Weslo Momentum Elliptical Trainer

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Weslo Momentum Elliptical Trainer
 
Manufacturer: Weslo
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List Price: $599.00
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Product Description

Burn calories and tone your entire body without leaving the home with the Weslo Momentum 220 X elliptical trainer. The entry-level trainer boasts a reliable Silent Magnetic Resistance (SMR) system, with digital resistance controls that make it smooth and easy to change your resistance level throughout your workout. As a result, you don't have to step off the trainer to manually change the resistance, as you do with some other home trainers.



The trainer includes a blue-tinted LCD workout display.
The trainer also offers four personal trainer workouts to keep you fit. Each program was created by a certified personal trainer and was designed with heart health and weight loss in mind. And should you want to maximize your workout performance, you can turn to the dual-grip Easy Pulse heart rate monitor, which keeps you in the right training zone to meet your goals.

Other features include a blue-tinted LCD workout display that tracks your speed, time, distance, calories burned, and pulse as you exercise; an 18-inch stride length that encourages you to take longer strides and develop longer, leaner muscles; and oversized foot pedals. The 220 X carries a 90-day warranty.

About Elliptical Trainers
Elliptical trainers represent the next wave of advancement in low-impact cardiovascular exercise machines and continue to grow in popularity. By simulating motions experienced through walking, stepping, cycling, and skiing, elliptical machines allow for a smooth and fluid motion while building strength in the arms and legs. Similar to the exercise position for treadmills, elliptical trainers are used by standing in an upright position while holding the handrails of the machine. With elliptical trainers, however, your feet remain in the foot pedals throughout the exercise regimen and circulate in a smooth and seamless motion, resulting in little to no impact on the knees, back, and hips.

Elliptical trainers are compatible for all ages and fitness levels and allow you to select the difficulty level through the incline and intensity settings. Additionally, elliptical trainers allow you to determine the complexity of your workout based on your needs, all while listening to music, watching television, or reading a magazine while exercising in the comfort and safety of your own home.

Although different types of elliptical trainers offer an assortment of features, many of them include an array of challenging programs, forward and reverse directional movement, EKG grip pulse handles, a lightweight portable design with easy fold-up capability, and a monitor displaying calories burned, distance, speed, time, and heart rate. Other types of exercise machines, namely treadmills and bikes, offer excellent cardiovascular exercise and muscular training for the legs in a forward-motion exercise. Elliptical trainers take this to the next level by offering an upper and lower body workout with dual motion, challenging and diverse programs, and a low-impact exercise machine that won't strain sensitive joints.

Product Details

  • Entry-level elliptical trainer with Silent Magnetic Resistance (SMR) system
  • Four personal trainer workouts that automatically adjust resistance levels
  • Dual-grip Easy Pulse heart rate monitor for maximizing workouts
  • Blue-tinted LCD display tracks speed, time, calories, and more
  • 18-inch stride length; oversized foot pedals; 90-day warranty

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Customer Reviews

Best workout I've had at home.
 
Review Date: May 3, 2010
Reviewer: N. Berrios,
I took 45 minutes to assemble it. I have it on thick carpet so it's expected to wobble a little. Very comfortable! The best workout I've ever had at home (after having tried others). I got it for $199 and am very glad I did. After 25 minutes I was dripping sweat from head to toe, and felt great afterward. It was actually fun (aside from the workout). Can't wait to get on it again! Great product!
Difficult assembly, but works well (so far)
 
Review Date: December 30, 2008
Reviewer: W. D. Love, Athens, GA
Assembly was more difficult than with our previous elliptical trainer. It took me about five hours. The first hour I spent removing parts from the box and checking them against the parts list. In the process I found an extra short screw, loose in the box. The only short screws on the parts list were inside the pre-assembled frame, so I was forced to remove the side shields to ensure that the extra screw had not come loose from inside. This added about 10 minutes to my work.

Assembly was considerably hampered by one serious problem: The back end of the frame was badly bent, making it impossible to attach the rear stabilizer. I don't know if this happened at the factory or during shipping. With great effort, I was finally able to straighten the bent steel with the use of a 14-inch pipe wrench. Otherwise, I would have had to send the whole thing back and reorder. I also noted that the front of the frame and the front stabilizer were angled leftward about 5-10 degrees from the rest of the frame; this does not appear to affect the functioning of the unit, however.

After assembly was complete, I tested it out. At first, the unit made a loud scraping noise, and was somewhat hard to pedal. Having removed the side shields earlier, I knew that this was because the lower end of the "C" magnet was in direct contact with the flywheel. This didn't seem right to me, but I wasn't sure. After a minute or so, however, there was a "clank" from inside, the unit became somewhat easier to pedal, and the scraping noise ceased. Evidently, the problem corrected itself.

I have used the unit for about a month now. It is fairly quiet. It does wobble slightly on my carpeted floor, but otherwise seems to be working well. Time will tell how durable the unit is.
So far, so good!
 
Review Date: September 29, 2008
Reviewer: E. de Moya,
Bought It a week ago, so far so good. Nothing but good things to say at this point. It's a great workout in a short time. I'd be surprised if anyone who hasn't been excercising regularly can do more than 10 minutes on this machine.

As far as durability and reliability goes, you get what you pay for. Any elliptical under 500 dollars is not likely to have great construction, however, if you monitor it's performance and do the proper maintenance at the first sign of a problem (strange sound or odd performance) then it will last you for a very long time. Just like with a car, if you ignore these signs, you will just aggravate the problem and break something.

I will update this review as time goes by, but I am confident that this machine will stay with me for a very long time.
Assembly is easy - don't be fooled
 
Review Date: February 25, 2009
Reviewer: Michelle Bott, Van Buren Township, MI
I'm a little shocked by the reviews on here that complain about assembly being difficult. I mean - if you don't follow directions I suppose they could be tricky but my husband and I commented a few times how easy it was to assemble - we laughed at the thuoght of someone hiring a professional to put it together. It's a few dozen screws and bolts and a little grease. Start to finish it took us about an hour and a half and it now rides quiet as a mouse.
The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that the foot pedals are canted out. This might cause blisters for runners who wear arch supports or custom footbeds. I'll update this review when I find a solution to it, although we may just have to fab something.
A last word to all the people that write about ellipticals being wobbly on carpet - unless you bolt them down - any piece of workout equipment - ESPECIALLY an upright unit - is going to tipsy on carpet. They are made for hard flat surfaces. If you need to place workout equipment on carpeting, get a bike or a treadmill where the center of gravity is distributed more evenly and much lower.
Awesome Machine
 
Review Date: May 11, 2009
Reviewer: Work-Out Momma, Maryland
I just received this item as a gift and frankly I love it. Great priced and not very difficult to put together but it does take two people (per the instructions). I used it for the first time yesterday and wow what a workout. I can't wait to get home and work out some more. It was very user friendly and it was the best Mothers Day gift ever.

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