Just to confirm I think you're referring to the NordicTrack FreeStride Trainer. I don't own one but my friend does and I've used it in his basement many times. It has a totally open stride so you can stretch out as much as you want rather than being constrained to the typical 18" or 20" on a regular elliptical trainer. iFit is pretty cool too. It's free for a year then you have to pay a monthly fee. But you can choose any location you want in Google maps and it's as if you are there working out. Pretty cool!

Monday - rest day

tuesday - 30 min elliptical (including 1.92M Switzerland path), 50 minute Pilates jump class

Wednesday - 40 min elliptical (including 4M Antarctica track)

thursday - 30 min elliptical (including 4.6M Galapagos track), 50 minute pilates jump class, possibly 50 minute pilates stretch class

Friday - 30 min elliptical (2M Ile Vache Marine island track), 30 minute 9 rounds boxing session

Saturday - 50 minute aerial yoga, 40 minute elliptical (4.6M eTingvillir, Iceland track)

Sunday - 40 Min elliptical - 3.5M Chamonix, France track)

I bought myself a flex strider from Nordic track in December -- the ability to see different parts of the world while working out (and have the adjustment for appropriate elevation gains/losses) is very motivating; I'm currently working my way through various parks. I find that my stride is faster than they anticipate in their timing so I just make up the remaining time to my 30-40 minute plan by doing laps and alternating elliptical striding and stair stepping). I'm adding this to my Pilates and boxing workouts.

Only disappointing thing is my fitbit doesn't count my elliptical "steps" correctly. I can log the activity time but not the true step count.

The end of 2019 is approaching..as a now non drinker, New Years Eve day is spent trying to stay up and watch the ball drop then heading to bed to get up the next day to watch college football..

Started doing more cardio with an elliptical, stationary bike and still swimming. Of course, still not cleared to do any weight bearing exercises.

Hopefully soon..

My gym has something like this but it was made by Precor. I really liked it BUT you had to decide the type of stride and keep it that way all on your own power. Meaning, if I wanted to do the stairclimber aspect I had to high march. Nothing was there (mechanically or resistance wise) to stop me from converting my stride to run. If I got tired or didnt pay attention I would find myself doing the elliptical/running which was counter productive to my goal of stair climbining to improve my glutes. (|). Ok, now that I had that moment of immaturity! :) Seriously I liked the machine, but only very few people used it. At my gym about 44% gravitated towards the elliptical, with the majority of remainder going to the dreadmill and the a sprinkling towards the stairclimber. It was low impact just like the elliptical. Although I had no measurements to support this subjective observation, I found it to have LESS impact/jarring than the elliptical. Probably because there are no set tracks/hydralics forcing you to keep the predetermined stride.

Which certification are you look at getting? My wife is NASM certified and she studied for quite a while to make sure she passed.