Getting to the gym can be such a hassle, which is why you have a treadmill in the corner of your living room…only it’s been collecting dust since last August. It’s the middle of the summer, and you totally intended to have the summer bod ready by now. Oh well, another year gone, another year thicker.
Wrong!
No matter how long it’s been, you can always get started on your home workouts again. These three ways to customize your home equipment workouts can help. The point is that you choose a workout, or parts of a workout, that you enjoy!
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Treadmill Workouts
Running is not known to be loved by all, or even most people. But you can make it fun for yourself at home, you don’t even have to run to get a good workout on your treadmill. The best thing about this machine is all of its customizing capabilities.
Start by walking on your treadmill and experimenting with it. If you want to get your heart racing, bump the speed up. Don’t like sprinting or even jogging? Then keep it slow, but move the incline up. You can get your heart racing just as much as you would running by walking hills at a slow pace.
Do you get bored of just walking or running? Try mixing it up. Keep your treadmill at a slow pace and walk backwards, skip, slide step, or grape vine! The possibilities really are endless. You can even stretch by keeping the speed low and doing lunges.
Don’t limit yourself by thinking that you can only walk or run.
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Elliptical Workouts
Now this next one doesn’t have all of the endless possibilities of a treadmill, but elliptical workouts can be just as fun.
With this machine, you control the speed the entire time, it doesn’t do that for you, and that can be the beauty of it. You don’t have to feel guilty by pressing a button to slow down when you realize how out of shape you are, because there isn’t one!
Some ellipticals come with workouts programmed into them, like hills and intervals. You can adjust the incline of the elliptical to produce a hill effect and increase or reduce resistance to build muscle.
If there’s a specific part of your body you want to tone, the elliptical has a workout that you can do for just about all of them. You can focus more on your arms by pushing or pulling the handles instead of allowing your legs to do all of the work. Or, by increasing or reducing your step size, you can focus on different muscles in your legs.
If that sounds appealing to you, try looking at ellipticals Idaho Falls for your equipment needs.
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Stationary Bike Workouts
Again, this one won’t be as customizable as a treadmill, but there are numerous possibilities with a stationary bike for your workout.
Intervals will probably give you the best workout with this piece of equipment. Do a couple minute warm up, and the bump up the resistance and pedal like your life depends on it for one minute, then slow down for 90 seconds to let your heart rest and repeat. Choose the speed and resistance that is most comfortable for you and do 5-10 intervals for a great workout.
Maybe you don’t want to work that hard. Take a leisurely 20-minute ride on your stationary bike while watching your favorite show on Netflix. What? You can enjoy your “me-time” and work out? Of course!
With each of these machines, it will take experimentation with the settings and just playing around on it to see what you like. But you can customize any workout to fit your needs and desires. All you have to do is start.
