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Lead Stories: Thursday, August 28, 2008

Home Cardio Equipment: What to Look For

Posted September 25th, 2007 at 3:34 PM by Shannon Clark

Section: Gear & Apparel, Miscellaneous, Exercise Equipment, Health & Fitness, Exercise

Life can get hectic, and when it does, cardio is often the first thing to drop off the workout radar. You have much better things to be doing than slaving away on the treadmill or bike at the gym when your kids are at home, dinner is waiting to be made and you’ve got house errands piling up by the day.

Because of this, many people choose to invest in a piece of home cardio equipment. This allows them to get in their cardio session in the comfort of their own home, without having to deal with excess travel time of going to the gym or wasted time hanging around waiting for a machine to become free.

Another nice thing about home cardio equipment is that it gives you the option of doing your cardio first thing in the morning. Sure, getting up an extra half an hour early to get it in can seem like a feat and a half, but if you can force yourself to do it for two consecutive weeks, I promise it will get easier. After this point, early morning exercise will become more of a habit and something you do naturally without so much effort.

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ASK FLASH: My introduction, learning from injuries and running on treadmills

Posted March 27th, 2007 at 4:43 PM by Joshua Flash Gordon

Section: Running & Training, Columns, Training Tips, Ask Flash

Need advice? Injured? Confused? Overwhelmed? Bored? ASK FLASH!
ASK FLASH is a free advice column to help you with all of your running, fitness and nutrition inquiries. To ASK FLASH — simply fill out the form at the conclusion of the column.

Welcome to the new home of ASK FLASH. Now … Let’s get right to it!

Q. Flash, why would someone give you an advice column? Weren’t you just injured?
~Abby from Delaware

A. Good question. I think of it in baseball terms. Often, the best managers were back-up catchers or former players of marginal ability. It is that very absence of freakish raw talent that has the tendency to force an individual to learn, and then continue to do so, if they have the desire to be successful.

In the grand scheme of competitive running, I am nothing special. I have had some successes along the way (I was the Western MA high school XC champion ‘back in the day’, ran a 2:39 marathon in Richmond a year ago, and have won my share of local races). These triumphs have not and never will come easy. What I have gained is a great deal of experience and knowledge.
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Slope on treadmills

Posted January 3rd, 2007 at 4:00 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Running & Training, Health & Fitness, Exercise

Good treadmills have a lever that raises the front end to simulate running up hills, because running on level ground does not do much to strengthen your upper leg muscles. Running strengthens primarily your lower leg muscles.

You stress your upper leg muscles significantly only when you run up hills. Each one percent increase in the elevation angle on your treadmill requires four percent more energy.
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Treadmills: Keeping You Safe and Fit Throughout the Winter

Posted October 20th, 2006 at 10:13 AM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: Running & Training, Injury & Rehab, Gear & Apparel, Exercise Equipment, Health & Fitness

With winter just around the corner
- treadmill sales are inevitably on the rise.

Although some “traditionalists” look down upon those runners who aren’t “tough enough” to run outside in freezing temperatures, treadmills can help runners’ stay safe and injury free.

Cold weather is extrinsically tied to ice, snow and other dangerous road & sidewalk conditions. In addition to these potential hazards, if it is so cold that icicles begin to form on your eye lashes - you significantly increase the possibility of pulling or even tearing a muscle.

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