Re: treadmill + elliptical or rowing machine???

"Rita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 10:13:06 -0500, "Steve Freides"
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> wrote:
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> >"Amy Fong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I currently have a treadmill. I'm debating between getting an
elliptical
> >> or a rowing machine for variety and to go easy on my joints. Any
> >> recommendations?
> >
> >It's easiest to do nothing at all.
> >
> >If you learn how to take care of your joints and how to exercise with
good
> >technique, you can use any of these machines safely and with good
results.
> >If you learn how to strength train as a separate item from aerobic
training,
> >you will likely benefit in many ways.  I see so many people with big
bellies
> >spending an hour a day on a treadmill, bicycle, or elliptical trainer -
such
> >training does not seem to help them.
> >
> >-S-
> >http://www.kbnj.com
>
> I would never knock aerobic exercise, but weight training reduced
> fat and flab for me rather remarkably.   I think a combo of some type
> of aerobic exercise (but not necessarily an hour a day) and weight
> training works best.  The aerobic exercise benefits the heart and
> that is the chief reason to do it.  Do some weight training, with the
> compound exercises, on a regular basis and you will see results.
> If fat remains, then fewer calories is the only remaining answer.

I don't like to 'knock aerobic exercise', either, and once I started
strength training a few years ago I still kept up a fair amount of running,
swimming, and bicycling.  But within the last year or two I've discovered
combined strength/endurance training and that seems to work both for me.  I
still weight lift, I do strength/endurance training with kettlebells (my
site has more info), and I only rarely swim, bike, or run - generally a once
a week swim of 400-800 yards, a run once every few weeks, and bike ride once
every few weeks, this in contrast to my former schedule that includes
4-5x/week running and 2-3x/week biking and swimming.

You'd think that getting rid of the aerobic exercise would, at the very
least, cause my resting pulse to rise but it hasn't - it's still in the
mid-40's.  I figure that keeping my resting pulse at or below my age is good
enough for me.  Resting pulse is one of the classic indicators of aerobic
conditioning.

Steve "48 years young" Freides
http://www.kbnj.com