Losing Weight On Your Treadmill And Keeping It Off
If you are interested in losing weight on your treadmill
, you need to make sure you are working out in the right way. Believe it or not, simply hoping on your machine and working out in the same way each time will not be enough to make a long term difference.
Treadmills can be used by virtually any age group, and by individuals of any activity level. They can help you with weight loss, and maintain your progress.
It really is a numbers game. The more time you spend doing cardiovascular exercises the more calories you are going to burn and the more weight you will lose.
And if you are looking for fitness equipment that will get the maximum burn, then a treadmill should be at the top of your list of equipment. This machine is unsurpassed for a cardiovascular workout.
According to a study done, calories burned on the treadmill for sixty minutes averaged 865 - 705. Here are a few steps you can take to develop your own weight loss treadmill program.
First, find ways to make your session enjoyable, by listening to music, books on tape, or teaching tapes. Or, some people prefer to just enjoy nature and life around them, and the time to think, pray, or just let their mind wander.
The more you enjoy your workout, the more likely you are to workout consistently. Make it a daily habit - just like brushing your teeth.
Working out on your treadmill daily makes your weight loss ambitions much more likely to succeed than if you are working out two to three days a week. And, most people that make the switch will tell you that it's easier to workout every day.
You don't have to think about whether it's a workout day or not and get geared up for it - you just do it every day and your body gets used to it. It soon becomes a normal part of your day and you begin to look forward to it.
Incorporate "intervals" into three or four of your sessions each week. Intervals are brief periods (about one minute) of more intense exercise mixed into your sessions.
For example, you would do a one minute interval of faster walking about every five minutes throughout your exercise session. Here's how it will look; you'll start with your normal three to five minute warm-up and then five minutes into your walk you do your first interval, one minute of faster walking (or perhaps jogging).
At the end of that minute you should be "winded" and ready to slow down. You'll slow down to your normal speed for the next four minutes and then your fifth minute is another one minute interval.
This pattern continues throughout your exercise session. Intervals increase your aerobic fitness level by "pushing the envelope."
While doing your interval you cross the anaerobic threshold into anaerobic metabolism, forcing your body to become conditioned to more intense exercise and making it a better weight loss program.
Intervals increase your basal metabolic rate (BMR), causing you to burn more calories 24 hours-a-day, and intervals can make your exercise less monotonous and help the time pass more quickly. If you're not weight training, walk on your equipment with light (one to two pound) hand weights two to three days per week.
Swing your arms and also use a variety of arm movements while walking to tone your upper body muscles and further increase your basal metabolic rate. If at all possible, do your program first thing in the morning.
Over 90% of people who workout consistently, do so first thing in the morning. If you want to exercise consistently, odds are in your favor if you hop to it early.
Make one day a week your "easy day." Make this a very leisurely workout.
Appreciate how good your walks are starting to feel as you lose weight and tone your muscles. Keep a record of your workout.
There's something very motivating about seeing your workout accomplishments and paper. Record the date and time-of-day of your exercise, and the distance and/or time you walked.
Keep a running total of the miles or minutes you have walked. Also, record your thoughts or feelings for that particular workout.
You can have fun while losing pounds. Start today-you will not regret it!
by: Ronald Pedactor
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