Horizon Fitness EX56 Elliptical Trainer

by Horizon Fitness

Product Features

• Elliptical trainer with 8 electronic resistance levels and heavy-duty 14.3-pound flywheel
• 8 preset program types, including weight loss, intervals, reverse, and custom
• Non-backlit LCD display; 18-inch stride length; extra-low 9.1-inch step-on height
• Efficient flywheel maintains pedal and arm momentum while offering smooth, quiet operation
• Supports up to 250 pounds; 20-year warranty on motor (lifetime on frame)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Bring the gym into your home and enjoy an efficient, high-caliber workout with the Horizon EX56 elliptical trainer, which works your legs as well as your upper body. Perfect for rigorous training routines, the EX56 offers an eight-level electronic resistance system, along with a heavy 14.3-pound flywheel that maintains pedal and arm momentum while offering a smooth, quiet operation. More significantly from a user perspective, it offers eight preset programs: Manual, Intervals, Weight Loss, Rolling, Reverse Train, Random, Custom 1, and Custom 2. The crisp LCD screen, meanwhile, offers key workout feedback, helping you develop an effective training regimen.

Horizon employs a heavy-duty flywheel that provides continuous velocity, so as your feet move the pedals, the flywheel's momentum carries you through the complete motion. As a result, the trainer feels very natural and not at all choppy. Plus, the flywheel is extremely quiet, making the trainer ideal for home use. Horizon also applies a magnetic brake to the flywheel, creating more consistent resistance during a workout. And the instep-stacked flywheel design--where the flywheel sits above the pedals rather than in line with them--delivers a lower step-on height for easy access, along with a stride length that's longer, more natural, and more versatile regardless of the user, workout type, and fitness level. As an added benefit, the unit is smaller and shorter, so it fits in almost any room, including low-ceiling basements.

Horizon's Ergoflow elliptical geometry is built around your body, not the machine's components. The distance between the pedals have been narrowed to create a more natural walking motion, and the pivoting footpad imitates how your foot's position changes as you move forward. And a more natural, ergonomic movement means less stress on your knees, hips, and lower back, so you enjoy longer workouts and faster results.

Elliptical Trainer Features

• Resistance: Electronic
• Resistance range: 1 to 8 resistance levels
• Flywheel: 14.3-pound flywheel for fluid, quiet motion
• Step-on height: 9.1 inches
• Stride length: 18 inches
• Pedal spacing: 2.8 inches
• Screen: Non-backlit LCD (2.4 x 4.8 inches)
• Programs: 8
• Program type: Manual, Intervals, Weight Loss, Rolling, Reverse Train, Random, Custom 1, Custom 2
• Weight capacity: 250 pounds
• Dimensions: 56 x 67 x 29 inches (W x H x D)
• Weight: 161 pounds
• Warranties: Lifetime on frame; 20 years on motor; 1 year on parts and labor

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 Horizon Fitness
Horizon 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. Horizon'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 Horizon's products go through a rigorous quality inspection that includes completely taking them apart and reassembling them.

Product Description

Horizon EX-56 - The natural choice. Get a fun and invigorating total body workout on fitness equipment engineered to move the way you do. With Horizon ellipticals, you get stronger during your workout, and feel better after you're done. The EX-56 elliptical gives you club-quality performance ¿ from the smooth stride motion to the easy programmability ¿ and recreates the feeling of running or walking without leaving home. COMFORT: 18-inch stride and no-slip footpads. CONTROL: Heavy-duty, 14-pound flywheel for fluid motion. 20-year brake warranty and 8 electronic resistance levels. CONVENIENCE: Clear LCD screen for key feedback. 8 programs and contact heart rate grips.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 55 x 29 x 67 inches ; 161 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 163 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000UWPPF8
• Item model number: 310048
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #497,515 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice exercise machine, April 18, 2008

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Mark Stinson "MS2456" (Port Clinton, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horizon Fitness EX56 Elliptical Trainer (Sports)

I received this elliptical today and it seems like a good value for what I paid. Assembly took about 1 and 1/2 hours and was pretty easy. It is a quiet machine - runs smoothly and has a variety of settings. I got a pretty good workout in a short time. Considered buying something cheaper but after reading online reviews I decided to spend a little more for a better quality machine. I recommend this elliptical but anyone who is considering buying one should think about how much room and ceiling height they have for it. I read the specs but it still seems bigger and heavier than what I expected. But for now its a good elliptical and I would rate this machine higher but I want to wait and see how it holds up.