Oh my…I tried this thing out and I couldn’t wait to get back to my office to write about it.  The lateral elliptical…how do I explain this…the closest thing I can think of is skiing.  Yes! That’s exactly what it’s like.  Your legs are moving in an outer circular motion similar to the skiing motion so you imagine how good my legs burned after a 30 minute cardio session.  The machine has different settings so you can do a stepper motion but that circular motion is killer.  I have to rate this machine 5 runners because it is AMAZING! Next time you go to your gym put a request with the GM and see if he/she will order a few…say he/she won’t regret it in sales 😉