ProForm Epic 1200 Pro Elliptical Review - It's Perfect For Women

I don't want to sound sexist but with all of the ellipticals that there are on the market, I believe that the Epic 1200 will benefit women more than men.

I am not saying that men won't receive benefits from this machine, but I do think that there are certain features that will benefit women more.

Ok, this is where I see women showing more interest in the Epic1200 than men.

When most men workout, they are usually looking for all over toning and firming. They may want to build up their shoulders, arms and flatten that belly but you very rarely hear them complain about their thunder thighs or a sagging booty.

Standard elliptical workout programs can help men achieve many of the their goals by helping to burn calories and fat. They will then hit the weights for their body building or specifically do ab work.

However, listen in to a conversation of women talking about their bodies and you'll find each one listing specific areas that they need to work on. They are not just concerned about overall toning but hitting certain areas harder and that is why many turn to Pilates workouts after their elliptical workout.

This is where the Epic 1200 shines. With Quick Target Toning you can just touch 1 button and select which trouble spot you want to give extra attention to. The target spots include thighs, back of legs, butt, hips, upper body among others.

The Epic 1200 will then automatically adjust the resistance and incline for you. Since the Epic 1200 can target speficic muscle groups, you can concentrate on these during your workout, giving you quicker results.

Now don't get me wrong, men will receive as much benefit from the quick target toning I just think that women notice their problem areas more and are more apt to want to do targeted exercises.

How many men talk about their saddle bags or the size of their hips? Some, but now think of how many women talk about these areas and you'll agree - we women seemed to be more concerned. Don't even get me started on my bat wing arms (and, no my husband doesn't have these).

When you are working on your abs, your first step is to burn off the layer of fat covering your abs and elliptical machines are great for this. However. when it comes to doing the targeted exercises to build ab muscle, an elliptical is not your best bet.

To get 6 pack abs you would be much better off weight training and doing floor exercises such as: the bicycle crunch, push-aways, the plank, push-ups, modified raised feet crunches, reverse crunches, long arm weight crunch, side bridge, swiss ball bridge among several others.

Now again thinking of the goals of men and women, most women just want to remove the fat covering their abs (where ellipticals come in) and men prefer to build the abs (floor exercises and weight training).

Yes, the Epic 1200 does have several important features including:

18 personal trainer workout programs, a full 18" stride that will accommodate longer legs, heart rate monitor built into the club style grips so you can be sure to stay within your targeted heart rate zone, unique over-sized gel stride pedals that are non-slip, coolaire fan for more comfortable workouts, very nicely lit console for easy viewing of your stats and of coarse the special target toning and 1 button power incline and power resistance.

The ProForm Epic 1200 also has a Lifetime frame warranty and 1 year parts and labor, free shipping (for a limited time) and also has an introductory savings of $200 with payments as low as $25 per month.

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