{"id":775,"date":"2012-07-16T23:10:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T23:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestdallaspersonaltrainer.com\/blog\/?p=689"},"modified":"2016-11-10T08:14:25","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:14:25","slug":"octane-q47-elliptical-home-fitness-equipment-monthly-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newwavefitness.com\/blog\/octane-q47-elliptical-home-fitness-equipment-monthly-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Octane Q47 Elliptical: Home Fitness Equipment Review #03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hut Allred:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is Hut Allred again from New Wave Fitness, and I\u2019m here with Craig Lewin of Busy Body and Fitness HQ. We\u2019re going to talk a little bit about an elliptical, a cardio piece. Today it\u2019s going to be the Q47. We spent some time on some strength-training equipment; obviously we need some equipment to go with that, and this is really one of the most efficient elliptical out on the marketplace. Tell us a little bit about the Q47, Craig, the benefit of it and what we can do on it that makes it a special piece of equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-vid-wrap\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ltwndp3IYG4?rel=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Lewin:<\/strong><br \/>\nThese Octane Ellipticals are phenomenal. They\u2019ve really done a good job. The biggest thing with elliptical trainers in general is, you\u2019ve got to have good biomechanics. It\u2019s got to feel good, it\u2019s got to be smooth, because when somebody is on there, you want to stay on there and you want to be able to go, go, go and not have that excuse of, \u201cEh, it kind of feels funny.\u201d They really did a great job with this.<\/p>\n<p>A couple things Octane does better than anybody: the first thing is, you\u2019ve got very, very close pedal spacing. So when you bring those pedals closer together, it alleviates any pressure on your hips, so that\u2019s a great thing. The second thing is, the actual step-up height on the machine is extremely low too, which makes it very easy to get on and off. When you get here, boom, you\u2019re on, and that makes a big difference too.<\/p>\n<p>But the biggest thing with this machine, I would say, is that it\u2019s got an adjustable-stride feature built in, where if you actually went from like a walk to a jog, naturally your stride would get longer if you were outside. However, on this machine, the stride length automatically goes out. So when you increase your RPM\u2019s and go faster, one thing you don\u2019t want to do is keep the stride the same because it [causes] a lot of joint pressure, but with this, it will stretch out automatically. It will go from 18 inches to 26 inches on the fly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut Allred:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhich would change the muscle groups that you\u2019re working, from quads to calves to hamstrings and glutes, which will allow you to have some of that balance that you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Lewin: <\/strong><br \/>\nThat\u2019s what makes a big difference. There are a couple different things that you can use the adjustable-stride features for. One of them is, I just want to isolate different muscle groups, so I have a shorter stride and maybe I do a little bit more glutes and hamstrings. I have a longer stride and maybe I do a little bit more quadriceps. So that\u2019s something that really, really helps.<\/p>\n<p>The other thing is, I\u2019m 20 minutes into the workout, I\u2019ve got 5 minutes left, I am fried. But guess what? You adjust that stride even one degree and now you can last longer. You can last the last 5 minutes because the muscle groups change so now you\u2019re not so worn out. That makes a huge difference as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut Allred:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s like with strength training, going from one exercise to another, working different muscle groups. If you stay on the same muscle group, you\u2019re going to fatigue that and you\u2019ll be done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Lewin:<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, and I think the other thing is boredom, right? We want to try to always change it up. That\u2019s what we always talk about\u2014trying to spice it up, change it up. When you buy a machine like this, you\u2019re going to have it for 10-plus years. You\u2019ve got to have that variability in there to be able to change it up to give you different stride lengths, for different muscle groups.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s really cool too with this, in talking about changing it up, Octane even takes it a step further. If you can zoom in here, just to show you, on this little area here. This is a , cross-circuit kit, or cross-circuit training. Basically the way this works with your cross-circuit stuff is, you can get on this machine, choose a cross-circuit program, and it\u2019ll actually have you not just doing cardio, but it will also have you doing your cross-circuit training with these bands.<\/p>\n<p>So you\u2019ll get on the machine and do your cardio for 2 minutes. The machine will beep at you and say, \u201cOkay, get off,\u201d and now you\u2019re going to come over here and for, let\u2019s say, depending on how you set it up at the beginning, 30 seconds, 2 minutes, you\u2019re going to do curls; you\u2019re going to do a shoulder press, you\u2019re going to do squats\u2026. There\u2019s a reason I\u2019ve got legs that are this big, and it\u2019s because of this Octane elliptical. No\u2026but it really makes a huge difference to change it up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut Allred:<\/strong><br \/>\nDefinitely, and it gives you that ability to modify, so if you\u2019re focusing on cardio, from interval training to long-duration training, to combining your strength training with your cardio, if you don\u2019t have a lot of time, there\u2019s a lot of versatility with this Octane equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Lewin:<\/strong><br \/>\nThere really is, and the other thing too is, you have a personal trainer built into it, as if there isn\u2019t enough. It will tell you on there, it will light up and say, \u201cSquat down, push your arms, pull your arms.\u201d If I hit this \u201cX mode\u201d button right here, it will actually start to spin. It\u2019ll land on here and say, \u201cPull the arms and go fast.\u201d What happens is, for that 30 seconds that I\u2019m doing it, I have to pull my arms and go fast. And then it might land on \u201csquat\u201d or \u201cgo backwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So when you\u2019re on this machine, just to show you, you\u2019re here and the machine is all of a sudden saying, \u201cNow squat down and do lower body only.\u201d Well, all of a sudden, I\u2019m here. A lot of people don\u2019t even know that you can squat like this on the machine, but these guys designed it in a way that you can do those things. It\u2019s just an absolute genius product.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut Allred:<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, and I think a lot of times when it comes to cardio equipment, you hear a lot of people talk about how it gets boring, \u201cI don\u2019t want to do it for 30-40 minutes.\u201d But when you have equipment like this where you can choose different programs, where you\u2019re engaged, that time seems to go by much more efficiently. You can do the cross training here. It\u2019s telling you what to do, and you can even have a nice little TV where Craig\u2019s talking to you. But this is a great piece of equipment, and again, the cardio equipment\u2014all of this equipment\u2014you can come in and try and see for yourself at one of the Busy Body stores here in the Dallas \/ Fort Worth Metroplex.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Craig Lewin:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"Busy Body\" href=\"http:\/\/www.BusyBodyTX.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">www.BusyBodyTX.com<\/a> or <a title=\"Fitness HQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FitnessHeadquarters.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.FitnessHeadquarters.com<\/a>. They can see all the different stuff, Octane specifically, and check out some other equipment too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hut Allred:<\/strong><br \/>\nSo that\u2019s the Octane, just giving you all some more options to learn a little bit more about what home fitness equipment is all about, and we\u2019ll bring some more equipment to you next month. We look forward to doing that. Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hut Allred: This is Hut Allred again from New Wave Fitness, and I\u2019m here with Craig Lewin of Busy Body and Fitness HQ. We\u2019re going to talk a little bit about an elliptical, a cardio piece. Today it\u2019s going to be the Q47. 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