Cross Training Questions
Has anyone got a cross trainer?
I bought a cross trainer and used it for the first time thinking that I would only start with 10-15 mins and then build myself up over a couple of weeks (ideally would like to do 20-30 mins each time). However, I only managed to push myself to do 7 mins!! When I got off I felt dizzy and legs were shaky and felt a little sick. Im sure Im not that unfit as I have lost over 2 stone, go swimming and aqua aerobics. Does anyone else have the same problems as me? Am I the only lightweight .. lol. I know I have to build up but thought that I would be able to do it better than that!
Public Comments
- dont worry, it's probably just that you need to build up to the time you would like to do. You havent got it on a hard setting have you? 7 minutes is better than nothing and you'll soon get up to 20-30 mins you would like, when I used to use my regularly, I could go on it for 40 minutes at a time and I AM unfit.
- I use one at the gym, I was pretty much the same for the first few weeks, huffed and puffed after a couple of minutes. In two months I have managed to get up tp 25 mins, but have to pause a few times to get my breath! Are you using your arms as well as your legs? Sounds a daft question but when your legs feel tired start using your arms to push with and then vice versa, also if you have the function, go backwards as well. Make sure you also drink lots of water whilst on it. I find that listening to a good dance track helps me get into a good rythym and its easy to go along with the beat and you have cleared 3-4 mins before you realise it. Don't give up - keep going! 2 stone already is a phenomenal amount to lose, the cross training will help you tone up, especially the bum!
- yep, ur not alone. its becasue your suddenly stopping and just walking off the trainer...you need to properly warm down. with the stamina, everything takes time. set nice little goals each session. set a distance, a nice, easy to reach distance, even though it may not be overly hard to get to. every day, set a new time to beat to that distance. when you get to say 10-20 seconds below your orignal time, set your distance to say, another 200-500 metres... everything takes time. rember when you get on to just go lightly and when you finish, just go nice and slow for a minute or 2, get off and get a nice glass of water immediatly. good luck
- it's probably just that you aren't used to that kind of exercise - it's be working different muscles in a different way to what youraqua aerobics does, just don't push yourself too hard!
