What do you understand by Cross Trainer?

A cross-trainer or an elliptical trainer also called an X-trainer is animmobile exercise machine used to pretendwalking, stair climbing, or running without triggeringextremeforce to the joints, thereforereducing the risk of impact injuries. People with some injuries can use a cross trainer or an elliptical to stay fit, as the low influencedistresses them little. Cross trainers offer a zero influence cardiovascular workout that can differ from light to high strength based on the speed of the exercise and the resistance selection set by the user.Cross training refers to a training in two or more sports with the objective to develop fitness and performance, particularly in a main sport.Most of the cross trainers provide workoutforthe user's upper and lower body even though some models do not have moving upper body mechanisms.However elliptical trainers are deliberated to be minimal-impact, they are aspecimen of a weight-bearing form of exercise.There are three types of cross trainers, characterised by the motor or drivesetting. The oldest cross trainer design is the rear drivecategory. The second generation design was the front-drive cross trainer. The newest design technology is the center-drive.Cross trainers are predominantly driven through the legs, and most are combined designs having handle-levers attached to each pedal-link to allow a load on the arms to offer a minor source of driving power. The user holds the handles below shoulder height and pushes and pulls them while scuffling the feet back and forth within elliptically formed paths. Thus the oscillating handle motions are powerlesslyharmonized with the unnatural pedal motions.