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caden0925 · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Denver, Colorado

What would burn more calories? Running in general for an hour or this elliptical machine?
http://www.nordictrack.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product2_12401_10301_21051_-1_19053

caden0925 · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Denver, Colorado

anybody?

Boss Man · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:21 am Post subject:

Well I'm not too in the know with Elipticals, don't use them, but for the flexability and adaptability you obviously get with running workouts, I'd say running would.

caden0925 · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Denver, Colorado

Hmm idk what to think. Some sites say running and most say elliptical. But the site you said on that one post
calorie-count.com said elliptical - moderate which is wat i do burns 714 calories in 70 minutes and running burns 572 in 70 minutes

Boss Man · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:30 am Post subject:

Well why the need to burn 700 at once. Seems a bit extreme to me, unless you're training for something like a Marathon, Tri-athlon etc etc.

You can increase running calorie burn anyway, by finding steeper terrain, increasign your pace, running with a weighted back-pack on etc etc.

P.S. depending on when people come on here, and who it is, sometimes queires get left unanswered for longer than 3 hours, sometimes less, so don't worry too much if that happens, it's not people not caring, it's just the way most messageboards work.

caden0925 · Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 36 Location: Denver, Colorado

Yeah.. anyways thanks for the help =]]
I appreciate it

swanso5 · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:47 am Post subject:

i would say running as your moving your own bodyweight where on the elliptical you don't...also if looking for calorie use per mode of exercise you should really look at TOTAL calories burnt not just what's burnt when actually doing it...cardio like that will burn more caloreis per hour but a solid wts session will burn more overall from raised metabolism as well as sprints and interval work

sameey70 · Joined: 10 Oct 2006 Posts: 247 Location: Atlanta, Ga

Any activity that causes a calorie deficit will promote fat loss, no matter the machine. The calories burned depends on the intensity and duration of the activity. Elliptical work can be very challenging if you set the resistance high enough. I suggest not focusing on the machine itself, but the quality of your workout.

alaL · Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 2

skipping using a jumping rope, is it a cardio exercise? can this burn fats? calories? or carbs?

Boss Man · Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: