Treadmill

WALKING INDOORS

We have already talked about how good walking is for you as an exercise. So what about the treadmill. Is the treadmill a good substitute for the real thing. Lets find out…

The treadmill, the way to a good walk indoors. There are many treadmills on the market today with different types of gadgets on them and for all types of budget. When you walk normally you will burn more calories than walking on a flat treadmill. Although a lot of treadmills have inclines as if you were walking up a hill, there are very few on the market with declines so you won’t get the same benefit from most treadmills of using the muscles you would use to walk down a hill.

That said you are more likely to keep up the same pace on a treadmill as opposed to normal walking. So if you set the treadmill at quite a speed you have to maintain that speed or fall off (unless you decrease the speed control again) so in that respect you will burn a fair amount of calories.

There are some advantages over using a treadmill. The weather being one, if its pooring down outside you can still go for that walk without getting wet. Safety is another, in this day and age we may not feel safe walking around a city especially after dark. Also with some treadmills you will get heart rate read outs and calories you have burned which can be motivational when you’ve burnt a lot of calories. Another advantage of a treadmill is that you can watch your favourite programs on tv while you are walking.

So what is the best option then, traditional walking or treadmill walking. Well it’s really down to personal choice. There are pro’s and con’s to both methods, but ultimately we should all be trying to do some kind of walking in our daily life.

I personally go for walks in the great outdoors and enjoy it, But I will sometime in the future be investing in a treadmill for those times when the weather is to bad or I would just rather watch a tv program while I walk. Also I like the idea of running on a treadmill. If you think you would prefer to do your running or walking indoors then may be a treadmill is for you, so have a look at this great range of Treadmills. There is a price range for all and even used treadmills are available so definitely worth a look.

So no excuses, indoors or outdoors lets get walking or running.

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