January 20th, 2009
Exercises on a Treadmill
Hectic life of the present generation has brought along with it various diseases. Due to busy schedule of people they cannot take care of themselves even if they want to, also a lot of people are too lazy to get out of their beds to go for a walk in the park or visit the gym. The answer to this problem lies in treadmill, it is a wonderful equipment which you can place anywhere in your house in front of the T.V., music system, in your drawing room. Thus you can enjoy your T.V. Program as well as burn your calories and fats also.
There a host of exercises you can do on a treadmill. Below are some treadmill workouts that will not consume more than an hour of your precious time as well as get rid of those unnecessary fats and calories.
The first one is called the speed demon; in this exercise you will alternate your running speed. First you have to get yourself warmed up with around 10 minutes of light jogging, then set your treadmill at a faster rate of 20 seconds per mile compared to your latest speed in a 5 kilometer streak. Then run fast for around 3 minutes and then slowly for 3 minutes. Do it for around three- four times. And after you have finished jogging it is necessary that you take a rest of around 5 minutes.
The second one is called the progression; here also you need to start with some warm up, after that you need set the treadmill at 15 seconds faster than your best pace. You need to run continuously for around 5 minutes without stopping.
Then do not finish the exercise abruptly. You need around 10 minutes of slow jogging to wind up. In the following weeks to come by, slowly increase your working out time by 1 minute every week.
The third exercise you can try out in a treadmill is the indoor hills, or also indoor marathon. Here also you need to warm up, then raise the elevation of the treadmill by 1 degree after 1 minute to 2 degrees and run for 2 minutes, thus you need to follow a pattern of 1-2-1-3-1-4-1-5-1-6-1-7, raising the elevation of the treadmill after every 2 minutes until it reaches 7 degree. Don't be bogged down if you cannot reach up to 7 degrees, you need several attempts to do this and lastly finish off your exercise with 5 7 minutes of cool down.
The Broderick Crawford is another useful treadmill exercise where you are required to run continuously for 10 minutes and then slow down for 4 minutes. You need to do this three times. Apart from the above mentioned exercises there a lot of them you can try out. It is truly amazing fitness equipment.