Cross trainers are often one of the best exercise machines to choose from over other cardiovascular equipment's thanks to the fact they tone major muscle types in your body while your workout.
Elliptical machines help with gluteal muscle activation to tone your bum especially when used on an incline and can also help with leg muscle tone during your workout routine.
To help you use your Elliptical machine's resistance more efficiently for your muscle workout goals we've made a small guide below which will cover how your glutes are activated while using a cross trainer, a glue toning workout to try out on your cross trainer as well as a guide to the other muscles your cross trainer works.
Cross trainers work by pedalling back and forth on the elliptical trainer with your legs and some resistance which can usually be adjusted according to your fitness level.
While you are pedalling gluteal muscles are activated as key muscles during the motion as you move back and forth, this can be heightened by pressing into your heels, pedalling backwards or increasing the resistance and incline of the machine.
For people who want a low-impact workout that directly trains your glutes on the elliptical exercise machine, you are in luck, because we've listed our best elliptical trainer workout below which will be sure to activate and tone your gluteal muscles.
If you are new to cross training and have no idea how long you should be on a cross trainer. Check this article to help you start your cross training journey.
Not only do cross trainers work your gluteal muscles but they also help to build muscle strength in other areas of your body too.
We've listed some of the other muscles activated during elliptical workouts below.
These muscles are located in the front and back of your thigh and are activated all the time during front and reverse motion on your trainer. Hamstrings are the largest muscle activated when your pedal backwards with your bum muscles.
Your gluteal muscles are always activated during your strides and you can activate them even more by sitting back at around 90-degrees to help activate your bum muscles. These along with your hamstring muscles are toned when pedalling backwards too.
Located at the back of your legs, your calves are often fired up during the pedalling motion on the cross-trainer.
Your biceps and triceps are constantly activated when your push the handlebars of your cross trainer back and forth at your workout pace.
The chest muscles are used when pushing on the ellipticals handlebars and the V-shape of your back muscles are also activated to maintain your posture.
Your gluteal muscles are naturally toned during a cross-trainer workout, but there are a few ways you can make this aerobic workout more beneficial to your glutes.
We've listed some tips down below.
To conclude, a cross-trainer can defiantly help to tone your gluteal muscles with weekly workouts, you can tone your glutes more by making resistance adjustments to a higher level or by pedalling backwards on an incline to activate them.
You can check this article to know which muscle you are using with a cross trainer.
