Once you get in the groove of working out on a regular basis, it’s easy to establish a routine and repeat the same exercises on the same equipment for each workout. However, mixing up your workouts is essential in order to keep your body challenged and benefiting from the session. Most of us are guilty of arriving at the gym and hopping on a free treadmill and completing the same run we do every day. To get the most out of your treadmill workouts, mix it up with these changes. Continue reading “3 Treadmill Workouts to Maximize Your Cardio Routine”
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How to Keep Your Kids Safe When Using Fitness Equipment
Bringing fitness equipment into your home is a wonderful way to encourage the whole family to stay fit. However, safety concerns can come up. As a rule, children should not use home fitness equipment.
Teens, on the other hand, can use home fitness equipment when taught how to use it properly. You should discuss rules and demonstrate how to use it properly when the equipment arrives to reduce the risk of accidental injury. Continue reading “How to Keep Your Kids Safe When Using Fitness Equipment”
A Rundown of TRUE’s Most Popular Equipment Consoles
TRUE Fitness offers five different console options for our home fitness equipment. While variety is the spice of life, how do you know which console suits you best? Each console offers slightly different features, allowing you to choose the best console for your individual needs.
Emerge
Starting with the most basic console, the Emerge is a simple LED screen, with control buttons and data readout capabilities. This console provides the user with easy navigation and appeals to those who want to walk up to a machine and quickly start their workout. Data readouts include: Continue reading “A Rundown of TRUE’s Most Popular Equipment Consoles”
Why You Should Get Involved With Bike MS
Every year, the National MS Society hosts events all over the country in hopes of raising awareness of multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the central nervous system. Through these events, donations are raised to help MS research in the hopes of finding a cure. By participating in MS events, you are:
- Completing a marathon
- Raising awareness
- Donating to a great cause
Is Group Training Right For You?
The American College of Sports Medicine has announced the findings of its annual “fitness trend forecast,” and found that among other trends like high-intensity training and functional fitness, group fitness will rise in popularity in 2015.
Group training has the unfortunate stigma of the 80s attached to it, giving us the image of sweatbands and workout videos aimed primarily at women. While trends come and go, group exercise for men’s fitness need not be the dancing workout we remember. Group training comes in many forms like cycling and boot camps.
What to Watch Out For During Group Training
While group training offers many benefits, there are some potential drawbacks if you’re not careful:
- Potential to over-train
- Little to no individualized training
If you are looking for a way to individualize your workout, group training is not for you. Because group training involves many people, instructors may not be able to critique everyone’s form. Since many trainers teach the same group training routine over and over again, you’ll be less likely to improve as time goes on. Also, by doing the same high-intensity workout, there is the danger of overtraining.
Break the Boredom Cycle
One of the reasons many men stop exercising is pure boredom. If you primarily workout by yourself, the lack of social interaction and variety can quickly get dull. By working out in a group setting, you are less likely to get bored both physically and mentally with the variety of new exercises and people around to motivate you.
Become Part of a Unit
You don’t want to be the guy who skips out on his buddies. If you tell someone you’re going to do something, you’ll be more likely to do it. Known as a conjunctive task, these tasks can only be completed successfully if everyone in the group contributes. By training with a group of friends, you will be less likely to skip out on your workout and become more motivated, keeping everyone motivated in turn.
Save Time & Money
Many gyms offer group training that is both economical time- and money-wise. Since you are training with a group, trainers can train more people at once and offer deals that will make exercising more affordable.
If you’re not comfortable going to a gym to participate in group exercise, investing in home fitness equipment and inviting your friends over is also an option.
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Show Your Support with the Bike MS Cycling Bike
Multiple Sclerosis, often referred to as MS, is a chronic disease which involves damaging of the nerves located in the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of this disease vary widely and are similar to other conditions, which makes it difficult to pin-point whether or not an individual is suffering from MS.
To show our support of MS research, TRUE Fitness has developed The Bike MS, an exercise cycling bike that will help raise awareness to this troubling disease and to those who are suffering from it. Continue reading “Show Your Support with the Bike MS Cycling Bike”
What is the Best Workout for Your Body Type?
Not all women are the same, especially when it comes to body type. There are many different body types among women, and each one may require a different form of exercise to provide the best results. In general, women’s body types can include:
- Pear
- Apple
- Straight
- Hourglass
Figuring out what your individual body type is will help you determine the best workout for you. Remember to always consult with your doctor before starting an exercise routine, and know how to keep yourself safe when exercising.
Pear
What Does It Look Like?
Women who are pear-shaped tend to be heavier in their thighs, butt, and hips, making them appear lighter on the top and heavier on the bottom. Celebrities such as Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez are considered to be pear-shaped.
What’s the Best Workout for Me?
If your body type is leaning towards more pear-shaped, focus on:
Apple
What Does It Look Like?
The apple body shape means you are rounder in the center and have a thicker waist when compared to your hips and shoulders. Celebrities like Drew Barrymore and Lindsay Lohan would be considered apple-shaped.
What’s the Best Workout for Me?
The best workout for your apple-shaped body would focus on:
- Core-centric sculpting
- HIIT (high-intensity interval training) cardio
Straight
What Does It Look Like?
If you have a thin, straight silhouette and lack curves, you would be considered to have a straight body type. Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cameron Diazvrock this figure.
What’s the Best Workout for Me?
For ladies with a straighter figure, the following workout is best:
Hourglass
What Does It Look Like?
The hourglass figure tends to be curvier on both the top and bottom halves of the body with a tiny waist in the middle. Well-known Celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson and Sofia Vergara have the hourglass shape.
What’s the Best Workout for Me?
When exercising, curvier women should make sure to incorporate:
To make directing your workouts to fit your body type even easier, try investing in home gym equipment. Get the exact piece (or pieces) you need to make sure you are getting the most out of each and every workout you complete.
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Working Cardio into Your Weight Lifting Routine
In order to get those “bulking” results you fellas may be looking for, you cannot solely focus on lifting weights. A simple cardio routine needs to be incorporated into your exercise regimen to supplement strength routines.
Cardio does not strictly mean running, although running is a great cardio workout. Check out these cardio suggestions that you can add into your fitness routine to get the best results possible:
- Pick up an extra-curricular activity
- Invest in home gym equipment
- Use your surroundings
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What Does a Fit Body Really Look Like?
With the media constantly barraging women with images of the “perfect” body, it can be difficult to know what being fit actually means. Contrary to popular belief, being skinny and sculpted doesn’t equal being fit.
Being fit is a lot more than just looking sexy at the gym or in a bathing suit. You can look amazing and still be unhealthy. Being fit means that you have a body that is healthy and can endure the daily physical strains you put on it, like running a distance or picking up that big bag of mulch. Continue reading “What Does a Fit Body Really Look Like?”