Treadmill exerciseTreadmills: benefits, workouts, cautions, equipmentMany people benefits from treadmill exercise despite the reputation they have for often accumulating dust in basement closets.
Below is some information on the benefits of exercise on a treadmill, cons & links to our other pages on treadmill exercise. Click for 3 great treadmill walking workouts. Click for help on buying good home treadmills. What’s a treadmill? A treadmill is a low-impact indoor exercise machine lets you walk, jog or run in place on a moving running belt over a deck. Manual treadmills are light, inexpensive & can usually be folded away to slide under a bed or into a closet. Benefits of exercising on a treadmill
* Beats the competition. Research shows that the health benefits of exercise on a treadmill may outpace those when working out an exercise bicycle, a rowing machine and a cross-country skiing machine. The treadmill allowed the individuals to burn up to 200 calories per hour more than the bicycle ergometer, which had the lowest energy expenditure, said the researchers. According to the American Medical Association, a treadmill workout ranks number one among workouts on cardiovascular machines. * Treadmill walking exercise offers all the many, varied exercise effects of walking anywhere else. Click for our page on the benefits of walking exercise. * Treadmill exercise adds consistency to your walking workout when models allow you to maintain speed and intensity throughout your entire workout. * Many exercises can be risky during pregnancy. For example, hormonal changes caused by pregnancy can loosen ligaments. Walking helps to tone muscles and strengthen joints that support a growing baby. * Treadmills’ features allow you to change the MPH or elevate the grade. This increases exercise effects by adding variety to workouts. * Monitor progress. Most models have options to let you know calories burned, time elapsed and distance traveled. * Most display panels allows you to keep track of workouts (e.g. time and MPH), which in turn allows you to easily monitor progress. * A treadmill workout can be done at any time of year, during any kind of weather. You do not have to miss treadmill exercise workouts because it is freezing outside and dark. And you don’t have to worry about getting heat stroke from exercising in hot, humid weather. * Watch TV. One of my favorite benefits - catch up on your shows or watch your teams while exercising. * No sharing. No need to worry about sharing the road with others or dodging attackers in the bushes because you’ll be safe in your own home. * Not ready to face other exercisers since the latest holiday binge? Treadmill in the privacy of your home. There are some cons to treadmill exercise. Most of them could be offset by including other exercises like strength training, yoga, sports and so on. Cons to exercising on a treadmill * Does not train balance muscles as well as walking on an uneven surface, negotiating curbs, etc. This is important as we age, it helps prevent falls and broken hips. * Boredom might be higher than with outdoor workouts. _________________________________________________ Click for 3 great treadmill walking workouts. Click for help on buying good home treadmills. ________________________________________________
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