How to Use an Elliptical Machine

Video Transcript

"How to use an elliptical, most people are baffled when they first start out; but it's fairly simple. You want to make sure your feet are secure inside the foot contraptions, shall we say, and all you're going to do is start moving your feet. Now as you move your feet and you move your body the elliptical actually turns on; so you'll see the lights flashing up at top. And you just want to keep a steady pace. If you keep a steady pace the machine stays on, now the machine goes off if you decide to stop your pace; and that's just a safety feature of the elliptical machine. Now when you're on here you want to make sure you look at the settings; it'll basically tell you exactly what to do, it's self explanatory. You can begin your workout, you can press a setting, or pick a setting that you choose, pick a speed, pick a resistance, and pick a time. The machine will start and stop on it's own based on what you get. So that's basically how to use an elliptical. Then when you're done, just make sure you come to an easy stop. When it's completely stopped, then you want to take your hands on the most stable part and get off."