With the Nordic Track X3 incline trainer, you can set your incline to be a flat 0% incline or you can turn up your workout and set it to the maximum 40% incline. When working out on a 40% incline you can burn 5 times the calories of walking on a flat surface.
It’s always recommended that when you star using an incline trainer you gradually increase your incline a small amount each week. This allows your heart, muscles, lungs and fat burning furnace to get used to the added cardio workout that you get as the incline gets set higher and higher. Remember that you’re not in a race to get to the 40% incline as quickly as possible.
Sure it’s great to burn 5 times the calories during your workout but you also want to arrive there while enjoying yourself. Just setting your incline 5% can make a big difference in how many calories that you will burn and also you will be working the muscles differently for each incline change and you want to take advantage of that. 
Having an incline that goes from 0% to 40% isn’t the only special feature that sets this Nordictrack apart from others. This incline trainer also is fitted with iFit interactive technology. When using iFit workout cards your incline trainer will automatically adjust to your workout while Jillian Michaels takes you through your workout. There are several different iFit workout cards available so if you ever feel as though you have grown out of one set of workouts you can pick up another card for the next level of routines.
There are iFit cards available for the newest user all the way to the most experienced and each card has its own set of levels, making each card very effective for months on end. The iFit technology also automatically adjusts your speed and incline to match the workout so you can concentrate on your workout and not making any adjustments.
In addition to the iFit technology the Nordictrack X3 incline trainer has 9 built in workouts along with the Random Trail Generator which takes parts of the built in workouts and rearranges them so that your workouts remain fresh and challenging.
Both the speed ( 0- 10 mph) and the incline ( 0-40 %) can be changed on the fly with 1 touch technology.
The console on the X3 had both a cooling fan and also an iPod (MP3) compatible music port so that you can stay cooler while rocking out to your favorite tunes or workout programs.
The display on the console is a bit different then you are used to seeing. Instead of just numbers scrolling your able to see your workout with an animated character. As you go up a hill on your workout so does your “avatar”. You can see whats up ahead and you can change the angle by which you see your workout. You will also be able to see your stats just like on a standard console such as speed, time, distance, vertical feet, calories burned and calories per hour burned. You can also track your heart rate with sensors that are built into the handle grips.
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