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Cardio Equipment

Walking, rowing and pedalling each need a different kind of setup. Choose cardio equipment around the movement you enjoy, your available floor area and the adjustments that let it fit the user. Think about getting on, getting off and storing the machine as carefully as the console features. This collection also includes specialised equipment whose purpose differs from conventional cardio training.

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Choose how you want to move

Explore a familiar movement first, then compare the resistance system and the space each machine requires.

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Exercise Bikes & Cross Trainers

Rower Rowing Machine

Rowing Machines

Treadmills

Treadmills & Walking Pads

Treadmill Parts & Accessories

Treadmill Parts & Accessories

Choose the movement before the monitor

A treadmill suits walking or running within its stated operating range. A rower combines a sliding seat with a pulling movement and usually needs a long clear area. Bikes and cross trainers keep the user in a fixed position but differ in how the pedals, seat and moving handles fit the body. Console programmes are secondary if the basic movement does not suit the user.

Resistance numbers are not a common scale

A setting of eight on one machine is not directly comparable with eight on another. Hydraulic, elastic, magnetic and air systems control the feel differently. On an air-resistance rower, the user’s effort and flywheel response matter as well as any damper setting. Choose according to the mechanism and usable range, not a count of levels alone.

Measure for a person in motion

Check the running deck or seat travel as well as the outer frame. Pedals, handles and the user’s head can move outside the static footprint. Include the manufacturer’s clearance around the machine, especially behind a moving treadmill belt. A folding frame still needs a suitable place for unfolding and securing it before use.

Separate specialist machines from cardio

Vibration platforms and inversion tables are not interchangeable with treadmills, bikes or rowers. Compare them by their specific purpose and restrictions rather than assuming that every item listed here offers the same training experience. Keep young children away from moving exercise equipment and retain all guards and operating instructions.

Guides and product details: Concept2: damper settings and drag factor · ACCC treadmill safety guide · ACCC exercise-bike safety guide · Browse Cardio Equipment

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Questions about cardio equipment

How should I choose between a treadmill, rower and exercise bike?

Start with the movement and fit you want to use regularly. Compare walking or running surface on a treadmill, seat travel and handle reach on a rower, and seated adjustments on a bike. Then map each operating area. Console features cannot compensate for a machine that does not fit the user or room.

Can I compare cardio machines by the number of resistance levels?

Level counts are model-specific. Air, magnetic, hydraulic and elastic mechanisms can behave differently, and the same numbered setting does not establish the same load. Compare the actual mechanism, usable adjustments and movement before deciding whether more displayed levels are useful.

Are inversion tables and vibration platforms alternatives to conventional cardio machines?

They are different equipment types with their own mechanisms and restrictions. A tilting table changes body position; a powered platform creates movement beneath the user. Neither should be treated as equivalent to walking, rowing or pedalling simply because it appears near cardio equipment in a broad catalogue.