The best cross trainer for at home

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Fit in your living room - the right cross trainer for your home

The cross trainer is a great training device for the gym, as it allows you to train your whole body without straining your joints. And what works in the gym should also be possible at home? And the cross trainer is actually better suited to home use than many comparable fitness machines - find out why this is the case and what you should look out for here.



Which cross trainers are good for training at home?

Unlike the treadmill, the elliptical cross trainer is always a very quiet machine, so you don't have to worry about the noise level, even in older buildings with good acoustics. The swing weight on the elliptical trainer whirs quietly as you train your legs, arms and back. The worst noise nuisance will therefore be felt by the neighbors below you when you pull the elliptical trainer through the living room. This brings us to an important point for the cross trainer as a home trainer: the weight. If you don't have a training room in the garage or basement, you probably don't want to have the cross trainer in the middle of the room all the time. You should therefore be able to move it easily. In this case, make sure that you don't buy a cross trainer with too much flywheel mass. A higher flywheel mass also means a higher total weight. Of course, you have to weigh up your sporting ambitions against ease of transportation.

Additional factors that you should consider are heart rate monitors in the handles and, if applicable, devices that are compatible with smartphone apps. In addition to many resistance levels for a workout that adapts to your fitness level, you should also make sure that your cross trainer offers you different programs. Interval training and targeted warm-ups and cool-downs are not only highly efficient, but also ensure that you don't get bored so quickly. After all, you don't want your cross trainer to gather dust in the corner after a few weeks. If you are just starting to train and are still carrying a lot of weight, you should also pay attention to the maximum load capacity of the cross trainer.

The best cross trainer is the best cross trainer for you

The ideal cross trainer for your home should be a piece of fitness equipment that you can use intensively for a long time. So look for a compromise between (comparatively) low weight and varied training. This means you can move the cross trainer in front of the TV when using it and always have the right program for your needs.

In our professional selection, you are sure to find the best cross trainers for your home and exactly the right one for your requirements.

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Editorial team fitnessmarkt.de (EA)

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Published on: 1 January 2018

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