More elliptical natter

[gerisullivan]

Okay, the Treadmill Doctor might well be a good review source. Their review of my elliptical is certainly spot on:

Review Comments: The Proform C 630 is a small, compact, and ultimately useless piece of equipment. If you pay for this machine you are wasting your money."

Well, it held up long enough for me to actually get in the exercise habit. That's something. Just not enough.

Comments

[eackerman.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. We have a Sears model that's 18 years old, but still rolling. I use it at least 5 times a week, but the next time it breaks down, I'll have to replace it. Can't get the parts anymore. Anyway, I've bookmarked this site to check for reviews and recommendations.

[elaine-brennan.livejournal.com]

dead, huh?

If that's the case, removing it from your lr before it becomes a spot to throw things over/drape them on is probably a good idea. Or is it going straight to the transfer station?

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

It'll go into all that open space in the garage first. I think I'll have to take it apart in order to get it to the transfer station.

Curiously enough, I've never draped things on exercise equipment, even exercise equipment that went unused for years at a time or was broken. So I think I'm safe on that front. Fingers crossed, knocking wood....

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Good perspective. Thanks! The first one cost about the same as one or two sets of classes would have, only I probably never would have gotten around to taking them.

I used the "starter model" approach with digital photography, buying an adequate, low-cost camera to see if it "took". (This less than a decade after spending big bucks on a little-used 35mm film Nikon SLR.) Yes, it took, and I'd now love the spare cash to pick up a digital SLR. But that's not nearly as important as the exercise equipment.