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| Science with Ines: Speedy Slimming for the Summer |
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By no means am I a Morgan Spurlock, but I hope that you will find my investigations helpful and pertinent to the struggles of everyday life. So let us sit back, strap on our goggles, and toast our Bunsen burners to me. An experiment to investigate the quickest way to a hot bod. Query: What I’m scheming, its purpose, and what I hope comes of it. I will be conducting an experiment to discern which cardio exercise machine will help me burn the most calories. The purpose of this endeavor is to find out how to get a hot bod in the quickest amount of time possible. I hope that a stationary bicycle will help me burn the most calories because it allows me to sit; one of my favorite pastimes. Hypothesis: An uneducated guess. If I exercise for 10 minutes each on a(n): treadmill, Stairmaster, stationary bicycle and elliptical, to the intensity of “Eye of the Tiger” on repeat, then I predict I will burn the most calories from the Stairmaster, because its name implies it will thrash me into hotness. Procedure Summary: The play by play. I made a playlist consisting of: “Eye of the Tiger,” “Eye of the Tiger” and “Eye of the Tiger”. I called it Eye of the Tiger. I went to my local gym (if you don’t have one, you can always use the Stott’s stuffy confines) and began exercising. I ran on the treadmill, stepped on the Stairmaster, pedaled on the stationary bicycle, and looked stupid on the elliptical for 10 minutes each. After exercising, I recorded the calories burned from the calorie expenditure meter on the digital panel. Unlimited water was available for me during the study. Exercising happened in the afternoon at 3:00pm. A damp towel was used to mop my pathetic persipirating forehead. Data and Observations: The facts; truth; true that; actuality.
Results: Where I tell you who wins!  |
Comments
While this comment is a bit outdated since we're heading into Fall and the new term, I'd like to throw my two cents into the mix. Being a Marine veteran and current personal trainer, I've found that most cardio machines do VERY little in actually changing body composition in a quick time frame. To achieve that quick body change, full body exercises using free weights and healthy eating will take you leaps and bounds over hours spent on an elliptical.
- Jesse