The popularity of the elliptical training machine has gone without question for a very long time now.Too bad that ellipticals aren’t helpful when it comes to fat-burning and weight-loss. You’ll usually find a lot of elliptical enthusiasts in a weight loss forum.

A well respected magazine, Men’s Health, has come out very critically about the popular ellipticals, but there still isn’t much reason except for having bad knees for using one. Assuming each knee on your body is doing pretty well, you need to stay away from the ellipticals. Here are a few points about ellipticals that should change your mind.

The proof is in the pudding, and for most people, there’s very little in the way of positive results to show for a lot of time spent on those machines. The bottom like is that they can’t be trusted. Sure, they tell you all those calories were burned, but somehow your body always stays the same or gets worse.

Do you realize that the calories displayed on the screen are usually 33% or more higher than reality?

You can read about how a person on the Biggest Loser TV show thinks that ellipticals just don’t make you work hard enough to make them do any good. My rule of thumb is that if you’re not feeling like you’re working out, you’re not working out. In short, ellipticals will not give you rapid weight loss.

That leads us to the ultimate reason ellipticals should be shunned: they cater to the dark side of us. What I mean is that people are always looking for the easiest way to get what they want, and that’s why ellipticals are so popular.

Just think about what happens when there are an equal number of treadmills and elliptical machines: people gravitate to the ellipticals because they are easy.

So ellipticals are easy, but they are not going to get the weight loss that you want. You cheat yourself by wasting your time looking for a care-free solution. When you lose 20 pounds it will because you quit the elliptical trainers.

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