Arc Trainer Review

I said yesterday I was going to push myself hard today but once I got to the gym and found my favorite treadmill my legs just didn't want to carry me the three miles that my head wanted to go. So, I ran a good, strong mile. Then I hopped on the stairmaster and walked up many flights of stairs for ten minutes, then I made my way over to the Arc Trainer where I did another ten minutes. When I was done with that, my wrists were sweating, I was sweating underneath my boobs and I felt my stomach rumbling which is always a clear indication that it's time to get the heck out of the gym.

The Arc Trainer is a new machine that I decided to try after a conversation with Raphie about it. It's kind of like an elliptical but I found that I used more of my thigh muscles on this machine. I have a strong lower body so I was able to go relatively fast even when the resistance was at it highest. I wasn't too sure how to gauge whether I did a good job or not on this machine since it was my first time on it, but I assume since I felt a burn in my thighs that I was working the muscles and using the machine as it was intended.

What I didn't like about the Arc Trainer was the weird motion I felt my legs were going. I felt like my legs were shooting forward and that at any moment Tony Little was going to bust through the door and tell me that the Arc Trainer was just a high tech version of his Gazelle. It was a strange kind of back-and-forth, up-and-down, around-in-a-circle kind of movement that kept making me wonder if I was even doing it right. And, I am not a big fan of having my arms moving back and forth as fast as my legs move and on this machine I felt like I needed to hold on so I couldn't let go of the handles. This wasn't my favorite type of way to work out and I most likely will shy away from this machine in other circuit training that I do, but it was fun to give it a shot.

Finally, if anyone is keeping track, I am still feeling much the same way I have felt in the last few days where I feel like I am walking around in a haze. I am spending way too much time being sad at the fact that I don't have Autumn and Raphie here in Florida on a daily basis. And, Wednesday is my birthday and I don't even really care. Hoping for a good day tomorrow where I feel strong and determined and have a good time on my run.