Sunny SF-E3914 Elliptical/Stepper Machine | Pro Cardio Climber

The Sunny SF-E3914 Elliptical/Stepper Machine combines all the benefits and advantages of a traditional home elliptical machine with a stair stepper’s small footprint and intense workout potential. The 10-inch vertical, 5.5 inches horizontal, and 11.5-inch overall stride length create a unique climbing motion that maximizes workout efficiency.

The smooth motion of the SF-E3914 puts users in a rhythmic whole-body calorie-burning workout. Isolate and target your lower body muscles by cranking up the resistance to focus on your hamstrings, glutes, quads, and more! Engage your upper body for a full-body exercise experience with the upper body motion arms.

The Sunny SF-E3914 Elliptical/Stepper has a fitness monitor with an LCD that keeps track of time, distance, total distance (ODO), calories burned, speed, pulse, and goals. Unfortunately, the pulse reading function is grip-only. It cannot read your pulse from a heart rate chest strap or other devices.

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XTERRA Fitness RSX1500 Recumbent/Stepper | Low Impact

You can use the XTERRA Fitness RSX1500 Recumbent/Stepper in your home gym for fitness enthusiasts of any skill level who want a low-impact workout. Seated steppers are ideal for those with disabilities or mobility problems, as they are easier to climb than upright ellipticals. In addition, it is a medium-duty machine, capable of handling user weights up to 300 pounds.

The RSX1500 recumbent stepper uses 24 Magnetic Brake resistance levels utilizing an eddy current brake (the best type). Magnetic resistance has the advantage of no friction, reliability, little to no maintenance costs, and quiet operation.

The XTERRA Fitness RSX1500 fitness monitor features a large, easy-to-read blue and yellow backlit LCD screen that displays everything from speed and distance to calories and heart rate. The 24 motivating programs include 13 Preset, one body fat, 1 watt, four custom, one target heart rate, four heart rate control (55%, 65%, 75%, 85%), and manual.

The RSX1500 high-quality seating features a contoured mesh back support and a high-resiliency foam seat pad – designed for long-lasting comfort and support while the mesh back keeps you cool and comfortable. In addition, the seat handlebar features convenient heart rate sensors, and it pivots back out of the way for easy entry/exit.

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Sunny SF-E3911 Cardio Climber | Get Toned and Burn Calories

The Sunny SF-E3911 Cardio Climber with Climbing Motion takes full-body home gym machines to the next level! Get explosive calorie-busting workouts in a space-efficient and optimal home exercise elliptical. Focus on your lower body muscles – quads, glutes, and hamstrings or go for full-body training using the swinging upper body handlebars.

The SF-E3911 features an extended vertical and horizontal stride length, producing a fluid climbing motion to engage your whole body—Fine-tune the intensity level of your workouts to align with your fitness goals. You’ll get toned and burn calories with this full-body home gym fitness machine.

The Sunny SF-E3911 Cardio Climber has a fitness monitor featuring an LCD that tracks your exercise sessions and measures time, speed, distance, calories burned, and an odometer. Secure your smart device onto the device holder and follow along with your favorite Sunny Health & Fitness workout videos.

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Body Power StepTrac BST800 | More Than Just a Cardio Machine

Step up to the Body Power StepTrac BST800 Elliptical/Stepper Trainer with Curve-Crank Technology for the ultimate workout. This machine delivers a smooth exercise with the ease of an elliptical and a vertical stepper.

Curve-crank technology allows for a more efficient motion, which means you’ll get more out of your cardio workout. With dual-action handlebars and an elliptical and vertical climber motion, this machine can exercise both leg and arm muscles for a total upper- and lower-body workout.

More than just a cardio machine, this stepper provides a full-body workout in the comfort of your own home. It features different resistance levels to customize any training to your ability level. In addition, an ergonomic resistance knob positioned conveniently on the center of the bike’s body allows you to quickly and safely adjust the resistance level while still exercising.

This machine includes a 12-minute workout video displayed on the machine’s LCD screen. In addition, this fitness monitor LCD screen also displays the distance, time, speed, RPM, calories burned, and pulse heart rate. Pulse monitoring is via the integrated HR pulse sensors on the fixed handlebars.

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Bowflex Max Trainer M3 | 14 Minute High-Intensity Cardio Training

The Bowflex Max Trainer M3 is the most affordable option in the Max Trainer line. It doesn’t have all the features and programs of the M9, but it still offers zero joint impact and burns many calories in a short workout.

The M3 is a superior alternative to an elliptical and achieves that goal in many respects. For example, an independent study found that people working out at the same intensity for the same amount of time burned 2.5x the calories on the Max Trainer than on the elliptical.

The Bowflex M3 has two workout programs, Manual and Max Interval (for automatic interval training). The machine also allows you to choose from 8 resistance levels to adjust the workout’s difficulty. As you build up your stamina and get in better shape over time, you can gradually crank up the resistance to keep reaching higher levels.

The display is well-designed and includes easy-to-read indicators for calories burned and your burn rate (a good measure of intensity). In addition, you can monitor your heart rate with the included chest strap. However, it’s less convenient than having the machine automatically measure it for you through the contact grips. In addition, wireless HR chest straps are also more accurate.

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