Treadmill
The treadmill is one of the most well known pieces of exercise equipment. They have evolved quite a bit over the years. They started out as simple belt driven devices with a bar to hang on to. Today they are still belt driven but are now fully loaded. The newest models, can even monitor your heart rate and pulse, tell you how many miles you need to walk or run to meet your calorie burning goal and give you a slew of options for working out. These are definitely not the treadmills from the old days. Not surprisingly many folks that have had heart problems are encouraged to use a treadmill to get their cardio exercise done in their respective zones because with varying speeds and incline possibilities you can customize your work outs.
Today’s treadmills are pretty high tech, big and heavy. Bringing one home requires quite a bit of space and a bit of logistics to fit it into your decor. So what’s a better option? Going to your local Beaufort SC fitness center. EarthFIT is equipped with treadmills, ellipticals and the recumbent bike, and for those of you who are novices to the equipment, EarthFIT’s friendly staff will show you how to use it. The treadmills at EarthFIT come equipped with the technology to monitor your progress as you exercise. There is something quite motivating about being able to see the number of calories you are burning and how fast you can go, while you are on the treadmill.
A treadmill is a great exercise tool that allows you to get your heart healthy. You can get heart healthy with a few walks on the treadmill a week. No one at EarthFIT expects you to start at a full speed run (unless of course that is something you are used to doing in the first place).
Using a treadmill to exercise is also a great way to still get your work out in when the weather is bad outside. And we all know how hot and steamy Beaufort SC can get. Another benefit is that running indoors on a treadmill can be much gentler on your joints, whilst running on asphalt or concrete can negatively impact your knees, shins and joints. There are quite a number of people who suffer these injuries and their work out programs are cut short. Shin splints are one of the most common injuries that folks suffer when running, or in some cases walking on harder surfaces over time. These painful injuries are actually small impact fractures to the shins and are painful.
The personal trainers at EarthFIT can show you how to get the most out of treadmill exercising. The professionally trained staff at EarthFIT makes working out fun! They are well versed in exercise science and will surprise you with their expansive knowledge of the effective exercises that can be done on and off the treadmill. A personal trainer at EarthFIT will work with you to design a plan that will start out at to work with your fitness level and gradually increase over time to become more and more challenging. Give us a call to see if EarthFIT is the right fit for you! You will be glad you took that crucial first step.
