Running isn’t for everyone, and if you’re trying to lose weight, you may be wondering if there’s a way around having to run on your home treadmill to shed pounds. Fortunately, walking can burn approximately four calories per minute, and there are plenty of ways you can modify your workout routine to lose weight. Continue reading “Can you lose weight while walking?”
Month: June 2013
Sneaky ways to get more green into your diet
Everyone knows that veggies with a deep green hue are some of nature’s most powerful super foods, but sometimes it can be a challenge to force yourself to incorporate them into your daily diet. Unlike running on a home treadmill, eating some bland lettuce may not make you feel energized or boost your mood, but it will contribute to your health in the long run. To trick yourself into getting more green into your diet, try these sneaky ways to eat more veggies: Continue reading “Sneaky ways to get more green into your diet”
Are you eating the wrong food for breakfast?
We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day – it can kickstart your metabolism and help you lose weight. But if you’re eating the wrong type of breakfast, it may not cause you to shed pounds at all. In fact, you could gain them!
According to FitDay, a breakfast packed with protein will curb your hunger and keep you energized. Combine that with half an hour spend on your home treadmill, and you’ll be well on your way to meeting your weight loss goal. To make sure your morning treats don’t derail your fitness plan, avoid these unhealthy breakfast foods: Continue reading “Are you eating the wrong food for breakfast?”
Exercise can help fend off disease
We all know that regular exercise has numerous health benefits – a few hours spent on your home treadmill each week can help you shed pounds, reduce stress and improve your focus. However, new research suggests that your fitness routine may have an additional, important effect on your health: It can reduce inflammation, which can help you fend of disease.
According to Dr. Brent Bauer, a member of the Mayo Clinic Health Letter editorial board, inflammation appears to play a role in many chronic diseases, including arthritis, heart conditions and Crohn’s Disease. Continue reading “Exercise can help fend off disease”
Summer workout songs to keep up your motivation
Music has been proven to help boost your motivation and keep you moving during a tough workout. In fact, turning up the tunes can even generate a longer and more effective exercise session. An Ohio State University study showed that walkers who listened to music walked, on average, four miles more than those who weren’t listening to music. Music acts as a distraction, so you pay less attention to how long you’ve been exercising and more attention to the beats of the songs. Now that summer is here, it’s time to change up your workout playlist. Here are some ideas to get you started: Continue reading “Summer workout songs to keep up your motivation”
Get your legs ready for shorts weather
Summer’s here, and that means it’s time to break out your shorts and show off your legs. There’s no reason to dread the season of bare legs if you have the tools to tone your glutes and thighs. Keep these tips in mind as you ease into your summer workout routine, and you’ll be ready for shorts season in no time. Continue reading “Get your legs ready for shorts weather”
How To Burn More Calories During Your Run
We all know that running is one of the most efficient ways to burn calories, which makes it one of the best ways to go about losing weight (combined with a healthy diet, of course). But if you’re not seeing results from your runs in the form of disappearing pounds on the scale, you may want to try other ways to burn more calories during your fitness routine. So hop up on your home treadmill and use these strategies for more effective running. Let’s learn How To Burn More Calories During Your Run.
Ramp Up The Incline
When running on a flat surface, you burn approximately 270 calories in half an hour, but putting your fitness treadmill on an incline can help you burn hundreds of calories more! This is because one of the easiest ways to increase your heart rate is by running on an incline, and a faster heart rate means more calories burned. All TRUE Fitness treadmills allow you to adjust your incline, so try to challenge yourself by gradually upping the tilt of your running surface during your workout.
Try Some Intervals
A really effective way to burn calories is by training in intervals, that is to say, combining short spurts of sprinting with your regular running pace. While there are many different combinations of interval training that you can choose from, the fact remains that the body is less “fuel-efficient” at higher speeds, which means you will burn more calories as you continue to run. Some interval-adherents even say they are able to run for longer periods of time when using this exercise strategy.
Run For Five More Minutes
Speaking of running longer, lengthening your run by a mere five minutes can help you burn more calories. Those few extra minutes allow you to burn approximately 50 more calories – which adds up pretty quickly if you’re a regular runner. Start slowly by running just a minute longer each day, and by the end of the week, you’ll have reached your five-minute goal.
Focus On Speed
If you’re a regular runner, it can be easy for your body to get too comfortable with your exercise routine, which means it may not burn as many calories as you would like. To combat this problem, you’ll have to ramp up the intensity of your run by increasing your speed. After warming up, run 0.5 miles per hour faster than normal. You can start by increasing your pace for just a few minutes at a time, and then returning to your normal running speed. Lengthen the amount of time you spend at a faster pace during each successive run, and you’ll be a speed demon before you know it.
Traditional workouts that will get you fit
It seems like every day you read about the best new fitness fad that will help you shed pounds and look years younger, but what about good-old-fashioned exercises like running or doing push ups? Are they still effective? As it turns out, yes! There’s no need to pay for a pricey fitness class when you have home gym equipment that will keep you fit. Continue reading “Traditional workouts that will get you fit”
Is walking better than running?
The age-old debate rages on: Which is better for you, walking or running? The answer? It depends on who you talk to, and what home gym equipment you use.
Findings published by statistician Dr. Paul Williams from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory revealed that it can really go both ways. In fact, it seems that both walking and running have numerous health benefits, they just differ. Continue reading “Is walking better than running?”