The best steppers simulate the action of climbing stairs whilst standing in one place. They are an excellent way to get a low impact aerobic cardiovascular workout and increase strength and muscle tone with a minimal amount of time everyday. The stepper will especially help you to tone and shape your legs, buttocks and thighs and if used correctly, your core muscles, lower back and abdomen. Here we have taken a look at the 5 best steppers available on today’s market.
This Tristar Air Climber – Red/ Black provides a three in one workout to tone your body and burn calories. It includes 3 full workouts and a personal training monitor. The air power helps to lift your legs enabling you to workout with limited impact on your joints. This is especially good if you suffer from arthritis or any other degenerative joint disease and need to increase strength and muscle tone.
#4 – Stamina SpaceMate Folding Steppers
The Stamina SpaceMate Folding Stepper has 2 adjustable resistance hydraulic cylinders that give a smooth stepping motion. It has a multi function monitor so you can track the number of steps during your workout, number of steps per minute, duration of workout and how many calories you have burned. It has foam covered handle bars for a comfortable grip, an independent design stepping action and it folds flat for easy storage.
#3 – Sunny Health & Fitness Climbing Stepper
The Sunny Folding Climbing Stepper is great for low impact cardiovascular, calorie burning workouts. It has 2 adjustable resistance cylinders that provide a smooth stepping motion and 12 different tension levels so you can adjust your workout to suit your needs. The footplates have a textured surface and raised edges to help to keep your feet in place. It is ideal for basic training for indoor mountain climbing. Quiet and smooth and is the only one of our best steppers to fold for easy storage. User weight up to 220lbs. Read more
#2 – Sunny Health & Fitness Pink Adjustable Twist Stepper
The Sunny Health and Fitness Adjustable Twist Stepper, Pink comes in a lovely shade of pink is is perhaps the most striking of our best steppers. It has oversized slip resistant footplates and adjustable resistance. It’s sturdy steel design and twist action that moves up and down and side to side, makes it ideal for those heavy duty workouts. Comes with meter that shows time, scan, stride count, minute counter and calories burned.
#1 – Sunny Health & Fitness Twister Stepper
The Sunny Health & Fitness Twister Stepper has a twist action to help you tone and shape your thighs and buttocks and work deep muscles in places that are hard to reach, without putting stress on your joints. It has adjustable resistance and exercise bands to work chest, back, arms and shoulders providing a total body workout. The onboard computer and LCD display allow you to track how many calories you have burned, the duration of your workout, count and rep count. This stepper is compact and versatile and is essentially a portable elliptical machine with built in resistance. A great alternative when you can’t make it to the gym, and the top of our list for the Best Steppers.
