Cubii JR1 Seated Elliptical: Fitness at Your Desk

Easy Peasy – Works As Advertised
I work from home and needed a no brainer exercise stimulant for my legs and feet that could help with sitting at a desk all day, and wouldn’t require a lot of effort. With all the available stay at home virtual exercise videos, I either didn’t do it, nor was the costly equipment requiring installation and space, wasn’t an option. Researched products that could work sitting at a desk, and the Cubii came up. Read up on it, sounded like something that could work for me. I compared similar products and read reviews. The Cubii seemed like the best option. I like that they had a short video on the product, the company, the workers and the founders. I ordered the Cubii JR1.When it arrived, it was simple to assemble. Just attach the pedals and off you go. Loved that they included a real philips screw driver. The only thing I would agree with other reviews is the highest resistance is 8, and it’s not that strong. Other than that, it’s quiet, it fits perfectly under my desk. And when my automatic wellness reminder pops up on my work screen, I start pedaling. Throughout my workday, it’s a no brainer. I rest my feet on the pedals all day, and automatically pedal throughout my work day. Some reviews complained it was too heavy to move from room to room. It’s a solid product, no doubt. And that’s a good thing. It doesn’t slip since it sits on top of a platform under my desk. I have no problem lifting it. For the most part, I purchased to stay under my desk. When I’m not working, I can still get my workout by sitting at my desk.One other comment, they provided 2 no skid coasters for chairs with wheels. I don’t use them. Not sure how it would work considering, whenever you have to get up, I push my chair back. Anyway, haven’t tried them. My chair stays put when I pedal.I’d highly recommend this little gem.

I LOVE This Thing!
Because of health issues, and, let’s face it, just plain laziness, I have not exercised much at all in several years. Hip and back problems have not allowed me to do any kind of exercise that involves being on my feet for very long. After a stern warning from my doctor this fall about my excessive weight, I decided to check out non-weight bearing exercises. Then I saw the Cubii commercial on tv. This looked like something I could do – just sit (I’m good at that) and pedal. This machine is a bit pricey and I was afraid like the treadmill and exercise bike that I had owned in the past, that I might not get my money’s worth out of it. But I was wrong.This was very easy to assemble. Took only a few minutes. I placed it under my desk at my home office where I work several hours a day. I used a kitchen rug under it more to protect the vinyl floor than to keep the Cubii from moving. This thing is heavy and isn’t going anywhere. I like the ‘pads’ that are included that go under the wheels of office chairs which keeps the chair from rolling around while pedaling. Once I got the positioning of the chair right, I was off and running – or pedaling as the case may be. I was amazed at how very quiet this is.I started on level 1, did that for two weeks, then moved to level 2 for two weeks, and so on. Whenever I felt the tension was starting to get easy I moved up a level. I’m now at level 5. I really feel a difference in the strength and firmness of my muscles in my legs, butt and hips. And if I was sitting up straight (I’m a sloucher) I’d probably feel it in my abs too. And the best thing for me, I have absolutely no back or hip pain from using the Cubii. I find using it not only effortless but mindless which means I’m pedaling without even thinking about it. So on a busy computer day I might get as many as 6,000 steps in (about an hour total).For those that have reviewed this and said it’s not really exercise, I disagree. This may not be aerobic exercise (unless you’re pedaling really fast) but it’s not meant to be. It’s meant for people like me who need to ease back into exercise and strengthen muscles we haven’t used in a long time so we can get up and do other things. And I definitely know it’s working my muscles and burning some calories. Since I started using my Cubii about two and a half months ago, I’ve lost 15 lbs. Disclaimer… I’ve also started eating better at the same time which also helped some. When I don’t have to concentrate on my work, I have some 1 lb hand weights that I use while pedaling to get some upper body movement and exercise. And at some point, I’m going to try some of the online videos for Cubii exercises that are more aerobic.Overall, I LOVE my Cubii. I have used it every single day since I set it up and I know I will continue to use it every day because its so easy and it makes me feel good about life again.

I decided to return an Under Desk Bike Pedal Exerciser mainly because it was defective and went for this Cubii JR1. Maybe the experience seemed even better because of what I experienced with the previous bike. Anyway, everything was perfect, even the polystyrene protection. The screwdriver was by far the best I’ve ever seen as part of an assembly kit. The assembly took 5 minutes. The unit is heavy and stable enough so that there is no undesired movement while pedaling. I’ve been pedaling for one hour already while sitting at my desk. The only annoying thing is the Apple watch which doesn’t detect my exercise and keeps asking me if I was done. Which leads me to my only regret: I should have bought the Bluetooth version to connect the unit to an app and sync exercise data with my phone and watch.

Mi sto trovando benissimo: dovendo stare tante ore seduta per lavorare, mi aiuta a riattivare la circolazione e a mantenere tonicita.