Best Exercise Equipment to Burn Calories

Blast Fat with Exercise Machines

Get more out of your time on exercise machines with these high-intensity 20-minute workouts
By Matt Fitzgerald menshealth
 

Do More With Machines

Blast Fat with Exercise Machines // Man pulling cables across the frame © Mitch Mandel

Image: Mitch Mandel

Exercise machines weren't created to punish guys who eat too much. That's what diets are for. But men spend hours, day after day, churning their arms and legs and waiting for the StairMaster or treadmill to make their bellies vanish. The result: They make it about as far as the average rat.

But your machine workout doesn't have to be a road—or row—to nowhere. "By decreasing the duration and varying the intensity of your exercise sessions, you'll get better results in less time," says Chris Carmichael, founder of Carmichael Training Systems and coach to Lance Armstrong.

Try our guide to the five most popular exercise machines, with a high-intensity 20-minute workout geared for each. Your goals: Bust your exercise rut, and your gut, in record time.

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