Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Cross Training Benefits

By Olivia Weston

Current advice to everyone is ensure that regular exercise is taken. This can be easier said that done - especially when gym memberships are so expensive. Also, leaving the house to take exercise - i.e. jogging requires motivation which not everyone can drum up - especially in the winter months.

If neither the gym nor the jog are for you, then why not work out from home? Its much easier to find the time to do this as you can fit in an hour or so around your day to day business. A cross trainer is a perfect machine to use for this.

Enjoy Your Exercise

Cross Trainers provide a variety of exercise programmes to suit your needs, giving you a range of different exercises - more fun than the very dull treadmill.

Not Noisy

Whilst you work out on your Cross Trainer you will probably want to listen to music or even watch TV. As Cross Trainers are generally very quiet, the only sounds that will interrupt will be your own heavy breathing! This means you will be able to enjoy your music or TV without the volume up full blast.

Benefits Of A Cross Training Workout

Use The Whole Body

Elliptical cross training involves using both the upper and lower body which will bring naturally bring more muscles into the workout. This helps to increase the heart rate and therefore burns more calories.

Cardio Benefits

Cardio is a great way to lose body fat and drastically improve all round fitness.

Cardio For Good Health

Enjoying good quality sleep and having more energy is one of the benefits of taking part in cross training. You will also see an all round improvement in your general well being.

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