P1SWRT

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Anyone bought one and are seeing good results. I'm tempted to buy one in an effort to loose a few pounds before I get married in July.

Any suggestions which one to avoid and which are better for around the £250.00 mark

Thanks for any help
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Rob

davegtt

Lazy *******, get outside, you'll enjoy it more rather than getting bored of your new toy after 2 or 3 goes

Matteeboy

As Dave says, you are far better off getting some decent running shoes or a bike. Indoor machines get very dull very quickly. And that's from a lifelong gym bore.

Ian

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i just got a slam man off egay to help me lose abit, quite fun

Matteeboy

Slam Man stuff doesn't last long if you hit it properly...!

stilover

Never a truer word written. I bought a Slam-man a couple years ago. Used it twice a week for a couple months.

It now just sits in the corner collecting dust. Punch it ever now & then (mostly after a few drinks) and neither the last 2 girlfriends liked it. They say it's staring at them

It's just something else to dust ATM.

Saying that though, I am thinking about getting a Treadmill.

Scoobychick

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In my opinion you're better off going to a gym. Unless you spend lots of money on home equipment it's not going to be as good as the pro stuff and will probably end up used as a clothes rack. I had a home treadmill which did exactly this, I ended up giving it away I also find that being in a gym makes me work harder than if I was at home because I'm so busy trying not to look pathetic in front of everyone else

P1SWRT

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In a perfect world I would get outside..... I wanted to do something until it was light enough at night to ride out on my bike as I'm not a complete cabbage and usually at work by 8am and not home til 7pm

Lydia72

I bought a treadmill last year, I love outdoor walking if we go to the Lakes or the Peaks but where we live it's flat as a pancake, at least I can put the t'mill on an incline.
It works for me; I do an hour each day, usually watching TV at the same time and a set programme on the machine so I'm not tempted to slack off.
I know if I joined a gym I would find excuses not to go (no time, bad weather etc etc) and I don't fancy going for a run by myself in the dark so having something at home suits my lifestyle. I have had a couple of items in the past though that were more useful for hanging clothes on , I think with this the various programmes make the difference because I don't want the machine to beat me IYKWIM.

Matteeboy

P1 - if you have a bike just get some proper lights. £100 gets you decent ones. Night riding is great fun!

Bits I did buy for home and still use two or three times a week are:

Powerbar pull up bar.
Decent dumbells.
A decent heavy (30kg) bag for kickboxing stuff.
Exercise mat

Errors are:
Ab roller
Swiss ball

DYK

Have to say probably the best and one of my favorite for an all over body workout is the Rowing Machine.Been on it today and just turned up the resistance a touch for a hard workout..GRRRRRRRR

kingofturds

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Diet is 80% of weight loss the cross trainer is a good low impact exercise on the joints though

Gear Head

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Agree with the opinion that you are probably better off down the gym, but if you are going to get a cross trainer, spend a bit of money on it. Don't get a cheapo argos make one. They fall apart in weeks.

I recently got one of those cheap steppers. Had to do a 50 minute session on it just to build up a sweat. By that time, I had melted the plastic cable wheel! Whoops!

astraboy

as said above, cross trainer is good if you have injuries, it also exercises the entire body so it really shoots your heartrate up.

Personally, and I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I'm getting really good results from running atm.I used to hate it, but I'm rapidly changing my opinion the better I get at it. It helps that I'm pretty much vegan during the day, only eat fruit, salad and drink water, so I'm losing a lot of weight too.
astraboy.

j4ckos mate

i got really bored crosstrainers.

finalzero

There is a great cross trainer, it looks just like your sofa and comes with a TV remote control (translated: x-trainers are ****e unless you fork out grands for em i.e. get proper gym ones)

NAY93WRX

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Don't bother with a home crosstrainer.

Either go jogging/cycling or join the gym where you can do everything and don't forget swimming too.

davyboy

I had a cross trainer once, I thought it was his motivational style.....but he was just really an angry young man all the time.

rb5_336

Exactly, I always suffer some form of calm or other leg muscle issues with a lot of running. So also using a cross trainer is ideal foer me.

I trained for duathlons over 3 years, and the cross trainer had the biggest impact on my fitness. 45 mins on there with your heart rate at a sufficient level and you'll get fit in no time.

My ideal situation is:
20 mins run
20 mins cross train
20 mins cycle

Sean