>elliptical is ok, bad for the back though.
Sometimes I get low back pain while using it
It sucks because it's the perfect form of cardio to watch series while doing it
Both take up minimal amount of space, aren't too expensive ( Jumprope is at most $5-10, a superb exercise bike is like $300, cheaper if you find one used locally), require little maintenance, safest on your joints if you are overweight/obese, and the best bang for your buck in terms of effort and calories bunred.
5 minutes of jumprope at 170 jumps per minute is over a 100 calories. You will be drenched in sweat.
At a few notches above minimal resistance, you can ride a bike for hours. Put o n a show and movie (Or even a game) and two birds with one stone.
how is jump rope safer on your joints than biking/the elliptical??
I meant compared to something HIIT like running. Biking is def safer.
Bike is probably the best bang for buck LISS(though it can be monotonous).
For HIIT, jump rope is second only to swimming.
Hey op,
Research generally shows that for heart health sprinting is best.
You can do sprints on the treadmill, its okay, but its better to do them on ground.
Maintain a full sprint for as long as you possibly can then rest until your heart rate is back to what it was before the sprint and then start another sprint. Repeat until you get too tired.
There is no such research, this is just cope propagated by those who live in car-dependent shitholes where you can't even maintain a non-sedentary lifestyle by even walking anywhere, let alone do non-machine (non-boring) cardio without risking your life.
If you're walking at least close to 10k steps a day, doing some z1 for 1-2 hours and z2 for half an hour a week, all in at least 30 minute long sessions, you're on the right track to not getting a heart attack trying to move furniture when you're 70.
For indoors I prefer incline treadmill. It forces you to keep a steady pace and burn calories. Stairmaster is okay but it puts too much stress on the joints.
Both take up minimal amount of space, aren't too expensive ( Jumprope is at most $5-10, a superb exercise bike is like $300, cheaper if you find one used locally), require little maintenance, safest on your joints if you are overweight/obese, and the best bang for your buck in terms of effort and calories bunred.
5 minutes of jumprope at 170 jumps per minute is over a 100 calories. You will be drenched in sweat.
At a few notches above minimal resistance, you can ride a bike for hours. Put o n a show and movie (Or even a game) and two birds with one stone.
Machines are prefererable when the weather is too bad for outside sports. If it's boiling hot or freezing cold it's very hard to have a meaningful session
elliptical and air bike
honorable mention to rowing machine
swimming is king but inconvenient as daily cardio, unless you live a short distance from a large body of water
any other reply is moronic and cope or worse than everything i said
I use my echo bike for warmups but my actual cardio is rucking on an incline with 65 lbs. Honestly don't know why more people don't ruck, it's a cardio cheat code.
Treadmill and bike are the only options because your hands are free to zone out into thirty minutes of Instagram reels and by the time you break free and look up from your phone, your cardio is done.
Imo stairmaster is the best
air bike
Oh
The one you enjoy the most and use every day
Will cardio make muh dick work again
frick yeah
HOW MUCH
an hour a day makes dick work agane
ah frick it then
All of them except the elliptical are pretty great. Even that is useful if you're fat.
I choose the elliptical every time when i want to do some cardio. I guess it’s over for me.
Elliptical you are weightless so its best for saving your joints while still doing cardio.
the machine of torture
Where's the erg rower OP? That's the answer.
jump rope, bike
elliptical is ok, bad for the back though.
Why is it bad for the back?
I assume it's because people grip the handles too hard, and this puts pressure on their back without proper leg support (because of the foot paddles)
>elliptical is ok, bad for the back though.
Sometimes I get low back pain while using it
It sucks because it's the perfect form of cardio to watch series while doing it
Just inject heroin into your veins, it will raise your BPM without all those extra steps
I bought the ligma t970 last year and haven’t looked back. best thing i could’ve done
never heard of a ligma whats that?
I've been loving the stair machine recently, it's just so effective and it feels like it's going to improve my squats a lot as well.
*ahem*
Once I read an anon here that listened to sea shanties while rowing lol, this machine is really fun
yup, it's the erg
how is jump rope safer on your joints than biking/the elliptical??
I meant compared to something HIIT like running. Biking is def safer.
Bike is probably the best bang for buck LISS(though it can be monotonous).
For HIIT, jump rope is second only to swimming.
Ding ding ding! Winner
JUST FRICKING SWIM!!!!!!
>Just cover your skin of chemicals and pee bro
what exactly do you think is already in tap water?
>fails to mimic actual water
you had one fricking job butthole
Hey op,
Research generally shows that for heart health sprinting is best.
You can do sprints on the treadmill, its okay, but its better to do them on ground.
Maintain a full sprint for as long as you possibly can then rest until your heart rate is back to what it was before the sprint and then start another sprint. Repeat until you get too tired.
Show me this research, this sounds more fun than running slowly for 50 minutes
There is no such research, this is just cope propagated by those who live in car-dependent shitholes where you can't even maintain a non-sedentary lifestyle by even walking anywhere, let alone do non-machine (non-boring) cardio without risking your life.
If you're walking at least close to 10k steps a day, doing some z1 for 1-2 hours and z2 for half an hour a week, all in at least 30 minute long sessions, you're on the right track to not getting a heart attack trying to move furniture when you're 70.
An actual bicycle
For indoors I prefer incline treadmill. It forces you to keep a steady pace and burn calories. Stairmaster is okay but it puts too much stress on the joints.
For HIIT Jumprope
For LISS an exercise bike.
Both take up minimal amount of space, aren't too expensive ( Jumprope is at most $5-10, a superb exercise bike is like $300, cheaper if you find one used locally), require little maintenance, safest on your joints if you are overweight/obese, and the best bang for your buck in terms of effort and calories bunred.
5 minutes of jumprope at 170 jumps per minute is over a 100 calories. You will be drenched in sweat.
At a few notches above minimal resistance, you can ride a bike for hours. Put o n a show and movie (Or even a game) and two birds with one stone.
a japanese gf
My dream in life is to fly to Japan and impregnate as many bbw breeding sows as I can.
They don't have those in Japan. They have to be architected.
Rowing machine.
I would rather kill myself than use an exercise bike or treadmill as long as outdoors exists. For me it's the elliptical.
Machines are prefererable when the weather is too bad for outside sports. If it's boiling hot or freezing cold it's very hard to have a meaningful session
>when the weather is too bad for outside sports
No such thing.
> boiling hot
Wtf? U live on venus homie?
Machines are for fatasses. Just go outside ya b***h
>not going for comfy winter runs
ngmi
elliptical and air bike
honorable mention to rowing machine
swimming is king but inconvenient as daily cardio, unless you live a short distance from a large body of water
any other reply is moronic and cope or worse than everything i said
I use my echo bike for warmups but my actual cardio is rucking on an incline with 65 lbs. Honestly don't know why more people don't ruck, it's a cardio cheat code.
I like the stepping stair because my quads get sore.
But for big heart gains you probably want something that goes faster.
Treadmill and bike are the only options because your hands are free to zone out into thirty minutes of Instagram reels and by the time you break free and look up from your phone, your cardio is done.
for me, it's the Cybex Arc Trainer