I want to pull the trigger on a machine for home and it's between this and an elliptical. Any reviews from the losers bench?

Yeah' date=' they make great places to hang up clothes

I got one and realized how bored stiff I was using it, even watching TV while doing it I would get soooo bored. I joined a gym and swim now which for some reason I am OK with - not bored at all.[/quote']

See, I hate the gym and it's totally because of the clientele. Between the half naked girls in full makeup doing nothing but standing around or sitting on machines (not working out) and the meatheads who yell and grunt like they are giving birth it's so annoying. I know I should just block them out but I can't! LOL for now I just go at weird times to avoid them.

With childcare as a major reason I don't get to the gym as much as I want, having a machine in my home would be perfect. :-)

... the meatheads who yell and grunt like they are giving birth it's so annoying. I know I should just block them out but I can't!

Yeah, they drive me nuts too, good thing I can't hear them under water while I swim. I actually heard a guy grunting in the locker room, every time he put on a sock or underwaer he would let out a grunt. I almost asked him if he was that out of shape that just the effort of pulling up a sock was grunt worthy. The are such drama queens

We used to have the treadclimbers in my local 24 hr fitness club, but they got rid of them because they would break down a lot. The ones that they had didn't go past 4.0 mph. Not sure if the one's I've seen on t.v. have that same limit, but check before you buy. You can easily work up to that much quickly and especially if it's at home.

I personally love the elliptical. I would want one like at the gym because whenever I get "in my zone", I'm sure I'm pretty hard on the machine (as I go faster in the zone and keep it there a while). We have secondhand sports stores here in the metroplex of Dallas called "Play It Again Sports." Not sure where you are, but check if you have those locally and if you call around, you might luck out and find a good machine for a deal.

Also, we have Sear's outlets in the metroplex here. They MIGHT have some machines there (MIGHT). They carry scratch and dent stuff, but a couple hundred off would be some incentive.

I wish you only the best of luck and success!

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! Reading more reviews online and they are very mixed...for a machine that expensive I'm not sure it will be worth it.

The hunt is on!

Hey BKMama, they have kid care at my gym, I go to 24 hour fitness (my hubby works there part time). They charge $4 a kiddo now each time you go unfortunately but they have care there for specific hours, which to me is great because I have no family beyond my son and kiddo. It's a lower charge if you use autopayments to your bank account for it, but IDK how much less.

I go to the gym and ignore everyone else to be rather honest. The only reason that I like going is I'm an "outta the house" girl (aka gypsy at heart I guess lol). When I get bored there, I watch multiple t.v. screens, watch other people's reactions, change locations to keep it interesting.... Plus the gym, I can do machine workouts, personal training AND a myriad of various classes without having to upkeep a machine. All of these choices, I believe, are going to help me "trick" my body into continuing to lose weight (or so I hope!).

IDK to me it's worth it, but to each his own. Long as you get some sort of activity in, I think you are rocking it!

Yes I have a treadclimber and just started back using it this week. It is a heck of a work out and targets so MANY areas of your body. I started out walking on it the first few days with treadmill put together. Saturday I seperated the treadmill part and worked it out. I am walking on it for 15-18 minutes. It is very hard but I am going to get it mastered.....lol. It always feel like you are going up hill or stairs. It will not beat me. Good luch and if u have any question let me know.

I love the tredclimber