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Treadmill Workout

Perhaps the best fat burning workout for you is the treadmill. They are easily available, and are most convenient if you want to use it at home. Because you can vary the speed, incline and resistance on a treadmill which, in turn, increases your fitness level, this gadget is considered very effective for burning body fat.

On a treadmill, you can:

• Alter the pace: Don’t walk at the same pace for the same amount of time or it will be boring and predictable for your body and you will not see long-term results. This is because the body responds to changes in pace and accordingly ignites your metabolism.
• Alter the incline: Do what you did with the pace to alter the incline. You need to shock the body and do repeat your walking time on an incline. Very soon, your body will respond to walking up and down inclines and you will gain cardiovascular strength.
• Do something more while on the treadmill: While you’re on the treadmill, if you find someone interesting near you, start a conversation with him or her, watch TV or read.

How to make it fun:

You won’t find walking on the treadmill boring if you combine it with watching your favorite soap operas, old movies or music shows. To burn body fat faster, increase your walking speed. Use the pre-set programs on your treadmill to make your workout more challenging and burn more calories and body fat.

For more fun, why don’t you try running on the treadmill? For this, you will have to walk and run alternately so that you burn the maximum fat. Here too, you’re sure to have a pre-set walking program to help you. With this, you can be more motivated and can keep varying your running treadmill workout and dare yourself to get better results.

Why don’t you try these exercises? At first, when you’re at zero incline, run for 10 minutes at an even pace. Now, re-set the incline to 1% and continue to run at the same speed for a minute. Go back to zero incline and run for another minute. Now raise it to 2% for a minute, then go back to zero for a minute.

Then, go up to 3%, then reduce it to 1%, then up to 4%, and back to 2%--each for a minute. Next, go up to 5%, and come down to 3%. Once you reach 5%, go back step by step in this order: 4%, 2%; 3%, 1%; 2%, 0, 1%, 0. Then, do 10 minutes of easy running at zero.

These are just a few tips that can help transform the monotony of working out on a treadmill into a very rewarding experience all around. Now get out there and keep on walking!

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