Legs · Leverage Machine
Elliptical Machine Walk
How to do the elliptical machine walk, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Step onto the elliptical, grip the moving handles, and walk through a smooth, low-impact stride. Adjust resistance to match your effort and keep a steady rhythm with your legs and arms working together.
- 1Low-impact burn in your legs and glutes as you stride
- 2Arms pushing and pulling the handles for upper-body work
- 3Steady rhythm with controlled breathing
Common mistakes
- Leaning on the handles or slouching
- Overextending your knees; keep the stride comfortable
- Pressing through only your toes instead of the whole foot
Muscles worked
The elliptical machine walk mainly works the glutes, with the biceps, triceps, mid chest, lats, lower back, upper abs, lower abs, quads, hamstrings, calves, side delts, forearms, upper traps, and obliques assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- BicepsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- LatsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
Kovo programs the elliptical machine walk for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed June 2026.