http://www.boomhammer.com/blog/BoomerBlogFeed.aspxThe latest commentaries of politics, world events and other rantings by Boomer!(c) 2008, BoomHammer, LLC. All rights reserved.5About 3 weeks ago I wrote an article concerning the inaccurate calorie burn display of the elliptical machines (read the article).  However, our local gym just replaced all of our ellipticals with Precor EFX576i's.  I was really excited to try the machine out to see if the calorie burn was more reliable.  I donned by Bodybugg, set the machine at level ten and ran it for half an hour.  I then got on the treadmill http://www.boomhammer.com/blog/Blog.aspx?id=39531383-8111-4066-b26c-3a25892ee29aMon, 31 Mar 2008 19:46:38 GMT I recently answered a question in our forums about the calorie burn rate of the elliptical vs the treadmill.  This question is asked countless times in fitness forums across the Internet.  I decided to extract my forum post and create this article for quick reference. Runner's World magazine has done serveral studies on running and there are some variables to take into account.  For instance, distance, time, incline and how many liters of O2 you http://www.boomhammer.com/blog/Blog.aspx?id=69877e87-e185-46b6-a4d2-20f24d9d81efSun, 16 Mar 2008 09:44:06 GMTI recently lost a few pounds (50lbs to be exact).  To do it, I used a simple formula.  Burn more calories than I consume.  That was all there was to it.  Now, I will say that I approached it from a life style change perspective.  Although I reduced my calories, I did it in a way that would provide the necessary nutrition for my body.  For instance, instead of easy a big heavy lunch of http://www.boomhammer.com/blog/Blog.aspx?id=a49de185-920e-4178-a1aa-a446ff9faa10Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:46:29 GMT