Need For Exercise

By Rommel Etter


It is sad that many people find themselves overweight and out of shape. Modern lifestyles factors, which include fast food diets, inactive office work environments and the various media outlets, have caused a good number to ignore or forget the effect these have on their health. Day-to-day cardiovascular exercise or muscle building can get you into shape by helping you shed a few pounds, strengthen your muscles, boosting your stamina and strengthening your body against injuries. If you find it challenging to incorporate regular fitness and exercise into your busy routine, a treadmill machine at home can offer the flexibility of exercising whenever convenient.

Merits of Treadmills

Running, jogging or even simply walking on a treadmill trainer can really shape and tone your body over time. The high-intensive nature of the exercise workouts treadmills can offer, help make them more effective fitness solutions than other popular fitness machines. Many of today's treadmills come with workout apps that can help you shed bodyweight, build fitness and endurance, and tone up. Treadmills are excellent exercising products because they can be used in so many different ways. Athletes use them to do their training on, casual users use them to keep fit, and obese people use them to lose weight.

Wide-spread Treadmill Features

Speed adjustment is a basic and essential feature on treadmills. You'll also find several other comparable features, such as incline adjustments, that can help you mix up your workout sessions. Having these kinds of treadmill trainer features allows you to stay motivated and interested in working out, because workouts sessions never have to always be the same.

Many of today's treadmills ship with pre-configured workout apps. These programs include workouts designed for targeted fitness goals such as weight loss and training. Just choose the app before you begin and follow the treadmill's instructions. The speed and the incline of these set workout programs change automatically, so you don't have to interrupt your workout to push any buttons. The pace and the resistance levels will vary, so opt for a program that you know you'll be comfortable with.

Heart rate monitors are found on many treadmills. They can be used along with a treadmill program that exercises the heart. Most heart rate monitors are either clipped to the body somewhere or held in the hand. High-quality treadmills use a chest-strap heart rate monitor to accurately track your heart rate and calories burnt. A treadmill machine can have several different monitors, in addition to a heart rate monitor. These monitors help you monitor various fitness levels as you workout.

Typically treadmills come with a small amount of memory built in, so that you can save your workout session to be continued on at a later time. This comes in handy especially when there are other treadmill machine users. Some treadmills also store your workout history; you can track your fitness advancement over time and better your previous performances.

Popular among treadmill trainer models today is a feature called iFit Live capability. This technology connects online and lets you load up maps and trails to workout on. If you were signed up for a race, you could install a map of the course and train on it. See how well you stack up against others on select race courses with iFit Compete Live. To use iFit Live, you need a treadmill that has both Internet connectivity and iFit Live capability. Check to see if these two specs can be found on a machine if you're interested in in this technology. Other premium features available on premium treadmill trainer models include features such as color touch displays or video functionalities.

Things Found Inside a Treadmill

The first thing you see when you're checking out a treadmill trainer is its tread belt. It's powered by a motor. The tread belt is placed over rollers and is driven by the motor as you walk, jog and run on top. The belt is fitted into a running deck that extends into the frame of the treadmill machine and supports your entire body weight. You can raise or lower the deck to the desired incline angle to emulate an uphill climb or downward slope outdoors. This gives you a good cardio exercise session and brings variety to your routine.

Today, you'll find that most decks sit on elements that absorb the repeated impact incurred on the product. A cushioned belt lessens the jarring impact on your feet while in motion; the tension in the cushioning can be modified for your comfort and resistance requirement. Together, the motor, belt, deck and rollers control a treadmill's quality and performance.

Another element to look at is the frame. Some treadmills have foldable frames and some don't. The foldable form be more effective for home gyms where space is fixed. What happens is you lift the deck up into a vertical position. You'll have to pay a little extra for the benefit of having a foldable treadmill machine. Non-foldable platform treadmills are great for fitness gyms, as the treadmills here are constantly in use and need to withstand a lot of wear and tear.

Selection of Treadmills Available

Aside from the collection of features, you'll find treadmills meant for different user types and usage. There are treadmills that are made just for walking and jogging and there are treadmills that are engineered especially for runners. More body weight causes more impact and wear on the treadmill machine; it needs a more robust motor to support heavy users and thus comes at a higher price. If you're a person of great height, you might want to consider a treadmill trainer with a longer belt and deck. If your home gym treadmill machine will be used by the entire family, think about the increased wear that the machine will go through. Select a high-quality, durable treadmill machine in this case even if it costs more.

Conclusion

Health and fitness are issues that you need to take seriously. Adding a treadmill system to your home gym can help you better your body and well-being. Take some time to think about what your health and fitness needs are. Examine the dimensions of the treadmill trainer and be certain it will fit into the spot that you want to place it at. Consider all these things while at the same time keeping note of whether or not different machines fall in your budget.




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