Darker winter days are soon approaching, not to mention the cold conditions that come with it, and thus we all need some motivation for not losing those cardio routines as our daily chores. Today, we did like to highlight some simple mistakes most runners make whilst running on treadmills. It may seem simple to operate and run on it, but users still develop bad habits that more often than not sabotage the results of the cardio.
Here we outline some treadmill errors and blunders and how to rectify them:-
1) Wrong choice of shoes
This is not a time for classiness but choosing function over style. Select the sneakers that have extra padding in its soles to protect heels and foot from the impact of each foot strike. It may seem silly to read this, but most of the heel issues are detected with using incorrect kinds of shoes.
2) Don’t look at your Feet!
You don’t want to lose that balance while running and at the same time looking at your feet. Doing so, can cause the back of your neck strain, misaligning the body and much more damage. Gazing straight, and keeping the shoulders level will make a relatively straight line of the body from head to feet.
3) Sticking with one routine
Whilst it is convenient to do same work out every single day, but this practice over a time will burn fewer calories as our bodies adapt to it and the muscles become more efficient. In an ideal scenario, changing 1-2 aspects of the workout is very beneficial. Change the treadmill settings, try newer setup, or even easier, take a walk outside as experts often mention that some ad hoc changes to regular routine helps prevent strains on muscles and joints from repetitive pull and push of the muscles.
4) Holding the bars
It’s a fact that working on inclines allows for more calorie burns than walking on level ground. Also walking by holding the handles/bars on the treadmill sides means taking support for your own body weight and ultimately losing only few calories that you intended to.
5) Don’t switch on the auto-pilot mode
Constantly doing the same workout over and over, the body adapts as mentioned in point #3 above, and you reach a plateau. There are many elements of workout, but following 3 go side-by-side: intensity, duration and frequency. Again, change only 1 of this variables in any given time (week). Suppose, your target is longer run (duration) then don’t go for the intensity at the same time. It will be ideal if you increase the intensity once duration is set and frequent too.
6) Don’t overdo it!
Do not over train yourself because even Rome was not built in 1 day, a week or even a month! Give your body a chance to adapt to slow and gradual increase of the workouts. If the muscles ae starting to feel sore, with higher heart beat rates, and pains that get worse after each workout is a sign of straining your body to do something it is not used to. If these happens, re-evaluate your exercise program and take some timeout till you recuperate.
7) Manual Treadmill does wonders!
Did you know a manual and these curved treadmills allow for up to 30% more calorie burnout than the electric treadmills? The idea is you are the motor that runs that conveyor belt and it’s a little curved to give that angle to give it harder push so it is more effective for your workouts. Get one of these non-motorized and affordable treadmills for home for your in-house workouts and eliminate the monthly gym subscriptions and overcoming many other factors like not wanting to go because of wintery weather, or storms etc!
5) Don’t switch on the auto-pilot mode
Constantly doing the same workout over and over, the body adapts as mentioned in point #3 above, and you reach a plateau. There are many elements of workout, but following 3 go side-by-side: intensity, duration and frequency. Again, change only 1 of this variables in any given time (week). Suppose, your target is longer run (duration) then don’t go for the intensity at the same time. It will be ideal if you increase the intensity once duration is set and frequent too.
6) Don’t overdo it!
Do not over train yourself because even Rome was not built in 1 day, a week or even a month! Give your body a chance to adapt to slow and gradual increase of the workouts. If the muscles ae starting to feel sore, with higher heart beat rates, and pains that get worse after each workout is a sign of straining your body to do something it is not used to. If these happens, re-evaluate your exercise program and take some timeout till you recuperate.
7) Manual Treadmill does wonders!
Did you know a manual and these curved treadmills allow for up to 30% more calorie burnout than the electric treadmills? The idea is you are the motor that runs that conveyor belt and it’s a little curved to give that angle to give it harder push so it is more effective for your workouts. Get one of these non-motorized and affordable treadmills for home for your in-house workouts and eliminate the monthly gym subscriptions and overcoming many other factors like not wanting to go because of wintery weather, or storms etc!
