Treadmill Vs Elliptical - Which Burns More Calores?

Trying to decide between a treadmill and elliptical? The number one question people have when shopping is: Which burns more calories: treadmill or elliptical?

This makes sense - you want to get the most bang for your workout buck right? Who wants to waste hours working out and not see results.

Unfortunately however, just comparing a treadmill vs elliptical may not tell you all the facts on which machine is best for calorie burning.

Why?

Because it depends on how you're planning to use the equipment.

For example, if you're working at the top level of resistance on an elliptical and pumping the arm bars, you're going to be burning more calories than if you're walking on a flat plane treadmill with no incline at a low speed.

But if you choose to walk at the highest incline very fast - you'll be burning a lot more calories than if you were on an elliptical at the lowest resistance level and not using the arm bars.

And to mix things up even more - there are now different types of treadmills and ellipticals coming out that burn more calories than traditional models.

So do you want to get the most bang for your buck?

Here are 3 great high-calorie burning options to consider. All 3 of these treadmills or elliptical are built to burn more calories than their regular counterparts.

#1 The Incline Trainer

This is a hybrid treadmill. It works as a treadmill - but instead of the standard 10 or 15% incline, you get inclines of up to 40%.

High incline walking basically incinerates calories. Walking on one of these things can burn 5 times the calories as walking on a flat-plane treadmill (and probably blows an elliptical out of the water too).

Even if you can't walk on the full incline for long periods of time, you can build in high intensity intervals that will keep your metabolism stoked for hours after your workout.

#2 Bowflex Max Trainer

Bowflex has recently come out with a hybrid elliptical trainer called the Max Trainer. This machine combines stair-climbing with elliptical motion - and adds in the upper body arms of an elliptical.

The Max trainer was proven to burn 3.5 times the calories when compared to a treadmill, elliptical or stair climber. In fact, some participants in the study burned up to 600 calories in 30 minutes!

The Max trainer also focuses on high intensity training with a 14 minute interval training workout. This is designed to burn maximum calories and keep your metabolism high for hours post-workout.

#3 Variable Motion Trainer

This is another take on your standard elliptical trainer. But instead of one set elliptical motion, the variable motion trainer lets you change the elliptical path, change things up and vary your stride length - from 18 inches up to 38 inches in some trainers!

So you can do short, stair-climbing motions, regular running strides or even long hurdling type motions. This has the added benefit of not allowing your body to adapt to the motion.

Because it can't adapt, your body can't get more efficient at the motion - and you're always keeping the calories burning on high.

There are no official stats on how many calories this kind of elliptical trainer burns versus a standard elliptical or treadmill. But it's probably safe to say that the option is there to burn a lot more calories if you choose to really work these trainers.

There are different variable motion trainers put out by various brands - the Nordictrack Freestride trainer is one example and the Yowza Miami trainer is another.

Companies slap different names on them - but the bottom line is that they give you a way to select your stride and change up your elliptical motion as you workout.

So I hope that helps you start answering the question of which burns more calories - a treadmill or elliptical. It really comes down to what machine you choose to use and how you're going to use it.

The good news is you have some amazing options out there that are better than ever at getting fast weight loss results!

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