Running Backwards on a Treadmill: Pros and Cons
It’s rare to see someone jogging or running backwards on a treadmill. But every time I see someone doing this, he or she is holding onto the rails! This is a key point because when [...]
Skinny Calves: Will Treadmill Incline Walking Build Muscle?
Learn what treadmill incline walking can do -- or not do -- for skinny, puny calf muscles. If you’re fed up with your skinny little calves, perhaps you’ve decided to give incline walking on a [...]
Is It Safe to Let Go when Walking a Steep Treadmill Incline?
Step-by-step instructions in how to use a steep treadmill incline without holding on to get the most calorie burn and fitness benefits. Every time I see a person using a high percent incline on a [...]
How Fast Should You Walk on an Inclined Treadmill ?
If you’re a treadmill incline devotee, chances are 99 percent you do this wrong, namely, going too fast, and here’s why. The treadmill incline is perhaps the most incorrectly performed type of exercise because people [...]
Treadmill Walking Guidelines for Elderly: Do’s & Don’t’s
Most elderly people walk on a treadmill wrong, so here are guidelines for individuals of all fitness levels for optimal, safest results. Most people 65-plus (and younger as well) do not walk on a treadmill [...]
Should You Hold Onto Treadmill while Walking Backwards?
Find out why you should not hold onto a treadmill while walking backwards... Nearly every time when I see someone walking backwards on a treadmill, that individual is holding onto the side rails. When I [...]
Why the Fat Isn’t Coming Off Despite All Your Treadmill Walks
The reason you haven’t lost weight from all that treadmill walking will shock you, but it can easily be remedied. Why is it that you haven’t lost a single pound or have experienced only marginal weight loss, despite [...]
Treadmill: High Incline Holding On vs. Low with Hands Off
Here’s the answer to the question of which is more effective: holding onto a treadmill at high incline or letting go at lower incline? Many people wonder which is more effective for weight loss and [...]
Do You Know Your Treadmill Etiquette at the Gym?
There's a surprising number of ways to be rude with treadmill use at the gym; chances are you've breached one of these rules of etiquette with the treadmill. If you’re a treadmill user, it’s so [...]
Should You Hold Onto Treadmill During Sprints or Hard Runs?
Find out why you won’t get results by holding onto a treadmill during sprints or hard runs. One of the biggest mistakes in exercise is that of holding onto a treadmill, even when the user [...]
How Obese People Can Use Treadmill Desk to Reduce Sitting Time
If you’re obese, don’t let that stop you from using a treadmill desk to help offset the "sitting disease," which is as dangerous as smoking. If you’ve been thinking of getting a treadmill desk to [...]
30 Percent Treadmill Incline: How Not to Hold On
Here’s a simple way to reap maximum benefits with a 30 percent incline, which can be achieved only if you do not hold onto the treadmill. You may think you’re getting an amazing workout by [...]
Taking Heart Rate on Treadmill: Continuous Holding Not Necessary
People have often told me that the reason they keep their hands on the front bar of a treadmill is to have a continuous heart rate reading. Keeping your hands on the treadmill’s heart rate [...]
Scared to Run on a Treadmill? Solutions
You must read this if you’re fearful or reluctant to run or even slowly jog on a treadmill. Just about anybody can jog, run or sprint on a treadmill, even if they’re intimidated. I say [...]
How to Balance on a Treadmill Desk
Learning how to balance while using a treadmill desk is easier than you think. As an avid user of a treadmill desk, I’ve read of other peoples’ concerns with this device, and actually came across [...]
Holding onto Treadmill in Front with Incline: Why This Fails
Clinging to the treadmill in front while using even a high incline is bad for the body, even if you have a condition; here’s why. When you use an incline, do you tug with each [...]
Holding onto a Treadmill Can Cause Four Injuries
You may think holding onto a treadmill is safer than letting go, but it can set you up for several kinds of injuries. It’s not safe to hold onto a treadmill because this can put you at [...]
Benefits of 30 Percent Treadmill Incline Include the Low Back
You can reap serious benefits with a 30 percent incline on the treadmill--but you'll get ZERO benefits if you hold on! You may have spotted those treadmills at your gym that go up to a [...]
Treadmill Workout for Burning Stomach Fat: 2 MPH, 15 Percent Incline
With correct use of a treadmill, you can burn high amounts of fat in your belly and thighs, hips, etc., with only a 2 mph setting on the 15 percent incline. Look at people when [...]
Holding Onto a Treadmill: Balance Problem or Laziness?
Is it really about balance issues for all those people who hold onto a treadmill? Is it possible that the hoards of men and women who hold onto a treadmill while walking do so because of [...]
Are Big Thunder Thighs Genetic? Are Some Women Doomed?
Are you convinced that your big thunder thighs are genetic and nothing can be done about them? Do you stare at your big thighs in disgust, but then think, “It’s genetic”? Maybe you don’t have [...]
The Cardio Machine Setting that’s Best for Burning Fat
Confused over which cardio equipment program is best for burning the most fat? Gee, one says fat burn, but another says cardio, then another says hills, or steady pace, or this and that. Do they [...]
How Tall Teen Girls Can Stop Insults About Height, Bullying
Tall teens girls who get “bullied” or insulted about their height can say two simple words that will stop the taunting dead in its tracks. I was inspired to write this article after reading about [...]
How to Handle Gym Bullies Who Are Women
Here’s how to face the problem of female bullies at the gym and how to manage them. Is there even a such thing as gym bullies who are women? This depends on how you define [...]
Preventing Social Exclusion at School: Teacher Tips
Here are guidelines for teachers who are serious about preventing social exclusion at their school. Social exclusion can leave wounds that never heal, and teachers can be instrumental in minimizing its occurrence. Social exclusion is [...]
Why Ignoring Bullies Won’t Make Them Go Away
Find out why telling your child to ignore bullies is one of the worst things parents can do. Have you told your bullied child to “just ignore it”? Ignoring bullies is no more effective than [...]
Top 5 Ways to Gain Fat if Overeating Makes You Sick
If you want to gain fat, this doesn't mean you should force down foods you don't like such as gritty protein powders or a ton of fastfood. Obviously, if you pig out with the highest-calorie [...]
Improve Brain Power with Balance Exercises
Brain power can be improved by doing physical things like balance and not just by performing mental tasks like crossword puzzles. Never underestimate the effectiveness of balance-based exercises for improving the function of your brain. [...]
Weight Gain from Staying Up Late, Sleeping In: Link Not Clear
If you're trying to lose weight or prevent weight gain, you'd better not stay up late and sleep in, as this increases the risk of putting on fat. Weight gain is a risk from staying [...]
What’s an Effective Low Back Exercise for the Elderly?
There is a low back exercise that elderly people can do that will also significantly enhance their efficiency in daily living tasks. It is the deadlift. I have yet to see a personal trainer having [...]
Strength Training Guide for 300 Pound Women: Safe, Burn Fat
You’re never too heavy, never too fat, to begin strength training with weights. Do you weigh 300 pounds and want to start lifting weights (strength training), but don’t have the tiniest clue how to begin, [...]
Five Traits of Kids Who Are Bully Proof
An expert on bullying explains five common characteristics of kids who are bully proof. Don’t assume that in order for kids to be bully proof, they must act tough or exude a “You’d better not [...]
GOMAD Alternatives that Work Better for Weight Gain
GOMAD means a gallon of milk a day, but there are better ways to gain weight. GOMAD means a gallon of milk a day for weight gain; have you hopped on the GOMAD bandwagon? There [...]
Jumping Workout with an 18 Inch Stool: Burn Fat
Learn how to use an 18 inch stool to burn the most fat possible. Jumping routines with an 18 inch stool will burn fat and reap other fitness benefits. Eighteen-inch workout stools are sold online. [...]
Homeschooling a Bullied Child: Pros & Cons
This article deals specifically with home schooling as a possible solution to bullying, since some parents of bullied children are at their wit’s end. There are lots of online articles about the pros and cons [...]
Get a Biceps Vein: Vascularity Exercises for Women
Exercises that can help a woman get a biceps vein... Are you a woman struggling to get that biceps vein going? I take pride in my own biceps vein, which I refer to as my “cable.” [...]
The One Diet Change that Will Make Weight Loss EASIER
Make this one small and easy change in the way you THINK about food. And you will begin losing weight -- fat weight -- including in your stomach and thighs and your entire body. Here's [...]
Do Fat and Sugar Feed Cancer Cells?
“Sugar is the main culprit to feeding cancer cells,” says Dr. Keith Kantor, a leading nutritionist and CEO of the Nutritional Addiction Mitigation Eating and Drinking (NAMED) program. NAMED treats substance abuse, mental illnesses and [...]
How Much Can Thyroid Problems Be Blamed for Obesity?
Where do we draw the line for blaming thyroid issues on obesity? Can low thyroid make a woman weigh 528 pounds? That's a LOT of weight to attribute to a sick thyroid gland. It seems [...]
Teen Girl Is Overweight, Overeats: Is this an Eating Disorder?
Overeating in a nation that makes it easy for teens to overeat -- and be overweight -- doesn't always mean an eating disorder. Now keep in mind that in a culture where fast-food restaurants, bakeries, [...]