http://collegecandy.com/2008/01/08/an-inconvenient-truth-about-elliptical-machines/ Advice on student style, collegiate dating discussion guides, relationship advice and women's studies. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://collegecandy.com/2008/01/08/an-inconvenient-truth-about-elliptical-machines/#comment-428 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:47:22 +0000 http://www.collegecandy.com/body/6536#comment-428 A lot of people use these machines incorrectly anyway. First of all, if you do a quick start and you don't put in your weight, that skews the calorie burn counter. Second, if the machine doesn't have a heart rate monitor, that also skews it. Third, people tend to think the elliptical is easy because (especially for LifeFitness machines) they don't keep their heels down. Try keeping your heels down while you do it – it's that much harder. Lastly, these machines are never accurate to the exact number. You want to keep up the resistance (try a machine on a higher level than 1 or 2) and again, for ellipticals, keep your heels down!

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