Elliptical cross trainers are easily one of the best available machines for burning calories and improving your cardiovascular health – and they are one of the only ways of doing so without constant impact on your knees, legs and hips, which can cause discomfort over time.
Yet ellipticals are also expensive machines with a lot of moving parts that can easily break down. As a result, it is best if you go with a well known elliptical cross trainer brand, so that you know that you are getting a reliable machine that will give you the benefits you want without wearing down or breaking over time.
Popular Elliptical Brands
Precor is easily one of the best elliptical brands in the country. They are best known for providing gym quality equipment that can withstand extensive use, and most of their products have a number of different features, including incline and resistance options, several pre-programmed workout routines, and a variety of additional technological features. Precor is also one of the most expensive brands available, primarily due to their reliability and quality.
Icon is one of the primary budget brands for ellipticals. As such, it is the number one elliptical manufacturer in the world, and creates elliptical cross trainers for such well known brands as Reebok and Nordic Track. Icon’s quality is not going to be nearly as good as Precor and other expensive models, but they are budget machines and not designed to withstand as much use.
- Fitness Quest
Fitness Quest is similar to Icon, in that they manufacture elliptical cross trainers for other, more well known brands. They, too, manufacture budget machines, and you have very likely seen their ellipticals on infomercials for some of the more “modern” ellipticals of varying efficacy.
- LifeFitness
Like Precor, LifeFitness distributes some of the highest quality ellipticals available, especially designed for weight loss and long term fitness goals. Unlike Precor, however, they also offer some budget models, though their budget models are still generally over $1000. LifeFitness has some of the best ellipticals for overweight individuals.
Though you may not recognize the Nautilus name, you no doubt recognize some of the brands they manufacture under, including BowFlex and Schwinn. Nautilus manufacturers some of the more expensive home ellipticals – they are not quite as durable as Precor, but they are fairly high quality for home gym equipment.
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