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The more you want to use it, the more we would recommend that you go for high quality treadmills.

When you understand the basics of a quality treadmill, then it will be easy to find one that is perfect for your home and budget.

Long or short workouts determine the quality of motor you need for your treadmill.

I usually end my treadmill routine with about 15 minutes of quality stretching.

Researches have shown, that during exercising most people forget to breath deeply or they are unable to integrate their breathing pattern with the exercises causing them muscle pain and fatigue after the workout.

Vote in this week's poll: How do you feel about exercise?
Trying to convince someone of the importance of exercise is probably a lot like trying to teach kids the importance of learning things math and English. Some day, they appreciate those things but, until then, they usually think it's a big waste of time.

Exercise is sort of the same way. Until you feel the benefits for yourself, you may understand intellectually why it's important but that does nothing to motivate you to actually do it. I've had clients who claim to hate exercise and I can talk about how great it is until I'm blue in the face, but no one likes a blue-faced trainer who talks too much.

The truth is, you have to exercise for awhile before you experience the many, many perks - More energy, better sleep, a sense of self-satisfaction and, of course, losing weight. Many people give up before get to that point. Maybe it's frustration, maybe it's confusion, maybe they really do hate to exercise - or, it's all of the above.

I'm curious about you? How do you really feel about exercise? Do you have a love/hate affair or perhaps there's no love there at all? Maybe you're on the other side, someone who loves physical movement and couldn't imagine your life without it. Vote in this week's poll and tell us about it.

Vote in this week's poll: How do you feel about exercise? originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Monday, July 26th, 2010 at 05:00:49.

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What's Your Favorite Heart Rate Monitor?
I was at the gym the other day when something disastrous happened. I was in the middle of my workout when I looked down at my heart rate monitor (which I do approximately every 30 or so seconds) and saw weird blinking lights and numbers. I pressed the buttons, swore silently and even tried CPR, (almost falling off the treadmill and, thus, breaking my own rule that you should avoid multi-tasking when on a moving belt), but nothing worked.

My heart rate monitor was officially dead.

Such a loss is hard to comprehend and there will be a mourning period, but it does open the door to new heart rate monitor possibilities, perhaps one with more whiz-bang than my previous one. What 's your recommendation? Do you have a favorite heart rate monitor? Leave a comment or, even better, post a detailed review here and tell us about your favorite heart rate monitor and why you love it.

What's Your Favorite Heart Rate Monitor? originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 05:00:57.

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Liberate Yourself From Perfectionism
If you're a perfectionist, you know how hard that job is. You work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with no lunch break, no vacations and, well, no pay. Perfectionism has its upside - You're focused, you're driven and you never stop. To some people, you're the go-to person in any given situation. To others, you're a pain in the rear but, either way, you get things done. The problem is, you may not get much satisfaction in your accomplishments because you're always worried they just aren't good enough.

Perfectionism can leak into every part of your life, especially exercise. We perfectionists get so worried about doing the right workout for the right length of time at the right intensity that we barely focus on how we actually feel about our workouts, much less enjoy them. If this sounds familiar, there are some things you can practice to liberate yourself from the constant need for perfection:

• Live in the Moment: Living in the moment is one of those overused phrases that sounds good but, for perfectionists, may feel as impossible as growing another nose. However, paying attention what you're doing allows your worries ("Am I doing this right? Should I be doing something else?") to fade away as you immerse yourself in the movement of your body. Practice focusing on your workouts. When your mind drifts, bring it back to the exercise you're doing with a remind that this is your exercise time - it's about making your body strong and fit, so there's no 'right' way to do it.
• Find Value in Every Effort: One of the worst side effects of perfectionism is feeling like a failure. Instead of thinking, "Hey, I went to the gym 5 times this week," you're thinking, "I only did 20 minutes that one day and I know I could've lifted more weight." Second-guessing yourself after the fact sucks all the enjoyment out of what you actually accomplished. Practice listing all the things you can be proud of rather than your mistakes.
• Tune Out the Self-Talk: We all have voices in our heads, but the perfectionist's voice sounds a lot like the mean teacher I had in 3rd grade who never let me share at show and tell. When the Mean Teacher starts nagging, I find the best defense is the simplest: I tell her to shut up because I'm going to do my workout anyway...even if it's wrong, wrong, wrong. And then I stick out my tongue and sing nanny, nanny, boo, boo.

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