HealthRider

As some of you will know, I had a heart attack in my mid thirties, a few years ago. This had a fairly devastating effect on my life, as you can probably appreciate. I had previously been very fit, having run regularly, including half marathons, up until my fourth child was born. I also loved working out at the gym. All that had to stop for a couple of years. The medication and lack of exercise made me gain weight and that made any attempt at exercise even more difficult. I would be breathless and in pain. I was a mess, not to put too fine a point on it. My self esteem had completely bottomed out and I had no stamina for the most basic tasks. I felt like ...  Read the complete review

Summer is nearly here and the very idea of discarding my thick woolie jumper turned my thoughts to a new fitness routine. Some gentle exercise was called for and I don’t mean fork to mouth I have done too much of that in the past (as the photo shows) I mean time to buy a serious piece of gym equipment. I scoured the pages of my catalogue and decided to buy a Delta Aerobic Rider and after getting 10% off still was quite pricey at £74. I was notified it was to be delivered the following day. The men dropped off my parcel at 9am and I felt like the Queen cutting the bands supporting the box before leaving the actual assembly to my husband. The first task was ...  Read the complete review

I found the health rider easy to use. After following the instruction video tht came with mine I found it easy to get into the habit of doing a number of different exercises to develop different muscle groups. The routine lasts about 25-30 minutes. The advantage with the healthrider is that your using your own weight to help exercise, in effect your lifting yourself up and the way the machine is designed impact on your joints is low. It is important to make sure that the seat is adjusted correctly and that you warmup first otherwise there is some scope for back injury. But if you follow the video I can't see a problem occuring. The only ...  Read the complete review

The rider is the best all round excersizer that I have seen. It keeps all the muscles toned, is very quiet and can be used in front of the TV obviating the boredom that is characteristic of the treadmill. Unless you want to kill yourself it is not very aerobic and for burning fat the treadmill is far more effective, but it is a very good maitainance machine. I couldn't tell you what brand mine is. I bought it from a tele-shop. It looked good (mechanically sound) and proved to be so. Was easy to assemble and has three degrees of difficulty. You increase or decrease the amount of leverage needed to pull your body weight through the motions. Though a warm ...  Read the complete review

Well i can honestly say i am not impressed with regards to the quality of the healthriders manufacture. It is downright dodgy, i had mine for only 3wks when the adjustable pin snapped off in mid row. Leaving me flat on my back on the floor winded and with a big bruise on my chest. I would advise anybody not to buy this product until it has been redesigned, as i am not overweight or over strong but its well dangerous. The idea of the machine is good the excercise is good but the machine is not safe to use. ...  Read the complete review