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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.
Why You Need to Exercise I'm thinking of the hours I recently spent bailing water out of my sump pump and all the things I needed from my body: Core strength to keep bending over, leg strength to hold a squat, arm strength to bail the water, carry the bucket and lift it to pour the water out, emotional strength to kill the oversized tarantula I found in the corner (or maybe it was just a little brown spider...whatever), and the stamina to do that about 653 times.
I may be slightly exaggerating.
I found myself wondering how long I would've lasted and how quickly our basement would've flooded if I didn't have all those cardio and strength workouts under my belt.
While some of us do have physical jobs, most of us are rarely called upon to do much physical work on a typical day...until the flood hits or we have to dig out of a snowstorm or a friend needs help moving or we get lost on a hike and end up adding more miles to the trip than planned. It is these moments where your physical strength and endurance becomes an issue and, if you've been exercising for awhile, you've definitely got a leg up.
What about you? Have you ever been in a situation where you thought, "Man, I'm glad I workout or I would never get through this"? Or maybe you've thought, "Man, I wish I worked out more - I'll never get through this!" Either way, leave a comment and tell us about it. Why You Need to Exercise originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 05:00:17.
Every now and then I'm reminded why exercise is so important, not just for weight loss and health, but for those unexpected moments in life when you need a little extra strength, stamina and flexibility.
Exercises of the Week - Burpees There are lots of ways to vary the traditional burpees and I'm highlighting a couple of my favorites today. You didn't know you would be this lucky, did you?
First is a medicine ball burpee with a toss at the end (Warning to trainers: Clients may beam the ball straight at your head - 'accidentally' of course) and the second involves using a BOSU Balance Trainer and lifting it over your head for added intensity. Both include an element of instability, so practice the moves first by stepping back instead of jumping or just doing the move without any added equipment.
Squat and place a medicine ball on the floor. Hold onto it (keeping the hands directly under the shoulders) as you jump both feet back into a pushup position. Jump the feet forward, stand up and toss the ball in the air or at your trainer's head. Repeat for 30-60 seconds.
For this version, start the burpee on the BOSU BT with the dome side down. Jump back into a pushup position, jump forward and then lift the BT overhead as you stand up. Make sure you lift with your legs and keep your abs engaged to protect your lower back. Exercises of the Week - Burpees originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 05:00:14.
Whenever I make my clients do Burpees (aka - Squat Thrusts), I almost always duck to avoid having something thrown at my head - a dumbbell, a water bottle, a grenade...whatever. The reason, as anyone who's done them knows, is that they may be one of the most challenging exercises for your body. They work almost every aspect of fitness - They test your power, strength and endurance as well as your emotional stability and anger management skills. What could be better? (I'd like to ask my clients to refrain from actually answering that question).
What's Your Best Exercise Advice? In that setting, exercise advice can be annoying but, under the right circumstances, the right advice can change a person's life. I'm thinking about the best advice I ever got from a fellow trainer. She was watching me struggle through a workout and said, "You know, it's totally okay to suck sometimes." It's strange, but I've always remembered that and it's helped me get through a number of tough workouts.
I know that many of my readers have years of exercise experience and probably have more wisdom in their pinky toes than many personal trainers I know (including myself). Today, I want to tap into that wisdom to get your best exercise advice. What do you know now that you wish you knew then? Or perhaps you got some great advice that still resonates with you today. Either way, leave a comment or, even better, post your advice here for all of our readers to enjoy. Your advice may just save a floundering workout routine. What's Your Best Exercise Advice? originally appeared on About.com Exercise on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 05:00:45.
Unsolicited exercise advice isn't always welcome, especially if you're in the middle of a workout at the gym. I once had a man say, "Hey little lady, should you be lifting all that weight?" to which I responded, "Oh, you mean this isn't the nail salon? Well, shut my mouth." Okay, I didn't say that, but I thought it.
