First, the difference between elliptical machine and treadmill
1, elliptical machine:
(1) Elliptical exercise is more comprehensive to the body, which can effectively exercise the whole body, and can exercise the arms, waist, buttocks, thighs and calves at the same time, while the treadmill mainly exercises the legs. Therefore, elliptical machine has more advantages in reducing fat and shaping, and can achieve better weight loss effect.
(2) The elliptical machine has small impact, is friendly to people with poor physical function, can effectively avoid the impact, is not easy to hurt the body, is not easy to cause sports injuries, has little impact on the knees, and can better protect the knees.
(3) The elliptical machine is relatively quiet, easy to use, suitable for home use and covers a wide age range.
2. Treadmill:
(1) The design of the treadmill is relatively simple, and the protection to the body is relatively small. People who don't exercise properly or weigh heavily are likely to hurt their knees.
(2) Treadmill is noisy, which may affect family members or neighbors, which is not conducive to the harmony between family members and neighbors.
Second, does ellipse hurt your knee?
The elliptical machine has little damage to the knee, and if used correctly, it can completely avoid hurting the knee. Compared with other sports impact-type fitness equipment, the elliptical machine slides (and while the legs slide, the arms are also doing push-pull movements, and the overall movement form is similar to skiing), which can effectively reduce the impact on the knee joint during exercise.
The above is the introduction about the difference between elliptical machine and treadmill, and the explanation that elliptical machine will not hurt your knees. I hope it will be helpful for you to buy and use elliptical machines. For more information about home appliances, please pay attention to Bian Xiao. We will escort everyone's happy life.