Can't afford a personal treadmill and going to the gym is expensive and inconvenient also. running around my neighborhood isn't so safe either. Could i run in place to substitute running on a treadmill?
2007-08-23 13:09:16 · 10 answers · asked by michelle i 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
YES, as long as you keep your heart rate up to at least 140 and keep up your time limit. I feel it is as good as a tread mill. however, there are other exercises that are even better. one is swimming. HOWEVER, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO KEEP UP YOUR PACE. Often in a pool with children this is hard. Keep going, it is a pretty good exercise and certainly better than none.
2007-08-31 08:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by Marcie H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Running is often advised for weight loss, because it activates large muscles in your thighs and buttocks, which use up a lot of energy. This is not necessary for weight loss; it just means that you use a lot of calories in a short time, but you can do this by activating a large number of small muscles, too. Walking, cycling, rowing and stepping can all be made more difficult (increased resistance or gradient, carrying weight, etc.) BUT the energy used is proportionate to the amount of strain on your knees (your knee is used to turn the 'pull' from your thigh muscle into a 'push' from your foot). You can do 'cardio' exercise with your whole body, and improve your fitness by doing this; you'll be exercising other muscles more, instead of focussing on the large muscles in your legs. Moving from machine to machine without a rest will achieve this. Each machine (or weight exercise) increases your pulse rate, and by adjusting the amount of weight you use, you can find an intensity that keeps your HR at the level you choose. A heart rate monitor can be useful for finding the right intensity. By reducing the resistance for some exercises, and increasing it for others, you can focus your workout on different parts of your body. Ideally, you should keep alternating, or rotating, the parts that you work 'aerobically', and those that you work more heavily. For example, doing long sets (timed) on the split'n'squeeze (thigh abductor/adductor) machine will work your legs aerobically in a way that you might not be used to, and using the same machine with more weight (numbered reps) will build muscles that stabilise your recovering knees. Some gyms have an aerobic machine for your upper body only. This is properly called a 'windlass', and it simulates the machinery for handling ropes on a racing yacht, but it is more commonly labelled 'hand crank' or 'arm spinner'.
2016-05-21 02:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you use a school's track or run at the park? I used to live in a not-so-safe neighborhood and I would drive to the beach and run there.
2007-08-30 01:08:27 · answer #3 · answered by Lori B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not as good, but better than nothing. Can you not drive to someplace more safe to run like a park or a school with a track?
2007-08-23 13:24:36 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I've tried. It's not the same as running because you're not taking any strides.
2007-08-31 10:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by D.C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not try an aerobic step? How about jumping rope? Calisthenics?
2007-08-27 13:20:08 · answer #6 · answered by YOU GOTTA MOVE TO IMPROVE! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly do not think it is as good. Maybe save up they have some cheap ones at Wal-mart.
2007-08-23 13:14:21 · answer #7 · answered by Marie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No its not..Just turn up the radio and dance around the house...
2007-08-31 13:11:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea you can run in place or like around your living room. or play DDR, it burns tons of calories&it's fun!! :O) xoxoxo
2007-08-23 20:37:44 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Doll 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cardio is cardio
2007-08-28 02:56:02 · answer #10 · answered by cheri h 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋