Hey everybody!

I recently got serious with getting in shape so in order to do this right, I bought some equipment to help shed some fat.
I aqquired a cheap bench with a barbell. This set came around 100 pounds of weights. Besides that I also bought 2 dumbbells which had around 50 pounds of weight.
Besides that I have a basic stairclimber, meaning a simple one with no handles.

I considering buying a elliptical bike. It's pretty cheap, think it costs around 85$, which is all I can afford right now.

What I would like to know is what do you people think about buying cheap equipment? since I'm a quite new to this I figured it would be stupid to go an invest a fortune.

Also what about the elliptical bike? is it worth having one of those compared to a regular training bike?

Any comments is welcomed!

If you want a GREAT cardio workout buy a good jump rope for $20-30.