Friday, May 15, 2009

Improve Your Fitness With a Treadmill Exercise Program

By Chris Campbell

There are many people who will find any number of excuses to avoid exercise or who may be too busy with friends and family to bother about staying in shape, and end up using just a treadmill exercise program.

A good treadmill exercise routine is the answer because it can be made to fit each individual's needs and the exercise itself is convenient, beneficial to the user and can be enjoyable at the same time. Controlling the walking exercise is a major part of a good treadmill exercise routine.

The benefits of having a treadmill exercise routine are that the treadmill workout is a cardio exercise that helps to strengthen the heart and improve the cardiovascular fitness of a person, while at the same time help to improve blood circulation and maintain heart pressure.

The next step is to find your cardiovascular exercise range. There is an accepted formula for determining the safe range for your personal physical exertion.

A treadmill exercise program allows a person to burn on average 700 calories per hour which is 200 calories more than for an exercise bike, for example.

The more modern the more sophisticated the fitness features of treadmill equipment and thus the more likely the equipment can calculate and monitor heart-rate and workout parameters for you.

To begin with, the treadmill exercise program may be of only five to ten minutes duration and it may also have a warm up and cool-down period to ensure that no injuries are sustained, as with any other form of physical activity.

Once the person gets into the groove of the treadmill exercise program, the duration may be extended for about 35 to 40 minutes of brisk walking. This may enable the person to achieve more mileage as well as a better heart rate.

Next, many brands of treadmill equipment offer incline fitness features. An incline increases the exertion necessary within the exercise program, facilitating better endurance. Again, the suggested path is to take it slow and move ahead gradually.

Only one in a hundred who venture onto treadmill fitness equipment ever contemplate running a marathon. Nevertheless, you can get a picture and get some encouragement and hope seeing everyday people participating and completing the 26.2 miles of any marathon.

On Saturdays then the person should be doing power mixes while on Sundays, they may again rest during the first eight weeks and from week nine, may start cardio walks again.

This is just an example of a routine, and of course you can come up with your own, finding one that best suits your own personal preferences and needs.

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