I think one of the most popular fitness products on the planet is THE TREADMILL.

It is the highest searched fitness product on Google.

Treadmills help you burn the most calories overall comparing to all cardio pieces of equipment.

Think about it. You are forcing to propel your body forward (all be it with the help of a rotating belt) with no straps attached, handels to hang on for dear life, or virtually any support.

The greatest thing I like about treadmills is that there are all sorts of cool programs on different ones.

In fact, there are even cool programs to help you train efficiently like my buddy Yuri Elkaims -Treadmill Trainer.

?Today, on behalf of?my bud Yuri -?I?? like to give you 3 interval training workouts for beginners.? You can choose to do these on the treadmill or outdoors ??it really doesn?? matter.? These running workouts will help run longer, get in better shape, and burn more calories.

These cardio workouts involve interval training which means that you have a bout of higher intensity (ie. running) followed by a bout of lower intensity (ie. walking). Depending on the duration of the workout, this sequence will be repeated a number of times, which allows you to spend more time at faster speeds because we space them out with “recovery” intervals.

So let’s get to it.

Beginner Interval Running Workout #1:

1 minute jogging @ 75% max speed : 4 minutes walking x 5 = 25 minutes

In this workout, you will jog at 75% of your maximum running speed for 1 minute and then reduce the speed to a decent pace walk for 4 minutes. This is then 5 times for a total of 25 minutes. This interval program means that you’ll be spending a total of 5 minutes running and 20 minutes walking.

Beginner Interval Running Workout #2:

2 minutes jogging @ 75% max speed : 4 minutes walking x 5 = 30 minutes

Notice how this workout is almost identical to the first one, except for one little difference? In this treadmill workout, you’ll be jogging twice as long while recovering for the same amount of time (4 minutes) you did in the first workout. The fact that your work to rest ratio is now 1:2 instead of 1:4 makes this workout more challenging because you are spending more of this workout at a higher speed. This workout allows you to run for 10 minutes and walk for 20 minutes.

Beginner Interval Running Workout #3:

2 minutes jogging @ 75% max speed : 2 minutes walking x 5 = 20 minutes

This treadmill running workout is more challenging because you now have the same amount of work as you do recovery (ie. a 1:1 ratio). You won’t have as much time to recover between work bouts and therefore we have reduced the overall time of this workout to 20 minutes, during which you’ll have 10 minutes of running and 10 minutes of walking.

These are just a few running workouts for beginners out of thousands of possible interval running plans. Start with these and you??l notice a significant improvement in your ability to run.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Yuri Elkaim is one of the world?? leading fitness and sports conditioning experts. You can take his Treadmill Trainer interval trainin running programs for a free test spin by visiting http://www.cartville.com/app/?Clk=3900405 and learn more about the best running workouts to get you fitter and running faster than ever before!

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Lmk how you like it?guys. Give me some comments on the blog.

Hamilton Personal Trainer

Seriously, how many Crunches does one have to do?

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For my first blog entry as a personal trainer, I thought I?? write about something near and dear to our hearts.

Actually, slightly lower than our hearts, still in the general area, covering a larger space, but still dear to us.

Abs.? We know of them.? We??e seen them.? We want them.? We just don?? know how to attain them.

In my short time as a trainer I have been asked this one same question several times, usually asked in this way…??ow do I get rid of this???Ninety-nine percent of the time they are pointing at a rather festive mid section while the other one percent are pointing at a rather festive husband.? I can help you with one of these.

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After pointing at said mid section, I hear something along the lines of ??eriously…how many crunches do I have to do???I have heard of people doing 200 per day in an attempt to chisel away fat to reveal, in all its glory, the ??ix pack??

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A flat stomach is desired by the majority of the people who set foot in a gym.? They are not necessarily after the defined ??ix-pack?? but are definitely interested in shedding some unwanted fat.

To do this, they do countless crunches, knee lifts, and oblique twists.? Basically whatever exercise they can find that targets the core, they do in hopes of flatness.? No pain is too great for these people.

Unfortunately all of that pain doesn?? pay off and they end up with more or less what they started with.

Don?? get me wrong, regular exercise will burn fat, but what these people fail to realize is that you are not able to tell your body where to burn the fat from.? This is key.

I cannot stress it enough!? Your body will burn fat from wherever it pleases.? Endless crunches will definitely develop abdominal muscles, but will not target the fat in your stomach.

It is for this reason that full body workouts are much more beneficial than simply targeting one specific area.? By completing a full body workout, you not only incorporate more muscle groups which will eventually lead to improved fitness levels, but more specifically you end up using larger muscle groups which burn more fat in a shorter period of time.

For instance, your abdominal muscles are rather small in comparison to your quadriceps in your upper leg.? Those quads will burn more fat performing a series of squats than your abs will with a series of crunches.? So be prepared to work your whole body.

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A ??ix-pack??is not something that appears over night.? It takes a great deal of work and commitment both in your workouts and in your diet.? So do not get discouraged.

The best thing to do is avoid the notion that if you can?? see the abs then you don?? have them.? You can have a very strong midsection without the visual appearance of abdominal muscles.? The abs will appear in time.

For that one percent with the festive husband…good luck.

If You are in the Hamilton area and would like a free Fitness Audit on your mid section, call 1.888.269.1867 or e-mail Hamilton’s top Personal Trainer – Jerome Marrin,? jerome@trainersonsite.com

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