Not Burning Fat With Your Cardio Workouts? Maybe You Do One Of These Mistakes
Posted on Oct 27, 2009 under Cardio, Fitness | No CommentCardio exercise machine workouts are great and fun for burning excess body fat and building good cardiovascular health. These exercises not only help to burn body fat fast it will also strengthen your heart and lungs and thus reducing your chances of getting high blood pressure, stroke and heart diseases. You might know that regular cardio workout can have positive impact on raising good cholesterol levels while lowering the bad cholesterol.
But do you honestly think that you are getting all the benefits from your cardio machine workout routines? Are you using the cardio workouts machines for getting the best benefits of your exercises?
Well, you probably are not if you are an average gym user without any personal trainers to guide you because you will probably commit common cardio machine mistakes when exercising.
We shall now examine the more popular cardio workout machines and the common mistakes people commit when using these machines for their workouts.
Thes eare some common mistakes when doing exercise on cardio machines:-
• Step up stair climber – This is perhaps the most common mistake for not getting the most out of the step up stair climber machine. Almost invariably, everyone when exercising with this machine will rest their arms on the railing. By putting your arms on railings like that, they will support some of your bodyweight making the workout much easier, but less intense.
• Treadmill – The treadmill is perhaps the most popular cardio workout machine in the gym. A careful observation will show that many treadmill users run with too much up and downs. Mistake like this will over period of some time wear out your ankle and knee joints. The best method is to take nice long, smooth and porposeful strides during your cardio exercise routine.
• Stationery Bike – When exercising on the stationery bike, do adjust the height of the seat to a comfortable level. I do not get why many users on stationery gikes adjust their seats either too high or too low. I wanna say why you want to be uncomfortable doing cardio exercise routines when you can be comfortable.
When you adjust your seat low, you can put too much strain on your spine and knees. If its too hign, your butt will move from side to side. So besides not getting the best from your cardio workout on the stationery bike because your body weight will be involved when you peddle, you will also look weird. It is such a silly workout mistake right?
Other mistake I see many people doing so much is reading a book while on stationery bike exercising. That means that they exercise at a very low intensity level. Hey, howtell me how can a low cardio exercise routine help your heart and lung work effectively?
• Elliptical Trainer – This is also another bewildering common cardio workout mistake. You use the elliptical trainer to tone your body and to exercise for your cardiovascular fitness right? Then why is it I often see people who use the elliptical trainer exercising at a high speed? And the mistake is? The mistake can be that they have set the resistance level too low.
When you are not able to break out sweat, you probably are not getting the best out of your cardio exercise routines. There is no wonder why people are not seeing the results they want with cardio workout routines?
Now you know all about the cardio machine mistakes and how to avoid them, so get out to the next gym and see how your results will improve. In a very short time, you will see your body toning up nicely, improvement on your cardio health being felt and visibly losing excess body fat.
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