Running can be an excellent way to burn calories and melt the fat right off, especially for those high intensity long distance runners. Rarely do you find a person who is heavy or overweight who is a regular habitual runner. However, there are some of us that find that running bulks up our legs, me included, and have opted for workouts that don’t tend to bulk up the quads and the calves, but rather create that longer look we want, especially if you’re short like me and don’t want to look bulky.

I prefer working out on an elliptical machine any day over working out on a treadmill, and that is because my quads do tend to bulk up from running. Not only that, but I beleive that running makes your muscles and joints more prone to injury because it is a very high impact activity that only seasoned people are immune to injuries from.

Now, if you take your time stretching every time of course this lowers your risk for injury, but I think back to my highschool days of shin splints from running (perhaps through my own fault of not wearing good shoes or perhaps not warming up and stretching enough), and think that I’d much rather do something more low impact that still burns as many calories.

If you’re looking for reviews on good elipticals see our elliptical machine reviews page. You’ll find reviews of my favorite brand of exercise equipment like Horizon and Reebok, and others that rank high in the “gym quality” category, which is what you want instead of something that is not sturdy or smooth and will actually hurt you if you don’t be careful.

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