Thirty Minute Elliptical Workout

by Susi May 5

If you have 30 minutes to spare and some calories to burn, try this elliptical workout. It's fun and fast moving, with speedy intervals to chew up calories and some backward action to work your backside. The cooldown even includes some hands-free time to challenge your core and help slow you down at the end.

To check out the workout, keep reading.

*SPM = Strides Per Minute
**RPE = Rate of Perceived Exertion
Incline = 20 percent

This workout burns about 240 calories (for a 130-pound woman). My elliptical has a fixed incline of 20 percent, so set your machine with at least some incline if you can. As always, if this is too easy or too hard, change the amount of resistance and the strides per minute.

If this workout doesn't float your boat, check out my other cardio plans. I have received comments from some readers that their elliptical machines don't have SPM readout. For a machine that uses RPM (revolutions per minute), simply halve the number listed for SPM. If your machine uses MPH (miles per hour), use the rate of perceived exertion chart.

Click here for an image-free printable version of this workout.