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How to avoid common cardio|aerobics workout mistakes on
cardio exercise machines
Cardio or aerobics exercise machine workouts are great for
burning fat and building good cardiovascular health. Cardio exercises not only
help to reduce your body fat, it will also strengthen your heart and lungs
thus reducing your chances of getting high blood pressure, stroke, heart
diseases and other obesity related diseases.
Regular cardio/aerobic exercises can also reduce bad
cholesterol and raise the level of good cholesterol.
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However, are you getting the best out of your
cardio machine workouts? Are you using the cardio/aerobics workout machines
efficiently to gain maximum benefits of aerobic exercises?
Well, you are probably not if you
are an average gym user without any personal trainers to guide you because you
will probably commit common cardio machine and weight
loss 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 aerobic workouts.
Common mistakes when using cardio/aerobic workout
machines are :-
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 doing so, the
railing now becomes sort of like a crutch as it will now support some of your
body weight making the exercise less aerobically intensive and thus reduces
the calories burnt for
fat loss.
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 ups and downs. This mistake
will wear out the persons ankle and knee joints over time. The correct method
is to take long, smooth and purposeful strides during the exercise.
Stationery Bike When
exercising on the stationery bike, do adjust the height of the seat to a
comfortable level. I really don't understand why many stationery bike users
adjust their seats to be either too high or too low. I mean, why be
uncomfortable when exercising when you can be comfortable.
When the seat is too low, it adds
strain to your knees and spine. When too high, your will butt will rock from
side to side. So besides not getting the best from your cardio/areobic 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 aerobic workout mistake
isn't it?
Another common cardio weight
loss workout mistake is that I often see stationery bikers reading a book
when exercising. That means that they exercise at a very low intensity level.
Hey, how can low intensity cardio exercises work your heart and lungs
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 and health right? Then why is it I often see people who use the
elliptical trainer exercising at high speed? So what is the mistake? The
mistake is that they have set the resistant level too low. Since the
ressistance setting from the elliptical trainer machine is low, this is why
they can workout at high speed. So if ressistance to your muscles is low, how
then do you tone your muscles or exert enough
energy to work your cardiovascular system effectively?
You see, if you do not puff, pant
and breakout in sweat, you are not getting the best out of your cardio
exercises. Is it any wonder then that people are not losing
weight and not improving on their cardiovascular health even when they are
doing their cardio exercises regularly?
Now that you know how to avoid these
common cardio machine exercise workout mistakes, you can now head for the gym
and get the best out of these exercises and improve your aerobic health. In no
time, you will see your body
toning up nicely, improvement to your cardio health being felt and losing
unwanted body fat more quickly.
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