Woo woo I have a suprise!!! A guest post from The Treadmill Review Guru
There certainly is a lot of hype about treadmills, a lot of
which coming from me! And you might just be wondering: "what exactly is so
great about treadmills? I can get a just as great workout if I step outside my
front door!" While doing both employs your ability to run, running on a treadmill can offer you some more benefits than just regular running outside.
Rather than give you the pros and cons of each, I'm going to show you how using
a treadmill can amplify or increase the number of benefits of running.
Accessibility
So running is a pretty easily accessible workout right?
Literally anyone who wants to can step out of their house and go for a run.
Running has tremendous potential and can be one of the most effective exercises
of all time and treadmills assist in bringing it to that potential.
Treadmills can do this by allowing you to get that great
workout in the comfort of your home. Sure there are many advocates of running
outside in the fresh air, and if you like that, then more power to you! But
when it comes to the busy life of...well most people now days, where they don't
have a whole lot of time, having a workout machine such as a treadmill in your
home is very convenient. Maybe you only have 15 minutes to work and you don't
want to go for a run outside that might make you late, that is when the
treadmill comes in handy; you don't have to go anywhere!
Features
Modern treadmills are stocked with all kinds of new and
shiny features. From an
iFitLive to decline capabilities, treadmill manufacturers are working hard to
make your workouts more interesting and fun.
Built-In Workouts
One thing that treadmills do that greatly improves the
effect of running is the feature that most treadmills will support these days
is having built-in workouts. These are extremely useful tools that will allow
you to get the kind of running workout that you want. Most will have the
workout titled after what type of race it is designed to train you for, for
example, they will be titled "Marathon", "Half-Marathon",
"10k", you get the point. By selecting a workout, the treadmill will
control everything; like the speed, and incline so you get a specific workout
that you might not be able to obtain otherwise.
Incline Training
Another great thing that can amplify your running workout,
that treadmills offer, is incline training! Honestly, I don't think there is a
bigger fan of incline training than me! Do you realize that on a small incline you can burn
nearly 5 times the calories?? Incline training alone is a great reason to buy a
treadmill! Yeah, you can walk up and down the hill next your house till the
cows come home, but with an incline training treadmill you have full control
over the incline; set it higher if you are feeling like a boss, set it to a
negative slope to get a more realistic workout. The bottom line is that incline
training takes the exercise of running to a whole new level.
Run Anywhere!
This is a fairly new feature that only a couple of brands
have employed into their treadmills. The capability to synca treadmill to Google Maps is an extremely effective tool. Not only is it
super-cool and will make you feel like a tech-guru, but it can actually help to
keep you interested and motivated in running. This feature lets you put your
treadmill's display into street view mode on Google Maps so that you can feel
like you are running anywhere in the world! What's more is that your treadmill
will even adjust the incline/decline according to where you are running.
Treadmill companies have running down to a science! They
know what is best for you and what you will benefit most from.
About the Author:
Treadmill Review Guru is a running fanatic that prefers treadmills. You can
read honest and unbiased treadmill reviews on his site, TreadmillReviewGuru.com.
