York Active 120 2-in-1 Cycle Cross Trainer
Design features
Whenever you are looking to buy a new piece of fitness equipment it’s
always important to make sure it can be adjusted to suit your natural
running, cycling or rowing motion, depending on the fitness equipment
involved.
In the case of the York Active 120 2 in 1 cycle cross trainer this has to adjust to both your cycling motion and running stride.While it’s possible to adjust the height and horizontal position of the seat to take into account different user heights, because this cross trainer doesn’t have an adjustable stride length this may impact who the machine is best suited to.
The 12 inch stride length will be best for anyone around 5ft tall, with taller users better suited to cross trainers with a 16 inch (approx. 5ft 8ins) or even 23 inch stride (6 ft +) depending on your height.
Two small design features which you may also find useful are the wheels at the front and the height adjusters attached to the rear stabilizer.
The wheels at the front help make it easier to move the bike if you need to store it away between workouts, while the height adjusters can be rotated to keep the machine stable on slightly uneven ground.
If the 12 inch stride length isn’t an issue then the York Active 120 2 in 1 cycle cross trainer has all the high quality design and features you need for effective and challenging workouts.
Ease of assembly
While the setting up of any workout machine will probably only need
to happen once, it can still be nice to know the complexity of the steps
involved before you buy.
Fortunately, because this 2 in 1 Cycle Cross Trainer is part of the
York Active range, this has been designed in a way to make assembly as
quick and simple as possible.As you might expect, the main flywheel housing has already been assembled for you. With cross trainers you would usually need to assemble the main arms and attach them to the base unit yourself, but again this has already been done for you.
So once you have all the parts lying on the ground out of the packaging it’s just a case of adding the seat support, attaching the base stabilizers, assembling the handlebar support and attaching the display console.
Although this may seem like a lot of steps, the user manual walks you through each one with detailed exploded drawings and part references, managing to cover the full assembly in just 3 pages.
York Active 120 2-in-1 Cycle Cross Trainer – Features Summary
- Cross trainer and exercise cycle
- 17 programmes including 12 pre-set, 3 HRC, 1 user and 1 manual workout
- 16 levels of computer controlled magnetic resistance
- LCD console displays time, pulse, distance, calories and more
- Fixed and moving handlebars for lower and upper body workout
- Pulse grip sensors for heart rate measurement
- 12″ stride length
Display console design
Something that can vary wildly between cross trainers is the quality
of the display console. In many cases there are far too many buttons
with poorly laid out information on the screens that results in you
searching longer for what you need.
Fortunately this isn’t the case with the York Active 120 2 in 1 cycle
cross trainer, where the console is split into 3 clear sections.The first is the display screen itself. Measuring 5.75″ corner to corner this LCD screen reports back all the information you need including time spent training, speed, distance, calories burned, heart rate and the current workout program.
The second section is used to show the workout programs. A series of graphs are displayed just below the screen, each relating to one of the 12 preset workout programs available.
This helps to make it easier to see which workout program you are currently using, as well as giving you a rough idea of when to expect changes in the resistance level and training intensity.
The final section and the one which you will use to setup your workouts is the buttons. While there are the standard ‘start/stop’, ‘reset’ and ‘mode’ buttons, you also have ‘recovery’ and ‘body fat’ options.
The ‘recovery’ option essentially measures how quickly your heart rate returns to normal after a workout and provides you with a fitness score, while the ‘body fat’ button will perform a basic test of your body fat % and BMI.
Workout programs
The York Active 120 2 in 1 Cycle Cross Trainer provides you with 12 preset workout programs, as well as 3 heart rate controlled programs, 1 user defined and 1 manual workout (17 total).The 12 preset programs are essentially based around changing the intensity of your workouts by automatically adjusting the resistance level. This includes some of the more popular styles of workout such as hill climb and interval training, with programs suitable for all fitness levels.
With the heart rate controlled programs you get to choose whether you want to workout at 55%, 75% or 90% of your maximum heart rate depending on the goal of your workout (fat loss, endurance training, improving cardiovascular health etc.).
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Review Rating
When
it comes to deciding whether or not to buy the York Active 120 2-in-1
Cycle Cross Trainer, it really depends on what you are looking for from
your workouts.
If you prefer training using the cross trainer, but also like the
variety of cycling on a stationary bike without the added cost of buying
two separate machines then this could certainly be a good choice.The preset workout programs and resistance levels affect both the cross trainer and cycling training so people of different fitness levels can benefit from both types of exercise.
As a company, York has been one of the biggest names in the global fitness equipment industry for over 75 years and has produced a wide range of high quality fitness products from cross trainers to dumbbells.