Gyms and clubs use rear drive elliptical trainers that can cost three thousand dollars or more. They use the highest quality of elliptical trainer available on the market because of the number of people regularly using the trainer. It makes perfect sense for gyms and clubs to invest in the best elliptical trainers on the market, but do you still need to make that same sort of investment for a machine you plan to use at home? It depends on who else will be using that machine, how many hours per day you’ll be using the machine, and the weight of the users.

For example, if one person plans to use the machine for an hour per day, and that person is under two hundred pounds, then a machine in the range of three hundred to five hundred dollars is perfectly appropriate. However, that same machine is not going to be appropriate for heavier users, especially if there are several heavier users who plan to work out daily. If two people over two hundred pounds each decide to use the elliptical trainer daily, then it is best to go up a step in quality to the one thousand price range. For every fifty pounds over two hundred, you should go up a step in quality, which means up a step in the price range.

At a certain weight, it almost seems far too cost prohibitive to consider purchasing an elliptical trainer and using it at home. This might be the case, however, good health and exercise is not completely out of your reach. You can always begin with a gym membership, a class at the local junior college, or a membership to a community recreation center, and once you’ve lost the weight, reconsider your purchase of the elliptical trainer.