Posts Tagged ‘Cardio Exercise’

Mistakes to Avoid on the Treadmill – Part 1

Regular workouts on a treadmill are fantastic for getting good quality cardio exercise. If you really want to maximize the benefit you get from treadmills you should learn to avoid some pretty common mistakes. By achieving the correct posture for example you avoid many possible injuries and unnecessary stress, your walking will be smoother and go for longer.

Never get on the treadmill while it’s moving at full speed. The correct way is to have one foot on each side of the belt and start the treadmill moving at a slow speed. Once you are on board you can gradually increase the speed. Take the time to notice where the emergency switch to stop the treadmill is located. It’s often indicated with a red light.

Something so simple can seem like silly advice but really you’d be surprised at how many people have injured themselves trying to step onto a treadmill incorrectly. Usually they have been surprised by underestimating it’s speed or the sudden jerk when it first begins to move. Read more…

Testing the Fitness of Your Heart

Anytime you start a new fitness program, it is always important to evaluate your current level of fitness. This gives you a baseline for key information about your health and fitness. A fitness evaluation can be performed by a professional, or it can be done by yourself.

Since your fitness program will almost certainly include cardio exercise, you’ll want to know your baseline heart rate. By placing two fingers on your wrist, count the number of times your heart beats in a 60 second period while you are in a “resting” state, i.e., not doing physical exertion. (If you enjoy precision, repeat this over the course of a few days.) A resting heart rate is typically 60-85 beats per minute, and you can expect it do go down after you’ve been exercising regularly.

You should also have your blood pressure checked before you start your exercise program. While some pharmacies have blood pressure machines, they tend to be inaccurate, so you’ll want to have a professional give you a reading. In general, you want you blood pressure to be 120/80 or less. Read more…

The Importance of Child Exercise

You may be already in the know of the fact that one of the most important that you can do to keep your body in good shape and to watch your weight is to implement a cardio exercise schedule. As this is true you also need to know that you have to make serious decision on the part of the children’s health. This means that as your children may not be decide for themselves especially on maters of health you then have to play a major role in deciding for the. The question is; what exercises are is effective and what kinds of exercise must one pursue to accomplish set goals? In this piece we will present to you some of the best cardio exercise that you can get your children into to blasts off those calories and get your heart up to a good hart rate.

Running. Read more…