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I am... well, heavier than I should be, and because of problematic knees, I don't exercise as much as I should. Running is painful, and treadmills just bring the pain inside. On a trial gym membership, I discovered that the elliptical trainer was perfect, though - no impact to bring pain to the knees; unfortunately, my budget doesn't allow me to pay what the local gym is charging.
Then I saw a deal at woot.com for a low-end elliptical trainer, the Schwinn a40 - new, for just $285 including shipping. It was perfect. You even got to put it together yourself, which for me was an added pleasure.
It was a bit heavier than I had expected. The FedEx guy dropped off the box with a handtruck on Tuesday, and then I realized that getting it upstairs in the box would be problematic.
It weighed 90 pounds!
The obvious step was to open the box and bring the parts upstairs.
Then the fun began! First came building the frame:
followed by adding the arms
and pedals
.
Adding on the electronics completed the trainer:
. I didn't get to use it for much of the week because of Shavuous, but I worked up my first great sweat on it today. The directions say 30 minutes / day, 3 days a week. It sits right in my computer room, so I have no excuses not to work out!
Then I saw a deal at woot.com for a low-end elliptical trainer, the Schwinn a40 - new, for just $285 including shipping. It was perfect. You even got to put it together yourself, which for me was an added pleasure.
It was a bit heavier than I had expected. The FedEx guy dropped off the box with a handtruck on Tuesday, and then I realized that getting it upstairs in the box would be problematic.
It weighed 90 pounds!
The obvious step was to open the box and bring the parts upstairs.
Then the fun began! First came building the frame:
followed by adding the arms
and pedals
.
Adding on the electronics completed the trainer:
. I didn't get to use it for much of the week because of Shavuous, but I worked up my first great sweat on it today. The directions say 30 minutes / day, 3 days a week. It sits right in my computer room, so I have no excuses not to work out!