Cross Trainer advice needed
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Tie the trainers and put on some clothes.Paramount said:
Split the cash between me and Para.
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I know its not what you asked for, but £300 could get you a years gym membership. Then you would have access to a cross trainer and much more equiptment.
I know plenty of people who have bought tredmills, bikes etc and they just sit in the corner of the garage after a few months.
I know plenty of people who have bought tredmills, bikes etc and they just sit in the corner of the garage after a few months.
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Trainers: £50, use of pavement: £free (shut up, feebly knee'd.... dandelions)hyper_piper45 said:
A bike: £120, speed-o: £15, use of roads: £free
In one fell swoop I have proved tredmills and trainer bikes to be useless in the home.
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Gym membership: £100
Advice: £200
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Advice: £200
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you need to work out how much space you have, some of the cross trainers are quite large (deceptivly so) also check the hight available (the ones at my gym give you another 1.5ft in hight!).
then work out what you want to be able to do, do you want it to give you a heart rate mesurement? do you want it to be able to change resistance so you can keep your HR at one level (ie for cardio/fat burn etc).
it realy is down to what you are looking for, but as people have said £300 would net you atleast a years gym membership easly so I'd realy go for that as your WAY more likly to go and USE it when you've paid.
where are you getting a gym membership for £100?
then work out what you want to be able to do, do you want it to give you a heart rate mesurement? do you want it to be able to change resistance so you can keep your HR at one level (ie for cardio/fat burn etc).
it realy is down to what you are looking for, but as people have said £300 would net you atleast a years gym membership easly so I'd realy go for that as your WAY more likly to go and USE it when you've paid.
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where are you getting a gym membership for £100?
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VeNT said:
I'd like to know that too! Our council run gym is £40pm (£480pa) and the private one is £55pm (£660pa)!!!
I bought a cheap £150 one from JJB which lasted around 18months of pure solid use.
Recently bought the same one again, 2nd hand for around £50 from a friend which had only been used a couple of times.
So try looking in the 2nd hand ads, or try JJB.
Recently bought the same one again, 2nd hand for around £50 from a friend which had only been used a couple of times.
So try looking in the 2nd hand ads, or try JJB.
mines 39 PCM for gym and pool unlimited use (non councle jobbie too) its quite nice aswell.
the councle one is the same for just the gym and its always packed, has less space and equipment etc and smells, the one I go to even has TVs on every bike/cross trainer/stepper type machine, simpsons + bike = win.
the councle one is the same for just the gym and its always packed, has less space and equipment etc and smells, the one I go to even has TVs on every bike/cross trainer/stepper type machine, simpsons + bike = win.
The best thing you can do is go to a large fitness warehouse and try them out. Nearly all makes of X-Trainer feel slightly differen't, some will feel really awkward to use and make you feel like your ankles are getting twisted.
I tried some out at www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk as they have large places all over the country (didn't end up buying one though!) anf the difference between angled/fixed/pivoted foot plates was immense!
I tried some out at www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk as they have large places all over the country (didn't end up buying one though!) anf the difference between angled/fixed/pivoted foot plates was immense!
Some good opinions there
The reason Im getting something for the house is that I dont have the time to get to a Gym. Its also something that the GF is interested in, and 2 Gym fees is out of the question. I get home late and leave early so any spare time is spent with my partner + daughter.
I had thought about a treadmill but they're a bit too pricey.
The reason Im getting something for the house is that I dont have the time to get to a Gym. Its also something that the GF is interested in, and 2 Gym fees is out of the question. I get home late and leave early so any spare time is spent with my partner + daughter.
I had thought about a treadmill but they're a bit too pricey.