Your Favorite Type of Cardio Machines Are All Taken, What Do You Do?

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Your Favorite Type of Cardio Machines Are All Taken, What Do You Do?

August 4, 2008

I know you have been through this. You finally convince yourself to go to the gym and when you arrive the gym is crowded. All your favorite cardio machines are full. Frustrated since you planned on hopping on the treadmill, or the elliptical or the stairstepper, now you can't. The options are endless. You could work out on a type of machine you rarely use, or you could split. What do you do?

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vitisva 4 years 34 weeks

The rowing machine IS my favourite

Giasbash6260 4 years 41 weeks

I will typically first go to the elliptical, and if it is busy I will mosey on over to the treadmill and if those are all taken, the stair master is my 3rd option, while I keep my eye open to see when someone gets off the other machines!

ElectroPopTart 4 years 41 weeks

It's rare when the treadmill is taken since my sister and I get to the gym after work right before the evening rush. However, if they do happen to be taken, I usually wait, or I hope on the step climber for 10 mins.

rickimc 4 years 41 weeks

I come back later.

rickimc 4 years 41 weeks

I come back later.

natdapp 4 years 41 weeks

On my cardio days I usually hit two different machines (rower/elliptical, treadmill/recumbent bike, stepmill/treadmill, etc.) so I'm basically always able to find one of the two free at any given time.

Spectra 4 years 41 weeks

This only happened to me once...all the cardio machines were taken, so I tried the rowing machine because I had heard decent things about them. Wow, was it ever a killer workout! I was dripping in sweat afterwards and I was sore in places I didn't even know could be sore the next day.

sparklestar 4 years 41 weeks

We have treadclimbers in my gym and they are SO popular! It's because it's basically walking only it's supposed to burn "twice as many calories" as running. Psh, whatevs. I like to do like 15 minutes on one though because it works my calves and thigh muscles nicely. If it's taken then I hop on a ski machine (cardio wave, not eliptical) behind and wait for one to open up. Or I'll go on a spin bike. :D

sparklestar 4 years 41 weeks

We have treadclimbers in my gym and they are SO popular! It's because it's basically walking only it's supposed to burn "twice as many calories" as running. Psh, whatevs.I like to do like 15 minutes on one though because it works my calves and thigh muscles nicely. If it's taken then I hop on a ski machine (cardio wave, not eliptical) behind and wait for one to open up. Or I'll go on a spin bike. :D

allthingsgrow 4 years 41 weeks

Weights first, then cardio if my machine is taken. After reserving the machine after the user, of course.

angelfromlsu 4 years 41 weeks

Where are you from mondaymoos?It's pretty hot here in Louisiana. I just consider it conditioning. I am pretty awful b/c I don't hydrate as much as I should.

angelfromlsu 4 years 41 weeks

Where are you from mondaymoos? It's pretty hot here in Louisiana. I just consider it conditioning. I am pretty awful b/c I don't hydrate as much as I should.

Dana18 4 years 41 weeks

I like the elliptical the most, But I run on the treadmill also.

Dana18 4 years 41 weeks

I like the elliptical the most, But I run on the treadmill also.

mondaymoos 4 years 41 weeks

Trust me, angelfromlsu, if it weren't 110 degrees outside with humidity, depending on the monsoon storm that day, I would be running outside. I can't wait for fall.

erinlikestoplay 4 years 41 weeks

I wait for a machine to open up. If something else is open, like a bike, I will do that while I wait. Otherwise I try to get in some light stretching, as the wait isn't usually too long.

Renee3327 4 years 41 weeks

I don't have a "favorite" cardio machine since I try to switch it up as much as possible - I'd just hop on whatever machine was open!

Lo Lo 4 years 41 weeks

I have a cardio machine hierarchy, since my gym doesn't have that many machines. My first choice is the elliptical, but there's only 3, so I'll then go for the treadmill. If all of those are taken (there are 5), I'll use the rower or the step climber. I usually get whatever I want because I show up a few minutes early and you have to sign up for the cardio machines beforehand.

angelfromlsu 4 years 41 weeks

I run outside like a real person. Machines are lame.

mondaymoos 4 years 41 weeks

I tend to use the stationary bike until one of the treadmills opens. But I'm pretty picky about which treadmills in the gym I use, since some of them feel off balance and shake a lot more than others.

Martini Rossi 4 years 41 weeks

If all the treadmills, elliptical and bikes are taken then I use the Stepmill or stairmaster.

zabrow 4 years 41 weeks

my gym only has four elliptical machines, but i'm usually there early enough in the morning that i get one every time. the few times that i didn't i went for the treadmill.

brielleblonde 4 years 41 weeks

i hateee when people at my college gym will just sit around and wait (up to 30 minutes) for an elliptical machine when there are bajillions of treadmills open. why even go to the gym if ur going to sit around for that long?

LaurenG22 4 years 41 weeks

I would slink around my favorite machines and hope someone gets off within 5 minutes, if not I would do weights close by and then jump on first chance I get. haha

ladychaos 4 years 41 weeks

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