You will not get quite the same benefit and you will be using different musche recruitment. However, your ticker and lungs circ sys etc will not know the difference. From being in the fitness industry "they" say that the Elliptical is the closest thing to running. I do not know I I buy all that but it can definitely get you through your stretch you need. Good luck.

While recovering from a recent knee injury I switched to an eliptical machine in place of running workouts. I've never been fast on the run but I can tell you that my experience was that I came out of the injury no slower. I don't think I lost any run endurance although my first few times back on the road did seem to work some muscles that hadn't been worked in a while.

If it only take a week or so for the cut to heal I'll bet you feel no difference at all. I was on the eliptical for about two months.

matt

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