Author: Angie Tinsley

The love handles, located on our sides, are likely one of the hardest areas to target and really burn fat. Home gym equipment is a great way to stay in shape, tone your body and even melt off those stubborn pockets of fat. You just have to know how to do it! Fitness treadmills allow you to create a workout especially made for burning fat and trimming your love handles. Women’s Fitness explained that cardio machines that work the whole body, like treadmills, are the best cardio equipment to help you lose your love handles and tone up. Here are a few things to keep in mind next time you hop onto the treadmill:

Stay in the fat burning zone
In order to shed those pounds, you’ll need to get your body into the fat burning zone. This will depend on your weight, height and heart rate. According to Women’s Fitness, the fat burning zone is around 60 to 70 percent of your maximum heart rate. All of TRUE’s home treadmills are equipped with heart rate technology called TRUE HRC Cruise Control. This makes it simple to stay at a steady heart rate and allows you to lock into your target. Once it is entered, your speed will automatically adjust throughout the duration of your workout, helping you to stay right in the fat burning zone!

Vary your workouts
Just because you’re working out on a treadmill doesn’t mean that you have to keep up with the exact same workout regimen. Try a variety of programs like hill training and interval training to keep your body guessing and get you on your way to burning off excess fat. TRUE’s treadmills have a wide array of preset workout programs, making it easy to keep a variety and not get bored with your workouts. Try sprinting for 30 seconds, then giving yourself a minute of rest, then going back to sprint mode. Do this for about four minutes. According to Yahoo, this four minutes of hard work on the treadmill will kick your body into the action of burning stubborn fat.

Use the incline
Walking on a flat surface may suffice, but by increasing the elevation on your treadmill, you can amp up the intensity of your workout. Your heart rate will elevate, causing you to work harder. As a result, you burn more calories. You can opt to set the incline at a variety of levels for a more interesting exercise regimen.

Whichever piece of home gym equipment you choose to break a sweat on, you're heavily relying on your feet to get you through that workout. But if you're an avid runner or simply have problems with aches and pains in your feet, working out may prove to be a bit more difficult. According to Runner's World, our feet absorb more force during running than any other part of the body. However, by caring for those running feet in the right way, you can reduce soreness and even prevent injury, prompting more effective workouts in the future. Here are a few tricks to try for healthier feet:

Choose the right equipment
Running on home treadmills is an extremely effective way to get in shape fast. However, if you're experiencing an uncomfortable stride, you may want to consider switching over to TRUE's PS800 Treadmill. This stylish piece of equipment has an orthopedic belt which offers the ultimate reduction of impact on the joints and knees. You'll instantly notice more comfort with each step you take.

Try an elliptical
If the impact of treadmill strides are too much for your feet to handle, try running on an elliptical machine instead. The gentle and swift movement of TRUE's ellipticals give your joints the comfort they desire accompanied by an effective workout. The M50 Elliptical even has soft step orthopedic footpads, which work to decrease the stress of impact on your joints, making your workout more comfortable than ever.

Grab a tennis ball
Tennis balls provide runners with a great way to massage the foot and help get you prepared for more workouts with less aches and pains. According to ESPN, you should sit or stand and place the ball under the arch of your foot. By rolling it along the bottom of the foot, you'll be massaging out any sore areas.

Find the right fit
It may be your running shoe that is contributing to the health of your feet. Bad shoe selection can cause anything from calluses to blisters, according to Rick Braver, a podiatrist who treats many runners. Check out your nearest running specialty store and shop around for the shoe that best fits your foot. You may want to ask whoever works there to size you, as you may be choosing the wrong size shoe.

If you already have comfortable shoes, you'll want to take a look at the age of your footwear. If they're a bit worn out, you probably don't want to continue using them for your workouts. According to Runner's world, the average life of most running shoes is 350-500 miles.

Whether you're just jumping into running or are looking to get a more intense workout, running a bit faster will help you to torch the calories. However, this is often easier said than done. Once fatigue sets in, it's hard to keep up that fast pace. Here are a few ways to maintain an intense workout and increase your speed on the treadmill:

Use home treadmills to your full advantage
TRUE's PS100 Treadmill offers one of the largest running surfaces in the industry, giving you the necessary amount of room for longer, faster and more effective strides. This piece of home gym equipment also has a wireless heart rate monitoring system. This will help you make sure that you're working out to your full potential.

Fuel your body
Much like a car, you need to fill your body with the right materials in order for it to run properly. If you fill up on fat-packed snacks, you're likely to feel sluggish and your run will suffer. Shape Magazine suggested eating fiber-filled, complex carbohydrates. This could include brown rice, multi-grain crackers, oatmeal, bananas, sweet potatoes or apples and walnuts.

Eating the right foods after your workout is just as important. According to the Journal of the International Society of Sports Medicine, consuming protein and some carbohydrates is best immediately following exercise. Shape Magazine recommended finishing off your workout with a protein shake, steamed vegetables, multigrain bread and peanut butter or quinoa.

Hill training
According to Runner's World, utilizing the incline on your treadmill will help to improve your stamina and speed. Try increasing the incline for one minute, then lower the incline for a minute of recovery. Keep repeating this for a great workout and effective results. TRUE treadmills are also equipped with preset programs that offer hill training as well as interval training to increase your speed.

Pump up the tunes
When you're working out, having an exercise playlist ready to go on your iPod can really help to amp up your workout to the next level. Your favorite song can be just what you need to finish an intense sprint and give you the push you need to keep going. In fact, according to a study at the University of Plymouth in the UK, those who turned up the tempo and volume of their music saw increased speed and heart rates. Both TRUE's PS850 Treadmill and ES900 Treadmill are iPod compatible so you can have a great workout while listening to your favorite tunes.

It’s a known fact that exercising on home fitness equipment can help you trim your tummy so that you’re ready for beach season. But there are some things that can boost your workout to make it even more effective and worth your while. Everything from what you’re exercising on to how you move your body can make a difference in the results you get from your workout. Here are a few workout secrets to keep yourself in tip-top shape:

Move your whole body
According to Allure Magazine, you burn more calories when both your upper and lower body are involved in the process. This can easily be done on any treadmill or elliptical. TRUE Ellipticals come with moving handles to tone your arms while you work on your cardiovascular fitness. Running backwards on the elliptical is another way to tone various muscle groups like your hamstrings, quads and calves.

Get the right equipment
Of course if you’re not running on the right fitness treadmill, you’re not allowing yourself the best workout possible. You need a piece of equipment that’s going to give you a comfortable workout that won’t leave your joints sore and you unable to reach your potential. TRUE’s Z5.0 Treadmill has an orthopedic belt specifically to give you the most comfortable workout possible. It works to reduce impact on your joints and knees, giving you the ability to get the most out of your stride.

Track your progress
Fitness Magazine recommended staying motivated by writing down when and how you exercise. Even though you may not be seeing changes in your body instantly, you’ll be seeing your progress on paper. Checking out how much you’re improving each week can help you to stay inspired and motivated to stick to your schedule. This can also help you to set goals. If you walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes last week, try amping up your workout routine by including bursts of sprints.

Tone while running
By running on TRUE’s M30 Elliptical Trainer, you’ll find that toning all the muscle groups is easy. With TRUE’s new patented virtual personal training coach program, Cardio 360, you’ll be working parts of your body you didn’t even know you could strengthen! You’ll have your own personal trainer which helps you work all of the major muscle groups to get the most out of your workout. In as little as 20 minutes, you will have toned your body by doing muscle isolating exercises. There’s even an upper-body only workout option! What other elliptical machine does that?

We’ve all experienced the frustrations of running and suddenly feeling pain in our knees, ankles, shins … or just about any other part of our legs. Oftentimes, it’s these injuries that keep fitness fanatics from getting the most out of their workouts. Here are a few ways you can prevent those pesky injuries from happening and get you closer to the body of your dreams:

Joint-friendly treadmills
Going for a run outdoors may not be the best idea for your joints. Running on concrete streets can put more stress on your joints than home treadmills. In fact, The Huffington Post said that running on the treadmill may be better suited for individuals who have trouble with aches and pains in their feet as well. TRUE Fitness has a line of fitness treadmills that help runners reach their fitness goals in a comfortable and safe way. The TRUE M50 Treadmill provides a soft deck cushion which takes some of the impact off of each stride, giving the user the most natural motion possible. With this one-of-a-kind orthopedic belt, users will notice an increasingly comfortable workout with each stride.

Keep good form
When breaking a sweat on your cardio fitness machine, you may start to notice that the more fatigued you become, the more your form slips. Assure that you always maintain a steady heart rate on the PS300 Treadmill, which has a wireless heart rate monitoring system. This allows the runner to stay around your target heart rate. Simply enter your target at the beginning of the workout, the Heart Rate Control Cruise Control will take over and work to adjust your speed and incline throughout your workout to ensure you’ll maintain your goal heart rate.

Rest
Fitting in a period of rest in between workouts is just as important as the workout itself. Fitness Magazine suggested resting one to two days between runs. Injuries most often occur when bone or tissue is continually being used without time to rejuvenate. Create a schedule to follow to ensure you’ll have periods of rest between bouts of and exercise.

Strengthen your legs
According to Fitness Magazine, stronger leg muscles absorb more impact. Utilize the incline option on your treadmill at home to build up your muscles and to ward off potential injuries. Walking on a flat surface is great for your legs, but by amping up the incline, you’ll be getting much more out of your workout. According to The Nest, the incline works your quads, hamstrings and glutes. You could also consider doing some squats or other leg exercises in between cardio workouts.