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Everybody knows they should exercise regularly for good health and well-being. This article outlines some of the physical benefits of exercise as well as how it can benefit us psychologically. Hints and tips are given to help you get started and make exercise a part of your everyday life.
The physical benefits
Carried out regularly, exercise can reduce blood pressure and help protect against a heart attack. By engaging in muscular strength training you can protect yourself against injury. Aerobic exercise will assist your heart and lungs in working more efficiently. Furthermore, by exercising, bones are kept strong and this can slow the development of osteoporosis. Exercise can also help alleviate headaches. A further benefit of course is that exercise can help maintain a healthy weight.
The psychological benefits
Reduces stress
Exercise not only helps reduce stress, but it can also help you deal with stress long-term. Furthermore, people who exercise regularly suffer less from stress and have less stress-related illness than those who do not exercise regularly.
Alleviates depression
Exercise has been found to not only alleviate depression but if carried out regularly can actually prevent it. In fact the improvement is comparable to other treatments for depression, including drug therapy.
Self-esteem
People who exercise regularly have greater self-worth and a more positive perception of self. Also, people who exercise come to perceive their physical selves more positively, even when there was no visible physical change. In other words, exercising makes you happier with what you see in the mirror.
Increased mood
Feeling fed up after a hard day and thinking about skipping exercise? Well bear in mind their exists a strong association between positive mood and exercise. Even more encouragingly, it seems that it only takes 10 minutes (after a warm up) to increase positive mood. If you exercise aerobically (running works particularly well here), afterwards you should be feeling calm and relaxed. Such exercise increases your endorphin levels, which give you a natural high and leaves you feeling great.
Work smarter
It would appear that by exercising you can get more work done. Research has found that employees who worked out at the gym produced a greater work output. Importantly, they needed less effort to achieve this increase.
Sleep better
Exercising regularly can help you sleep. However, make sure you have completed your exercise a few hours before going to bed.
Live longer
With the mental and physical benefits of exercise, perhaps it is not surprising that you can live longer as a result.
What you need to do
Get motivated
Try exercising with your partner. Research at Indiana University found couples starting an exercise programme together were less likely to have dropped out a year later than couples commencing a programme individually.
To help your motivation in the early days, you could reward yourself each time you exercise. It is also a good idea to keep track of your exercising. That way you will know what exercise you are doing and you can see the progress you make. Writing in a journal can be very helpful.
Make sure that what you choose is fun and enjoyable. There are no rules. You can exercise in the home, outside, or at a gym. Work within your capabilities and build up gradually. You will be less likely to give up.
Make it part of your life
Initially it is not easy starting an exercise regime. Early on you will find yourself making excuses or giving up because you are not seeing the benefits. You need to exercise all the time, week in week out. Not only will you reap the benefits but also you will become acutely aware of when you aren’t exercising, as it has become part of your daily routine. With time, those days when you skip exercise will be the ones that stand out, not the ones when you do exercise.
Try to exercise at least 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes.
We should all make time to exercise, as we would make time to eat and sleep.
And remember: speak to a doctor if you have not exercised in a long time.

by kurafire

Mobility and flexibility are integral part of any personal training program. In order to achieve this, a good personal trainer would ensure that the training routine he/she designs is well balanced.  When a training routine is well-balanced, muscle groups and movement chains are equally stressed.  On the other hand, if one particular movement chain or muscle group gets overstressed, the nervous system will make an attempt to protect its self by tightening the opposing muscle group.  A good example of such phenomena is a guy at the gym that bench presses 3-4 times a week, often to muscle failure.  The body quickly learns that priority must be placed on the ability to press allot of weight at all cost.  As a result, his posture will alter in response to the stress by shifting the shoulders forward.  This shit can help him gain strength but this is often at an expense of stiff neck, poor shoulder mechanics and even pain at the lower back.  Continual stress in such posture can yield more serious injuries, like a rotator cuff tear.

In the following article I will explain one the most important principles of a well-balanced personal training routine- planes of motion. I will also explain how planes are often be used by a personal trainer as a variable in an exercise routine.

Planes of Motion

Plane of motion refer to the direction your body/limbs are moving in. The three planes our body can move in are; segital, frontal, and transverse.

Segital plane. Segital plane refers to a front to back movement. An example of segital plane exercise would be a squat. If you look at the squat all joints move either forward or backward.

Frontal plane. Frontal plane refers to a side-to-side movement. A good example of frontal would be standing hip abduction exercise. One leg is moving to the side and the other leg is stabilizing in the same plane (interestingly, most personal training clients feel the burn on the standing leg more than the moving one).

Transverse plane. Transverse plane refers to rotational movements.  A quadruped trunk rotation is a good example of rotational movement. The axis of movement goes through the spine as illustrated. The axis represents a pivot around which the torso rotates about.

Planes of Motions as an Exercise Variable

These planes provide as an excellent exercise variable and are commonly used by a personal trainer. For example, if a personal trainer wants to train the mid section he/she could chose three exercises each EMPHASIZING three separate planes. The personal trainer can chose abdominal crunches as a segital plane exercise, side to side bending with a weighted bar as a frontal plane exercise, and standing cable rotations as a transverse exercise. These three exercises can be run one after another in a circuit format and by varying the planes a personal trainer is likely to avoid over-stressing any one movement system with their client.

Notice that I have chosen the word “emphasize”. The truth is that most exercises will place force on more than one plane. The more complex the exercise, the more planes it is likely to affect. For example, the standing cable rotations exert force on the trunk in rotational plane. However, the hips are working in a segital plane. As the torso rotates, one hip moves forward and the other backward, further generating torque needed to perform the exercise.

The complexity of planes involved in an exercise can also be used as another exercise variable. For example a personal trainer can choose to assign his/her client with one plane motion exercise like a segital dumbbell shoulder flexion followed by a standing dumbbell shoulder press with trunk rotation. Single plane exercises will usually isolate muscles and therefore they are more effective at building mass muscles. On the other hand, multi-plane exercises will integrate several muscles groups together so they are more effective at strengthening complex movements. Consequently, pairing the two allows a personal trainer to train the shoulders without overstressing them.

It is also important to notice that when you change planes you do not work different muscles but rather different sequence of muscles.  For example, the psoas muscle is involved in all three trunk exercise I previously described.  Psoas is a jack of all trades muscle, as it assists in side bending, rotation and forward movement of the torso.

Training Utility of Planes of Motion

So let’s think how we can us this concept to better train abs. I have often talked with people who would want to strengthen their abs because their lower back was in pain.  So, they have chosen to do about 100 sit ups every day. There is a good chance that the body is tightening the lower back muscles, thus causing pain, to protect the body from going into that crunch position over and over again.  In other words, the body has been overstressed in segital plane.  I am not saying that abdominal crunch is a bad exercise. Abdominal crunch is a great exercise. What I am trying to say is that abdominal muscles do more than crunch, and to effectively train them a personal trainer should choose exercises that work all movements these muscles are involved in. Here is a list of just a few common exercises in which the abdominal muscles are crucial in:

Squat (with bar) – assisting in maintaining neutral spine position
Side to side lunges – assisting in keeping the torso upright
Standing cable chest fly-the cable is pulling your torso back, abs cat to prevent this
Standing triceps extension (especially when leaning forward-cable is pulling body up and abs are pulling the torso down)
Torso cable rotations -assist, along with back extensors, at keeping the torso upright.

All of these exercises will work the abs.  HOWEVER the nature of the work the abs are doing will be different in each exercise.  In some exercises the abs work as primary movers.  In other exercises the abs are assisting at keeping stability, especially when a plane of motion is stressed in which the abs are not moving in (i.e. side to side lunge).  Once again, the difference in how abs work in each exercise can be used as a variable that can be utilized as a variation to a training routine.

Conclusion

Why is this information important?  Muscle stiffness, and eventually injury, is often caused by continual stress in a specific position or sequence of movement.  For example, most people get stiffness in their neck and shoulders by sitting in front of computer for 40 hrs a week.  Another example is a runner who performs same movement, thousands times a week, exposing his/her body to the same profile of force (segital force loading).  So, in order to avoid injuries, and in order to keep your body well balanced and stiffness free- learn how to vary planes when working out.

by The U.S. Army

As men and women grow older, their libido and general sex life tend to wane due the effect of aging and other lifestyle factors. While we cannot control getting older, we can however control the factors that affect our sex lives and longevity. One commonly overlooked component of a fulfilling health and sex life is exercise. Regular exercise can arouse sexual desire and make sex more enjoyable.

Exercise generally involve physical activity that is undertaken deliberately, either individually or as a group, with the objective of promoting and maintaining good health as well as for recreation. The body needs regular exercise to help it maintain muscle tone, control and strength. Regular exercise is therefore important for men and women throughout life, from infancy on. Exercise and a healthy lifestyle are today the secret of feeling better and living longer and appropriately, the newest “Fountain of Youth“.

Studies have shown that physical inactivity adds to a person’s risk for getting heart and cardiovascular disease, as well as some cancers. People who are not active are twice as likely to develop heart and cardiovascular disease compared to those who are more active. Being overweight increases an individual’s risk of developing heart disease and lowered self-esteem.

The general health benefits of exercise includes improved blood circulation and muscle tone (including the muscle tone of the diaphragm and heart), enlarged lung capacity, benefits to the digestive system and aids of bowel function, contributes to good posture and a more vigorous appearance, lowers body weight, and promotes relaxation and good sleep patterns. It also reduces the risk of breast and colon cancer and osteoporosis in women.

Sex is truly an act of endurance and therefore would need some amount of physical activities to improve overall physical stamina to help both partners perform longer and more often. It therefore stands to reason that the surest way to increase sexual appetite and increase sexual activity is through physical exercise.

The general health benefits of exercising equally trickle down to impact positively on our sex lives as most exercises kick-starts hormones, relieves stress, reduces fat and rejuvenates the body, satiating us with renewed vigour, improved self-esteem and confidence, and the radiance of good health.

The main obstacle to a satisfying sex life as one age is the lack of good blood circulation and fortunately this is one of the chief benefits of regular exercise to your sex life. Regular exercise increases blood flow to the genitals, priming men and women for sex. Exercise improves physical flexibility to the comfort and pleasure of both partners. You’ll be more unconstrained and more exploratory as you can move more and therefore concentrate less on what you can’t do.

Exercise is also a natural mood enhancer, you’ll feel good not just on the psychological level by the fact that you are taking positive steps for a fitter and firmer you, but the rush of endorphins will make you generally feel so much good about yourself, more relaxed and sexed-up – all of which will make you feel better about showing it all off.

You don’t have to be a top athlete to benefit from regular physical activity. Even modest amounts of physical activity can improve one’s health not to mention the fact that an all-night session with your lover counts as great exercise by itself. To the reap the amazing benefits of regular exercise, you need to get your heart rate up for 30 minutes, three to five times a week.

Start with small, specific goals, such as walking ten minutes a day, three days a week, and build up slowly from there. Also, if you have been inactive for a while, you may also want to start with easier activities. This lets you build up to more intense activity without hurting your body. As you become fitter, slowly increase your pace, the length of time you are active, and how often you are active. However, before starting any vigorous physical activity, kindly ask your healthcare provider for guidance.

For a well rounded workout plan, combine aerobic activity, muscle-strengthening exercises, and stretching. Do at least thirty minutes a day of moderate-intensity physical activity on most or all days of the week. Add muscle-strengthening activities to your aerobic workout two to three times a week.

Aerobic activity is any activity that speeds up your heart and breathing while moving your body at a moderate or vigorous pace. Choose aerobic activities that are fun. You are more likely to be active if you like what you are doing. It also helps to get support from a friend or a family member.

For your aerobic exercises, you can include brisk walking or jogging, stair climbing, cycling, swimming, cross-country skiing, aerobic exercise classes, dancing (square dancing, salsa, African dance, swing), or playing either basketball or soccer in your weekly routine.

Strengthening activities include lifting weights, using resistance bands, and doing push-ups or sit-ups. Besides building stronger muscles, strengthening activities may help to use up more calories as you burn slightly more calories throughout the day – even when you are sitting still; reduce injury due to improved balance and support for your joints; and to maintain strong bones.

Strengthening exercises should focus on working the major muscle groups of the body, such as the chest, back, abdominals, legs, and arms. You should do exercises for each muscle group two or three times a week. Allow at least one day of rest for your muscles to recover and rebuild before another strengthening workout. However, it is safe to do aerobic activity every day.

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Regular exercise is best habit to get addicted too. It is the only habit that proves to be beneficial when you get addicted to it. A person who indulge in the daily exercise is noted to be the healthier than others who never indulge in any workout regime. The complete health status can be improved through the daily exercise. Many people think daily exercise as mere physical activity, but remember that along with the physical improvement you will even notice the improvement in your mental health status by doing the exercise daily. There are numerous advantages of daily exercise which are as follows:

1. Daily exercise improves the immune system of the person. The resistance power of the person who indulges in the daily exercise is being noted to be at its best. The production of the antibodies is being boosted due to the daily exercise. Whoever does daily exercise very rarely falls ill. So, if you are always falling ill or getting infected with some infections then you must surely join a gym and start daily exercise under the guidance of the health expert.

2. Cardiovascular health problems are found to be in very less percentage in the people who engage in daily exercise regime. There are special types of the exercises meant for the people who are suffering with the heart problems. These exercises are known as cardio exercises. It has been noted that the people who did the cardiovascular exercises very rarely or never face the heart problems.

3. Blood circulation is being improved due to the daily exercise. The problems that you face due to the improper blood circulation are being resolved through the daily exercise. During the daily exercise session the arteries and veins that open up and this makes the blood to flow to all body parts in a proper way. Proper blood circulation gives you good stamina and energy. It also maintains the regular heart rate and helps you to overcome the problems like shortness of breath.

4. If you are suffering with the diabetes then daily exercise session can help the person to control the sugar levels. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes can be controlled with the help of the daily exercise. Daily exercise reduces the excessive amount of the sugars in the body and boosts the production of the insulin. The daily exercise regime helps the diabetic person to stay away from the other health hazards caused due to the diabetes. Diabetes person are advised to consult the exercise trainer in the gymnasium because there are some special exercise given for the diabetic patients.

5. Obesity can be cured with the help of the daily exercise regime. Basically the obesity is caused due to the two major reasons, excessive weight gain and lack of physical activity. Very important role daily exercise routine plays in helping the person to overcome obesity. Firstly it controls the excessive weight gain taking place in the obese person and then it starts declining the weight of the person. Whatever may be the reason for the obesity, you can certainly help the person to lose the extra pounds to get back in shape.

6. Arthritis and osteoarthritis problems can be resolved through the daily exercise. You need to do the special exercises for this. You need to consult the physiotherapist for getting the ideas about exercises used to cure arthritis and osteoarthritis. By regularly doing these exercises you will certainly get the relief from the pain due to the arthritis and osteoarthritis.

These are the advantages of the daily exercise. Exercise is the simplest mantra for improving the complete health status of the person.

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Exercise also elevates the levels of neurotransmitters in the capability which improves mental wellbeing. Why does exercise work in good dingy health? Regular exercise after some weeks gives best results

* A proper exercise benefits are given to those who are low fit and slow
* Good benefits for those high in anxiety to instigate with broke depression
* Conspicuously constructive results after weeks of regular activity
* Most beneficial when done several times a week
* Most beneficial with supplementary vigorous exercise
* Most beneficial for those who are more depressed
* Undoubted activity appears to relieve symptoms of depression and anxiety.
* Exercise helps control your weight.
* Exercise combats chronic diseases.
* Exercise improves your mood.
* Exercise increases your energy.
* Exercise promotes better sleep.
* The exercise can be put back to stimulate your sex life.

Biochemical Mechanisms:

Fat exercise stimulates production of nor-epinephrine and serotonin owing to mechanisms for air improvement and hardship relief. If you are physically healthy and fit, you have the power, flexibility, and security needed for your day to day activities. Physical activity helps in releasing endorphins access the astuteness which improves the mood, reduces the levels of the stress hormone cortical and relieves muscle tension.

What are the three mechanisms by which exercise has an authenticated effect on mental health also well being? After understanding that exercise is good and keeps you healthy start doing regular exercise. Physical activity also increases cerebral blood present and improves momentum relaxation that follows physical well being.

Regular exercise helps you feel better physically and improves your mental health drastically. Do not do labor as a concussion instead do characteristic activities that becomes an physical activity flip over walk rather than driving, climb stairs instead of using lift. Brain derived neurotoxin factors are other chemicals monopoly the knack which are provoked by exercise.

Regular physical functioning improves the attitude further reduces the risk of developing depression. These chemicals are used by the brain cells to transmit information so that they affect your thinking and mood. Stress produced harmful changes clout the mastermind are broke with regular exercise and improves mental health.

Physiological Mechanisms:

Inherent exercise lowers blood pressure, slows down pulse rate, and makes breathing easy which all contribute to reduction in anxiety also depression. Healthy sleep construction

* Improved endurance
* Increased sexual desire
* Relief of stress
* Gain supplementary stamina and energy
* Mood improvement
* Decreased weariness increases mental health.

Positive self esteem is indirectly or directly connected with good mental well being and fitness. Do group enterprise with your friends and family members, which would be hopped up and enjoyable.

Psychosocial Mechanisms:

Exercise also improves your body image and self exaltation in a person.

Group exercise improves your social plight and helps in social interaction. Reduction in anxiety and depression leads to mental totally being and improved function. Plan your exercise program and if finished are any barriers to stop doing them avoiding them.

Here are some tips owing to recipient yourself moving to do exercise. Mental health improves drastically with exercise. Body temperature becomes more with exercise which gives a mild behavior. Perform universal exercises like walking fifteen minutes monotonous instead of ambulatory more hours.

What are mental health benefits of physical activity?

How to carry out yourself to Exercise?

Change imprint body image through exercise gives you a sense of control also improves self canonization predominance a person drastically. Do labor whereas a fun corporal activity instead of forming exercises a task.

Regular exercise seems to have an effect on certain chemicals like serotonin and dopamine importance the brain. Loss of weight scrap people who are overweight.Improved cardiovascular wellbeing and decreased cholesterol levels.

What are the contra distinct health benefits of regular exercise?

Exercise is a physical process that includes anything that gets you going, jibing as walk, dance, or work in the lawn. These chemicals help greater brain cells to show again maturate.

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by Enokson

Tip no. 1

Find Some Things to Do That You Really Enjoy. Doing exercise routines does not mean you have to spend boring hours at the local gym day after day. Also, you don’t need to buy expensive exercise equipments which you’ll never use anyway. Anything that gets your body mobile is much better than doing nothing at all. A simple exercise that you can do almost anywhere is walking. Jogging is another example. Whenever you play with your children in the yard, you are actually doing some exercise. Other things which you can easily do and which can be a form of exercise are gardening, cleaning your house, taking a walk in your neighborhood, climbing stairs, and swimming.

Tip no. 2

Always Schedule Some Time To Do Exercise. Sometimes the only way we could insert some exercise time into our busy schedule is to think of it as going to an important meeting. Many of us go through our daily lives taking care of other people and too busy earning money that we often deny ourselves of even a little free time. However, with a little effort we could make exercise become a part of our daily routine. Once we’re able to start doing it, we’ll find it much easier to do on a daily basis. We just have to determine which is the best part of the day for us to exercise. This varies with different people. Some people might want to do it in the afternoon. You, however, might prefer doing it in the morning, when you’re still feeling fresh. What is important is that you do it. As much as possible, do not let a day pass without doing an exercise. Why not ask a friend to do exercise with you? Sometimes you are much able to do regular exercise if you’re doing it with a friend.

Tip no. 3

Invigorate Your Day With a Simple Exercise. Feeling too tired to even to do a simple exercise? Try to do it anyway. You will be surprised at how a simple effort to exercise can make you feel energized and much more invigorated even after the exercise. Specially when you feel stressed, which is one of our body’s biggest energy sappers, a litter exercise can go a long way in helping to relieve your stress.

Tip no. 4

Reduce Boredom by Mixing up Your Exercise Routines. Things that you do over and over again are bound to become monotonous, and, what’s the word, oh yes, routine. Same thing goes with exercise. As soon as exercise becomes just one of your daily routines, you’ll become too bored with it that you’ll likely stop doing it. To avoid this, you need to change your workout routine. Once you get tired of running, try walking. If you get tired walking, start cycling. If you’re doing weight lifting, try to alternate this with some cardiovascular workout during the week. If you enjoy sports, why not go bowling with your friends. Or a game of tennis every now and then. Basketball is also a very good form of exercise.

Tip no. 5

Never Start Your Exercise Without Warming up First. Whatever kind of exercise routines you choose to do at a workout session, always start with stretching to warm up your muscles. Your muscle tissue are less likey to incur any damage during exercise if you first do some stretching. Stretching also helps to pump up your heart and keep your blood flowing. Even just a few minutes of stretching will go a long way in making your exercise invigorating and enjoyable.

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You’ve decided you want to exercise at home.  There are hundreds of pieces of home cardio equipment available.  The most popular are treadmills and exercise bikes.  In deciding between the two, you should compare long-term sustainability, the effectiveness of the workouts, and safety.

Overcoming Boredom

The biggest obstacle to a home exercise routine is sticking with it.  You don’t have to drive to a gym, so your home fitness equipment is more convenient.  The problem is that other distractions are just as convenient at home.  The key is to make your routine fun.  You want to look forward to your daily workout.  You have to be realistic.  Playing with the heart rate monitor or watching the calorie counter go up will only be fun the first couple of times you exercise.

Treadmill vs. Boredom

On a treadmill, you walk.  Walking isn’t that fun.  You can walk at different speeds, but that isn’t really much more fun.  If you get a treadmill that offers an incline, that keeps it a bit more interesting.  Walking uphill isn’t exactly fun, but it’s different.  It presents a challenge.

You can’t really read on a treadmill because you are bouncing up and down.  You can’t keep your eyes on the same sentence, and you usually end up with a headache.  Basically, the only thing fun to do on a treadmill is watch television or movies.  If you are really into TV or movies and are able to put your treadmill in front of a television, you can probably keep your treadmill workout from becoming too boring.  Problems consist of commercials, the noise coming from the machine, and again, the bouncing.

Exercise Bikes vs. Boredom

Exercise bikes are unique in that many of them come programmed with various biking routines.  You simulate different courses that require you to sprint, pedal uphill, and perform at different levels within one workout without having to keep pressing buttons and changing everything.  You can even select random programs so you don’t know what’s coming, which really keeps you on your toes.  Some exercise bikes can even be plugged into televisions and video games to let you interactively pedal through visual courses.

On upright exercise bikes, you run into some of the same problems as treadmills as far as reading is concerned.  Recumbent bikes, however, allow your hands to be free to hold a book or magazine, video game controller, or phone.  Multi-tasking during an exercise bike workout keeps it from becoming boring and allows your workout to more easily fit into a busy schedule.

Defeating boredom to successfully keep up a long-term exercise routine is much easier with an exercise bike than a treadmill.

The Calorie Factor

In a study conducted by Nordic Track, young, healthy people used various exercise machines and did cardio workouts.  Although they felt they used the same intensity on all machines, they burned the most calories on treadmills and ski machines.

On average, most people burn about 750 calories per hour on a treadmill.  The same people are likely to burn about 550 calories per hour on an exercise bike.  So it’s a no-brainer, right?  You should get a treadmill because they burn more calories.

Well, not exactly.  You can’t get so caught up in which machine burns the most calories.  You have to take a lot of other factors into consideration.  How likely are you to sustain a treadmill routine as opposed to an exercise bike routine?

Because exercise bikes are usually more fun than treadmills, you are much more likely to stick with it long-term.  This means that even though you can burn more calories on a treadmill, you are also more likely to stop using it altogether.

You might also find it difficult to use it long enough per workout session to get the full benefits.  Most people find it easier to workout for 20 minutes on an exercise bike than 20 minutes on a treadmill.  You have to think about that.  If you are likely to only do 10 minutes on a treadmill but can easily do 20 minutes on an exercise bike, you will burn more calories per session on an exercise bike.

So just going strictly by the numbers, treadmills burn more calories.  If you easily get bored or have tried and failed to stick with exercise routines in the past, you might want to consider burning less calories per hour in favor of a sustainable long-term exercise bike regimen.

Your Safety

The biggest difference between exercise bikes and treadmills is overall safety to your body.

The first case of safety is the most basic.  You can fall off of a treadmill.  It’s very difficult, however, to fall off of an exercise bike.  In fact, you would probably have to try to fall when riding an exercise bike.  While you might be thinking you’d have to be pretty clumsy to fall while walking, it happens more than you’d think.  People get involved with watching television or the beat of music.  One wrong step and you can seriously injure yourself.  It’s also possible to spill water or sweat on the treadmill track, causing a safety hazard you might not notice until after you’ve slipped.

Another safety hazard is injury from the activity itself.  A treadmill puts quite a bit of stress on your joints, especially your knees and ankles.  Even if you invest in a treadmill with some degree of shock absorption, when you eventually get to a jogging or running point, you can put severe orthopedic stress on your body, even up to three times your body weight.  People with existing conditions such as arthritis will find a treadmill painful at times due to this stress.  Otherwise healthy individuals can sustain injury and possible long-term damage over time.

Exercise bikes put much less stress on your joints.  A properly positioned exercise bike supports your weight and still allows you to receive the benefits of a higher impact cardio workout.  Upright bikes can sometimes stress your back in the way you have to bend to reach the handlebars.  Recumbent exercise bikes, however, can actually improve existing back pain by forcing proper posture and giving support as you exercise.  On any exercise bike properly used, your knees and ankles are not stressed as they are on a treadmill.

The less you stress joints, the less likely you are to sustain an injury during your workout.  You are also less likely to be sore afterwards.  Most importantly, a non-workout injury doesn’t always have to halt your exercise routine on an exercise bike.  If you hurt your back or neck, you will find the support of a recumbent exercise bike will keep you from having to stop your exercise regimen altogether.  Let’s face it – if you have to stop, you are less likely to start again.

An Exercise Bike is Better for Your Health than a Treadmill

As you can see, both pieces of home fitness equipment have advantages.  While the treadmill continues to be the most popular piece of home gym equipment, most people are more likely to faithfully use an exercise bike.  This means you’re more likely to have to dust a treadmill until it gets the garage sale sticker.

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Question by AllTalk: How do you say “I have to exercise” in German?
Please DO NOT use an online translator as they are inaccurate. Native speakers should answer this.

I want to know how to say “I have to exercise” in German.

Best answer:

Answer by AnswerMaster23
Ich habe zur Ausübung

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Question by Shoshanna Says “Hi!”: Does exercise have to be outside for it be considered “exercise”?
My parents always tell me that I have to get outside in order to get exercise, but I was always told that you can be inside and do physical work, and it to be still considered exercise. Does exercise have to be outside for it to be considered “exercise”? And what does and doesn’t count as exercise? Can doing work around the house be considered exercise, for example?

Best answer:

Answer by dr schmitty
absolutely not

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