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Tony Little Gazelle Freestyle - Ridiculous Infomercial Review

Anything that gets your heart rate up will do you some good. So in that sense, yes it's fine, if and only if you actually get your heart rate going and break a sweat. If that isn't happening, your pretty much wasting your time.

All movement burns some calories, even tapping your foot while sitting at your desk. However, in order to count as exercise and be worth setting aside the time to do it, there needs to be some actual exertion involved, and that means getting your heart rate up.

i have a gazelle... it's under my bed, and that is where it stays. for me it was very hard to work up a sweat using it and it made my ankles sore and my toes fall asleep. at first i thought maybe i was doing it wrong, but i kept it up for a couple weeks and talked to some other people i knew about it... it never got better and everyone else felt the same as me. just my experience with it though

I can't understand why people spend so much just to lose weight! Isn't it easier, more enjoyable and alot cheaper just to walk/jog every day?

I bought a Gazelle Edge recently because I was bored with the treadmill. I started seeing a bigger weight loss immediately. I can get my heart rate up very fast, and burn about 100 calories in less than 10 minutes! Just thought I would share my success with the Gazelle Edge with anyone who may need a boost in their excercise routine!

Anything 'works', as long as there is a caloric deficit.

My definition of 'works' drastically differs your definition though. Using my definition, it doesn't work.

That said, how do you know it burns 100 calories every 10 minutes? Seems a little unrealistic to me.

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. That seems extremely intense for a machine.

Im not sure where I said anything that would require a negative response, but anyways... It has a calorie counter on it, so thats where I got that it would burn that much. I dont think that one machine "works" and I dont think I ever said that in the first place. This is MY opinion only. I thought that was obvious though.

What do you think my "definition" is anyways? Not sure how you have anything to compare it to.. All I said is that it works for me and is not a boring machine. My weight loss comes from excercise, water, and cutting my calories. Thats my definition.

Morning,

Glad it works for you! I think anything that gets you moving and motivates you to continue long-term is a useful thing.

One of the oddest things that worked for me a few years ago was (get this) shopping carts. Yes, plain old shopping carts - I idly measured the distance up and down one of my local strip malls, and found out that the full length was 1/3 a mile. Thus, if I walked that 3 times, I'd effectively walk a mile each time! Not only that, but my son could sleep in the cart or watch the scenery go by.

That was super for me, as back then, I tired easily and wasn't really committed to losing weight. At least it did get me moving!

One thing you might discover as time goes by is that your body will adapt to your current usage...and you'll have to either:

a.) Do more
b.) Add additional workouts

For me personally, I found that workout DVDs were very beneficial. Video Fitness Forum has lots of great suggestions and ideas. My favs ended up being Richard Simmons, Billy Blanks and Turbo Jam.

My comments,

Barbara

I always thought a Gazelle sounded like fun. But we have no more room here for any other machines. My best friend says we already have our own gym here.

If it works for you stick with it. I think that losing weight has to do with a variety of things and one of them is changing routine!

BTW, not sure how nice of a treadmill you have, but we found the cheaper they are the worse they are as far a performance and "fun" (if a treadmill can be fun!) We've got a really nice one now which I can't remember the name atm, but got it from a fitness shop.

I guess the reason why I'm popping in here is to add that I do workouts on both our treadmill and our elliptical to get a different type of exercise and that my body doesn't get used to the same old stuff. Plus I add in weight toning exercises (via pilates and a toning machine I have.)

Good luck!

I totally agree! I do need to start doing both that way my body doesnt get used to it.. Thanks for the input!

100 Calories in 10 minutes is very doable.

I burn 220 calories on the eliptical in 20 minutes.

Congrats on finding something that you like to do Stacy Calorie counters aren't always super correct, but its ALWAYS possible, and I think you got a bad rap in the beginning there. More power to ya!

I think you're more likely to stick to exercise if you find it fun - and challenging.

Those cal counters can definitely be off, but if you're feeling the burn and sweating - there's no "off" about that.

I think the better cal counters at least take into account your weight, but even then it's shot in the dark.