Merit 710E Elliptical Trainer

Bring the gym into your home and get an efficient, affordable workout with the Merit 710E elliptical trainer, with eight levels of manual resistance. It features an easy-to-operate computer console with four LCD windows showing time, calories burned, speed, and distance. You can also check your heart rate via the thumb pulse EKG monitor. The pivoting foot pads have a textured surface for a firm grip to your feet, and this machine has a 275-pound weight capacity.

Specifications:

• Manual resistance with 1 to 8 range
• Flywheel: 4.5 kilograms
• Step-on height: 9 inches
• Stride length: 16 inches
• Crank arm length: 8 inches
• Pivoting foot pad
• Pedal spacing: 270 millimeters / 10.6 inches
• Weight capacity: 250 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty
Frame - 5 years; brake - 3 years; parts and labor - 90 days

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.

About Merit Fitness
Merit Fitness is part of Johnson Health Tech, one of the largest manufacturers of fitness equipment in the world. They are committed to designing, engineering, and manufacturing superior products for health clubs and homes. Johnson's manufacturing facilities rank among the most sophisticated in the industry, with an intricate mix of robotics and skilled workers that maintain the highest standards of accuracy and quality. Every stage of manufacturing has a testing phase and 10 percent of Merit's products go through a rigorous quality inspection that includes completely taking them apart and reassembling them.

Compact elliptical trainer works both legs and upper body

Eight levels of manual resistance

Four LCD windows show time, distance, and calories; thumb pulse EKG monitor

Weight capacity of 275 pounds

Five-year frame warranty, three years for brake