Thursday Thirteen Reasons I’m Getting An Elliptical
The time is coming…. Unfortunately, Mr. JM and I can’t afford to get the elliptical we want this weekend (pout) but in a couple weeks (next pay) it’s going to be ‘elliptical, here we come!’ I’m very excited about getting the elliptical. Excited enough to make a list about it…
Thirteen Reasons I’m Getting An Elliptical
1. We found a reasonably priced one. (The first ones we looked at were over $1000 AUD. We’ve found ones that are less than half that.)
2. I’ve fallen in love with one particular machine. We went down to the showroom and I found one that I wanted to take home that day.
3. It’s forcing me and the husband to clean up the spare room. More fitness and it’s about darn time we dealt with that visual wreck.
4. It’s a home machine and that works great for my work-at-home lifestyle.
5. It’s a home machine - both the hubby and I can use it! (Unlike my gym membership.)
6. It’s a one-off cost instead of a monthly thing.
7. Non-impact running/walking! Great in general but extra great for hubby’s dodgy knees.
8. The model I love converts into a stair-stepper. Yum. Tight bum, here I come.
9. You can run/walk forward or in reverse, smoothly working all your muscles.
10. The elliptical is the one affordable machine that well and truly kicked my behind at the gym.
11. It’s not only great for your legs and bum, it’s good for your abs, too. Learning to use it without holding onto the handle bars gets you tensing tour abs.
12. It’s long but not particularly wide, so it’s not going to take up as much room as other machines.
13. One machine for working most of your body. What more could you ask for?
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October 16th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
[...] Block Nonsense by JM I was cleaning in our spare room the other day in an effort to make room for the new elliptical and get rid of the masses of junk we have in there. While going through my things, I found my old [...]
October 18th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Color me jealous! I would like to get a home elliptical.
When I first started working out, I couldn’t do 5 minutes on the elliptical without feeling like death was immenent. Now I do elliptical 5Ks. What a difference actually using one regularly will do!
Keep us updated on your progress!
October 19th, 2008 at 1:10 am
I can’t wait until the day I can do 5ks on the elliptical.
It’s one of the reasons I chose it. The treadmill is a bit too ‘easy’ in my opinion.
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