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Best Treadmill? A Home Treadmill - Because It Helps Burn More Calories
By: Laxmi Krishna
Best treadmill seekers: here's news. The best treadmill to have is the home treadmill because research shows you burn more calories. Did you know? A weight loss study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that people who had a treadmill at home lost an average of four to eight pounds more than those who didn't have treadmills. Get that machine! Never mind the specific brand as long as it’s one of the recognized ones. There is a fair level of parity between brands these days. What you want instead is the treadmill that helps you burn more calories … and that according to research is the one at home. Firstly, there’s the motivation of owning a treadmill that makes you walk more. In fact, nothing seems to light up a walker’s eyes more than the thought of buying a treadmill. What is it about having our own treadmills at home that makes us feel like we have arrived in the world of fitness and sport? Secondly, your walking program will also be easier for you to follow -- and do -- if you get on a home treadmill ... because it’s easier to keep track of all four parameters of time, speed, distance and calorie burn, and you can do it any time of day, in any clothing. The secret to getting the right home treadmill is to try it at the store before you buy. If you have access to a good fitness instructor, you may like to get advice on the best brand names to look out for. Should you get a motorized one or a non-motorized one? The jury is in … always the best treadmill is the motorized one. Non-motorized ones are really not quite right for the body, because you have to move the belt along yourself with every forward stride (with an added backward push of the belt) -- not quite how you walk. What else would you need to look for in a "best treadmill" for the home? You would need to check if its motor is heavy duty. Especially if you will keep up walking for long durations regularly every day. Listen to the hum of the motor and see if it’s unduly noisy and will disturb the household. You will also need to see the controls it offers on the digital display. Can you adjust speed, see the distance walked, the time taken? Is this data credible? In general it has been found that treadmill data is more reliable and accurate than that on some other gym equipment because cardiologists use these to research their patients’ heart conditions. But be aware of the fact that many exercise equipment manufacturers tend to inflate their data a bit, because it has been found that if the data were too conservative, the demand for that "best treadmill" model falls. People seem to want to see “high burn numbers” on their displays! You also need to check the warranty. If it fails, you’ll need 24X7 service, or the regularity of your walking program will be held to ransom. And lastly will it fit in the room space you have? Frankly, between the top ten comparable brands, I have seen very little “real” differentiation to decide if one brand's better than the other. That's why I'd advice you not to worry about buying "the best". As we have said earlier, the one in your home is going be your best ally -- and your best treadmill! Laxmi Krishna is a bestselling author on weight loss. She succeeded in losing weight superfast -- 30 kgs. in just 32 weeks, with no dieting -- through a unique walking program she has designed. She reveals her success secrets in her path-breaking guide.Visit Laxmi's site at http://www.walking-calories.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/
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How to Benefit from the Mind-Body Connection
(excerpt)
You are about to gain insight into the
mind-body connection. The number of
people who truly understand these principles on our
planet are relatively few.
There is an undeniable connection between our minds and
bodies, you can learn
to use this fact to your benefit.
Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of "Love, Medicine and
Miracles" was once a
distraught cancer surgeon until he
began to understand the greater principles
of the mind-
body connection. He felt dragged down by the artificial
barriers
that existed between patient and doctor, and the
helplessness he often felt as
a result of his inability
to effectively serve those patients. Eventually, those
barriers
were disintegrated by Dr. Siegel's recognition
and growing understanding of the
mind-body connection and
how it could serve his patients and himself.
Dr. Siegel, or Bernie as he began to have his patients
refer to him, had some
startling realizations as a cancer surgeon. He found that
there were actually
quite a few people in the world that successfully beat
the statistics on cancer
survival. He began to recognize that a patient's ability
to defeat something as
serious as cancer had to do with the patient's mind and
attitude about their
disease.
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