If I want to vary running with some other form of legwork (indoors, I fear, since it needs to be nocturnal) would experienced runners recommend an exercise bike or an ellipse machine? I run 50 miles a week, on roads/trails and treadmill, but would like to have an alternative available when I get persistent soreness in a particular muscle (as now when my right medial gastroc has been tight for a fortnight - and two MISERABLE rest days spent doing work crisis stuff didn't do a thing for it)?
I already swim sometimes, but can rarely do it for long enough to get the same cardio benefits. I also do weights.
But, hey, I've given up on Pilates 🙂. -- Jane Lumley
If I want to vary running with some other form of legwork (indoors, I fear, since it needs to be nocturnal) would experienced runners recommend an exercise bike or an ellipse machine? I run 50 miles a week, on roads/trails and treadmill, but would like to have an alternative available when I get persistent soreness in a particular muscle (as now when my right medial gastroc has been tight for a fortnight - and two MISERABLE rest days spent doing work crisis stuff didn't do a thing for it)?
I already swim sometimes, but can rarely do it for long enough to get the same cardio benefits. I also do weights.
But, hey, I've given up on Pilates 🙂.
Do both. Alternate. Throw in some stairmaster while you're at it, too. They're all going to give you a good cardio workout, and when you're a runner, that's all they're good for.
however i would suggest before plonking down a ridiculous amount of money on one of these machines that you give it a thorough try. it would be worth it to join a gym for a month, see if you'll use the machine and then get the machine. a gym membership runs less that $50 a month...and for you "special" people you can normally get a break on that price.
the only reason i use that expensive machine is because it's the one my gym has. it would take me two years of gym fees to reach the cost of that machine and in my home there wouldn't be 20 year old girls in Abercrombie workout gear strolling around my house while i used it.
if you won't use it at the gym chances are the only use it will get in your home is to hang wet clothes on.
Would you be buying? If you've already got a bike, then I'd suggest getting a mag-trainer or something like that, which turns the bike into an indoor trainer. Ellipitcal machines probably stimulate running specific muscles more than biking.
-Tony
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If I want to vary running with some other form of legwork (indoors, I fear, since it needs to be nocturnal) would experienced runners recommend an exercise bike or an ellipse machine? I run 50 miles a week, on roads/trails and treadmill, but would like to have an alternative available when I get persistent soreness in a particular muscle (as now when my right medial gastroc has been tight for a fortnight - and two MISERABLE rest days spent doing work crisis stuff didn't do a thing for it)?
I already swim sometimes, but can rarely do it for long enough to get the same cardio benefits. I also do weights.
But, hey, I've given up on Pilates 🙂. -- Jane Lumley
