How to Achieve Easy Fat Loss with Treadmill Walking
Treadmill walking is an extremely easy way to help lose weight and stay healthy. A lot of people think losing weight is complicated, but this really isn’t the case. Easy fat loss is achieved when your body burns more calories through exercise than the number of calories you intake from food.
Some people mistakenly believe that if they walk three times a week for a short period of time, they can lose weight easily. This is a myth. Effective weight loss through walking requires you to walk at least 45 minutes or more five to six days a week.
The important thing to remember is to keep up to your walking on a regular basis. You will find it extremely hard to control your weight if you do not exercise consistently. It is also important to bear in mind that walking around your local area may not be enough, especially if you live in a flat area.
However, if you walk on a treadmill, you can get a more intense workout by elevating the grade, also known as the incline. Not only will the higher elevation increase your heart rate, but the muscles in your body will work harder and cause you to burn more fat.
If you engage in treadmill walking on a consistent basis, you’ll not only be able to lose the pounds, but they will stay off for good. If a treadmill walking workout tends to bore you, here are some ideas to make it more interesting:
Walk the Pyramid: This game challenges you both physically and mentally for a total of 30 minutes. Whenever you’re walking on your treadmill, increase the speed by .1 mph every 15 minutes. Do this for half of your workout and then decrease the speed .1 mph for the other 15 minutes.
1,2,3 Counting Steps: Let’s face it, working out on a treadmill can be boring. Break the monotony by counting your steps. Take a minute and count your steps and then take a minute break. Continue doing this throughout the duration of your workout. It will keep your workout interesting and over time you’ll see notice the number of steps you take increase, which will be a reward for you.
Step and Walk: This is an excellent technique because it combines all the benefits of using a treadmill with other forms of exercise. Split your workout into equal segments, chunks of 5 or 10 minutes are good. Now, walk on your treadmill for the first segment. Then get off the machine and do another exercise for the next segment - such as using a stepper, lifting weights or perhaps using a rowing machine. Then return to your treadmill for the third segment and repeat throughout your workout.
Travel the World: This is a fun little game where you map out the favorite routes through your neighborhood and then imagine yourself walking there while you’re doing your treadmill walking. What I did was actually record my journey through a local park on my camcorder, and then I watch this while doing my exercise and it’s like being outdoors no matter what the weather.
The key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is to keep doing your treadmill walking without getting bored. Don’t be scared to invent your own games and techniques to keep yourself interested and help make your workout seem less like a chore and more like fun!
