study by 459 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: the Medical College of Wisconsin found that average cows burned 460 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: jogging on a treadmill for one hour was seven five 461 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: to eight sixty six by comparison and estimate by health status. Sound. 462 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: Using an elliptical trainer for one hour will burn approximately 463 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: seven three calories. Not a chance, Not a chance unless 464 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: unless you are using the handles, and you are killing 465 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 1: yourself and weigh a certain amount, just a bunch of factors. 466 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: The way most people use an elliptical, there's not a 467 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: chance that that hour running at the same intensity or 468 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: at the same intent. I don't even have to go there. 469 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 1: It's not comfortable. And pulled one quote from a study 470 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: that I will get to in the next show. You 471 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 1: burn about half the amount of calories on an elliptical 472 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: compared to what you burn on a treadmill in the 473 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: same amount of time. If you go by mets half, 474 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: if you go by metabolic equivalent, how hard you're working, 475 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,400 Speaker 1: you go wait, the perceived exertion just you don't get 476 00:31:54,400 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 1: more by doing less, And that's okay, that's okay, all right. Takeaway, 477 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: it's how you use it. Listen. You can get on 478 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: a treadmill and you can go at a really easy pace, 479 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: and you can go on an elliptical and go a 480 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: little bit harder, use the upper body and get a 481 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: great workout in and maybe exceed, depending on a variety 482 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:22,480 Speaker 1: of factors, exceed caloric expenditure. But that's not the most 483 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 1: important factor. It's how often you use your cardio. So 484 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: if you are running and that's great for you, awesome. 485 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: If you're using an elliptical you know frequently and that's 486 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: working for you, awesome. Focus more on food. I didn't 487 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: want to have to go there, but it's it's take 488 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: that you know into the equation and stop exercising just 489 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: to burn calories and lose weight. I did the show. 490 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: You If you can't outrun your fork, you certainly can't 491 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: out elliptical it. There you go sounds kind of cool. Actually, 492 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever said out elliptically your fork 493 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: until today. But you can't. You can't do either. So 494 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: being so attached to the weight loss numbers, but I 495 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: want you to have the accurate ones. And this is 496 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: another reason you're not getting the results you want. And 497 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: I know this is tough. It's one thing to get 498 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: bad information from someone who you know is just a 499 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: hack in the industry, and there's another thing to say, 500 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,160 Speaker 1: wait a minute, the machine is telling me this, I know. 501 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: And that's why I've done the shows already on accuracy 502 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: of fitness trackers and things like that. I wish it 503 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: were different, it's not. I wish it were all right, 504 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: cut it in half you'll be good. As as depressing 505 00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: as that can sound, but it's so much more than 506 00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: the than just the weight loss. And one of the 507 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: studies just throw it out there before I go into 508 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: the you know next show for the next time, heart 509 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: rate and ratings have perceived exertion during treadmill and elliptical 510 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: exercise training. And that's one again that they kind of 511 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 1: muddy the waters talk about perceived exertion and how that 512 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 1: is going to bring the elliptical up to par equal 513 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: footing pun intended as a treadmill. No, no, and there 514 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,440 Speaker 1: you have it. So how do you get the most 515 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:10,040 Speaker 1: out of your elliptical, same way that I've given you 516 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,640 Speaker 1: for all types of cardio already you want variation. Some 517 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 1: days you get on your elliptical steady state. Other days 518 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: you get on do some intervals. Other days you get 519 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 1: on do a tempo workout. Tempo workout is you know 520 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,920 Speaker 1: you might go five minutes easy warm up and then 521 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: go six or seven out of ten for ten, fifteen minutes, 522 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,799 Speaker 1: whatever it is, and then a cool down. Intervals are 523 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: same warm up, go really really hard nine eight or 524 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:42,440 Speaker 1: nine out of ten for thirty seconds forty five seconds, 525 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: recover for twice as long as the work interval, or 526 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,520 Speaker 1: three times, and do that a bunch of times. So 527 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:50,359 Speaker 1: it's variation, it's how you use it. Some days, if 528 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: you have the upper body part to your elliptical, you 529 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,440 Speaker 1: do that. Other days just focus on the leg, go harder. 530 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,560 Speaker 1: All of this variation will take any piece of exercise 531 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,400 Speaker 1: equipment you have and change the outcome. It is truly 532 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: in the way that you use it. Just because I 533 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 1: don't use an elliptical doesn't mean all of you shouldn't. 534 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: At some point, I do other things to cross train, 535 00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,520 Speaker 1: and you should too. Mix it up. Find what you like, 536 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: and that is what I'm hammering home here on Fitness Disrupted. 537 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 1: Find your cardio, find your strength, find your food. And 538 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: it's different for everyone. But now you have the numbers 539 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: and you have the science. Some of you are like, Okay, 540 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: I really need to hear more about those studies. You 541 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: got the basics, and for those of you who do 542 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:38,200 Speaker 1: want more, it will be coming up soon. All right, 543 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. This was This was eye opening 544 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: to me, which is again surprising doing a deeper dive 545 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:50,840 Speaker 1: into the confusion with the equations and the weight loss 546 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:52,759 Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. But I love it 547 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:56,759 Speaker 1: and I will do that research for you. All right. 548 00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: Let me throw one final thing out that kind of 549 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,680 Speaker 1: skipped over unintentionally, but it's not weight bearing. And so 550 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,360 Speaker 1: for those of you with you know, bone mineral density, 551 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,400 Speaker 1: bone issues strengthening, you know that's one of the benefits 552 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:13,400 Speaker 1: of impact is that you are getting that bone density benefit. 553 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: All right, So if you have those issues, just know 554 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,840 Speaker 1: that too. But it's what you use consistently that is 555 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:24,919 Speaker 1: the best for you. Thank you for listening. Please subscribe 556 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,840 Speaker 1: to the podcast, rate the show, if you can comment, 557 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,600 Speaker 1: and if you want to reach out Tom h Fit Instagram, 558 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:34,560 Speaker 1: Tom h Fit Twitter, Fitness Disrupted dot com email you 559 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,319 Speaker 1: through the site. 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