Elliptical Workout

Workouts performed with the help of elliptical trainers are simply known as elliptical workouts. The elliptical trainer is useful in performing cardiovascular workouts. The specialty of elliptical trainers is that they cause minimal impact on the body and thereby, prevent any kind of damage to the joints. Moreover, these are versatile equipment which help in working on different aspects of physical fitness like strength training, endurance and interval training.

The calories burned on an elliptical trainer can be increased by alternating between high and low intensity workouts. Using elliptical workout for fat loss and other purposes is possible. Let us understand more about the elliptical machine workouts.

Six Week 30 min Elliptical PRT Plan
This elliptical trainer workout continues for 6 weeks and one has to work out on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, weight workouts are recommended. The elliptical trainer workouts on 3 days of the week shouldn't extend beyond 30 minutes. The following workout plan would help in scheduling the exercise properly.

Week/Days	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
First Week	Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 10 Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 8	Duration: 30 minutes Resistance Level: 8	Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 10 Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 8
Second Week	Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 12 Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 30 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 12 Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 10
Third Week	Duration:10 minutes Resistance Level: 12 Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 30 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 12 Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level 10
Fourth Week	Duration: 10 minutes Resistance: 13 Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 30 minutes Resistance Level: 12	Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 13 Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 10
Fifth Week	Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 14 Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 12	Duration: 30 minutes Resistance Level: 13	Duration: 20 minutes Resistance Level: 14 Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 13
Sixth Week	Duration: 15 minutes Resistance Level: 15 Duration: 8 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 10 minutes Resistance Level: 16 Duration: 8 minutes Resistance Level: 10	Duration: 12 minutes Resistance Level: 16 Duration: 8 minutes Resistance Level: 10

Elliptical Workout for Weight Loss
The elliptical machine workouts for weight loss needs to be performed at lower resistance levels. The duration or time period for these workouts should be greater as compared to other exercises. One should workout for 60 minutes at a resistance level of 2. The workout helps in burning calories if continued for at least a month. The weight loss workout should be performed 3-5 times a week.

Benefits of an Elliptical Trainer Workout
The different elliptical machine benefits and advantages or working out with these are enlisted below.

• The most important benefit of using an elliptical trainer workout is that it doesn't cause harm to the joints.
• There is no need to worry about side-effects of working out, like back pain. This is because, one has to stand with an upright posture to perform the elliptical machine workouts.
• The elliptical trainer workouts are suited for people with different levels of fitness.
• Elliptical trainer is useful for beginners as well as trained individuals. The machine can be adjusted to one's own fitness levels. One can proceed or get to the next level, just by increasing the intensity.

The elliptical machine workouts have made it easy for people of all age groups to exercise effectively. The fact that elliptical trainer workouts do not cause harm to the body joints, has led to the rise in their popularity among old people.