Introduction
There are now quite a few mini elliptical trainers that you can buy for your home or office, but the Stamina InMotion Elliptical Trainer is still one of the most popular models, despite being one of the first to hit the market.
This under desk elliptical can be used for seated workouts in your armchair or desk chair at home, providing you with an easy way to increase your activity level, improve your fitness and lose weight while you watch the TV or play on your phone, for example.
However it is one of the few mini ellipticals that can also be used for standing workouts as well, which obviously gives you more workout options and means that you can use it with a standing desk, for example.
Features and Benefits
- suitable for seated and standing workouts
- adjustable resistance
- electronic display
- track time, calories, strides per minute and total strides
- textured foot pedals that rotate forwards and backwards
- compact lightweight design
- quiet in operation
- strong steel construction
- accommodates users up to 250 pounds
- available in three different colors
- fully compatible with the Muuv app
Product Dimensions / Weight
This mini elliptical trainer has exact dimensions (in inches) of 24.5 (L) x 17 (W) x 11.4 (H), so it is clearly quite a small and compact machine that is ideal for use underneath a desk, and it is also fairly easy to carry around because it has a total weight of 24 pounds.
Positives
As I have already mentioned, one of the key benefits of this E1000 Compact Strider is that it can be used for both seated and standing workouts.
Most people tend to use this and other dual-purpose ellipticals primarily for seated workouts because you can take it to work with you and use it to burn calories, improve your fitness and lose weight while you are working at your desk, or you can simply use it when you are relaxing in your favorite armchair at home.
The benefit of this is that you don’t need anything to rest against and it doesn’t matter if you exceed the recommended weight limit because you are not putting all of your weight on this machine when doing seated workouts.
However if you have a standing desk at home or work, for instance, or if you have something to lean against to provide balance and stability, you may prefer to do standing workouts and get a workout similar to a full sized elliptical, in which case this Stamina InMotion Elliptical is ideal because it has a strong alloy steel construction that can support any users up to 250 pounds.
If you are planning on taking it to work, you will find that is fairly lightweight and easy to carry around, weighing just 24 lbs, and is fairly quiet in operation to ensure that it won’t disturb your fellow workers in the office.
Another benefit of this E1000 Compact Strider is that it has an adjustable resistance dial so that you can vary the intensity of your workouts. Therefore you can turn it to a low setting and pedal for long periods, or you can crank up the resistance if you want more of a challenge, or simply want to burn a lot more calories.
It is easy to track your workout performance when using this machine because the electronic display will display the length of time that you have been exercising and the estimated number of calories that you have burned, as well as your total number of strides and your strides per minute.
You also get free access to the Muuv app, which is a smart audio coaching app that enables you to monitor your progress over time and hit your goals, and features assembly videos, tailored workouts for the equipment that you own and integrated music from iHeartRadio.
The foot pedals on this machine are textured to ensure that your feet won’t slip around, even when pedalling at high speeds, and they can actually rotate backwards as well as forwards, which means that you can target your lower body muscles in different ways.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that this Stamina InMotion Elliptical Trainer is available in a choice of three different colors – silver, green or orange.
Negatives
One of the main drawbacks of this machine is that the electronic display is fairly small and difficult to read. It is still nice to be able to track your performance, but it would be better if the display was portable so that you could place it on your desk, for example, like some of the modern-day machines.
Indeed some of the more expensive under desk ellipticals now have a Bluetooth function that enables you to track your performance on your phone, which is a really cool feature, whereas this machine still has a really basic display console in comparison.
Another possible drawback relates to the longevity of this machine because it would appear that the people who have developed issues, whether it’s squeaking noises or breakages, for example, are the ones who used it primarily for standing workouts.
However this could be said about many of the other mini ellipticals that are suitable for standing workouts because they are far more likely to develop issues when people are putting their full weight on them and pedalling at a high intensity. With seated workouts, however, you are putting a lot less pressure on them, and they should therefore last a lot longer.
Apart from this, the other slight problem is that the resistance dial doesn’t have any fixed levels of resistance, but I don’t think too many people will be worried about this at all, so it’s not really a big deal.
Final Thoughts
It is fair to say that this is not the most advanced mini elliptical on the market because it doesn’t have a portable display unit or a built-in Bluetooth function, for example, but this is reflected in the price of this machine, and is one of the main reasons why this particular model remains so popular.
This machine is undoubtedly very basic, but it is still a strong machine that can be used for both seated and standing workouts, whereas many of the other models are only suitable for seated workouts. It also has a compact design and is lighter than some of the other models, which means that you can easily take it to and from work, and it makes very little noise when it is actually being used.
So when you consider that this InMotion elliptical trainer also has a forward and reverse pedal motion and is now compatible with the Muuv app to enhance your workout experience, this is quite a good little exercise machine for anyone on a budget.
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