Many people looking to boost their stamina and improve their fitness are unaware that the simplest of exercises using home gym friendly equipment can be their key to achieving their goals. Among the notable perks of home gyms are that they don’t require you to subscribe to extremely expensive memberships, you don’t have to leave the house (making it extremely suitable for new mothers), and you can pace yourself in the manner best fitting your needs. Plus, investments such as exercise equipment make for a refuge and recluse within your home where you can work out in complete peace.
Home Treadmill-Get Your Cardio On
Among the easiest ways to get your blood coursing through your veins and burn some serious fat is using treadmills. Many gym buffs use treadmills for warm-ups, but it can constitute committed exercise, including jogging and running.
It is a very simple and uncomplicated exercise equipment-there are a multitude of options available on the market including simple equipment to professional athletic treadmills. Home gyms can easily contain relatively simple treadmill setups which assist people who are home-bound, or simply don’t want to fork over hefty dollars for memberships.
The foremost advantage of treadmills is that you can control the settings-including speed, warm-up, incline, cool-down and the screen displaying the number of calories you’ve burnt and time you’ve spent on the machine as well. With even novice understanding of exercise, many workout plans and setups can work on just one treadmill- and the whole house can get their fitness game on. Even smaller treadmills, built for at-home use, now come with special features such as heart rate monitors, step counters and calorie counters so you know exactly how useful the exercise is.
Why Treadmills?
According to several studies, running on a treadmill is the most effective and easiest form of cardio, which assists with heart health, blood circulation and provides a healthy dose of endorphins. For those looking to slim down and build muscle, it burns calories the most effectively out of all other forms of at-home equipment exercise. Running on the treadmill has other advantages such as assistance with back and knee pain, assisted mobility and posture control as well.
For this digitally-engaged generation, or the incurable workaholics, the treadmill can be used while watching your devices and reading. For the movie and show freaks, you do not have to put your Netflix on pause at all as you work out! A Milwaukee VA Hospital Study indicated that users burned up to 25% more calories on home treadmills, even when they felt they spent equal, if not more time on exercise bikes. In all, treadmills offer accessibility, uncomplicated methods of exercising, have effective and fast results and can be easily adjusted in your home spaces!
Padel Training-Exercise Lite
While the simple glories of treadmills have been explored in this piece, a more unconventional yet extremely effective form of exercise deserves its spotlight. Padel exercises require a level of athleticism, sure, but even as a beginner there’s a lot you can do on and off the court to improve your strength, agility and flexibility.
Padel is a sport, and if you want to incorporate the high-intensity physical and mental faculties into your workout that this sport entails, a custom training routine can help take your fitness journey to the next level. Training for padel requires very basic equipment and very often-none at all! Unconvinced? We will now delve into how padel exercises your whole body by targeting specific areas!
The first is Core Strength- to train for padel and become one with your racquet, so your swing is powerful (imagine Serena Williams but with a more compact racquet). A strong core is essential for any kind of exercise or sport, and padel training requires-planks. Not only do 30-60 second planks increase core strength by holding your body taut, they are also extremely effective in burning abdominal fat. Planks engage abdominal, arm and leg muscles simultaneously, increasing your endurance and burning calories. Side planks are an extremely effective mechanism of ridding yourself of stubborn
Next is Lower Body Strength-Any exercise regimen for padel requires Squats. Lower Body Strength is essential for maintaining speed and agility on the court, as well as making powerful shots that your opponent cannot see coming! 3 sets of 10-12 properly done Squats will give you the padel strength you need to kill it on court and off court as part of your training routines. Squats also increase the efficiency and torque of your hips and legs in a manner very few simple exercises are able to achieve.
Last, but not the least-upper body strength is achieved via a good pushup regimen involving at least 10–13 pushups in 3–4 sets. This builds endurance and strength in your arms and shoulders, facilitating powerful swings and maintaining control on the padel racquet as well as during rallies.
Conclusion
Home treadmills are easy, simple yet sophisticated and extremely accessible. Padel training and the sport itself exercises your whole body-increasing agility, coordination, strength, cardiovascular endurance and so on. The best part is, you don’t need to be a seasoned padel player to experience the incredible benefits of a padel workout. Even as a beginner, you’ll find that padel can enhance your fitness journey, offering visible results right from the get-go.
Iskra Banović is our seasoned Editor-in-Chief at Blufashion. She has been steering the website’s content and editorial direction since 2018. With a rich background in fashion design, Iskra’s expertise spans across fashion, interior design, beauty, lifestyle, travel, and culture.
