How Effective is Weight Loss for Arthritic Knee Pain?
Morbid obesity = unhealthy KNEES. If you think you have a healthy heart despite your obesity, then at least consider its effect on your knees. Arthritis is waiting for you. […]
Can Treadmill Walking Cause Stress Fractures to the Foot?
Who’d ever think that walking on a treadmill can cause stress fractures to the feet, but it actually can. Does this mean that if you’ve never had a stress fracture in your foot, that you [...]
Is Walking Enough Exercise to Control Type 2 Diabetes?
Walking may or may NOT be enough to control type 2 diabetes. It depends on how you do it. […]
Shin Pain When Walking on Inclined Treadmill: Solutions
Walking on an inclined treadmill can cause shin splints, but there are several solutions to this problem. First off, don’t assume that incline walking is not impacting enough to cause shin splints. You need not [...]
Can a Lot of Walking on a Treadmill Be Bad for Your Body?
How much time can one spend walking on a treadmill before it starts becoming something bad for the body? Spending a lot of time walking on a treadmill can be defined as very prolonged periods [...]
Should You Hold Onto a 40 Percent Incline Treadmill to Walk ?
Treadmills that go up to 40 percent incline are getting more popular, but just how high must the incline be before you should hold on while walking? The TV commercials for the 40 percent incline [...]
Which Burns More Fat: Running or Incline Walking?
You know that running burns a lot of fat (if intense enough), but what about grueling incline walking, either on a treadmill or outdoors? […]
If You Shouldn’t Hold Onto a Treadmill Why Are the Rails There?
Just because the rails are there doesn’t mean you should hold onto the treadmill when walking. Holding on defeats the purpose and will prevent you from reaching your fitness or weight loss goals. So why, [...]
How to Maximize Calorie Burn Using a Treadmill Incline
If you hold onto the treadmill while using the incline, you’re burning far fewer calories than what the display says. Holding on cancels out the incline and causes many other problems. […]
Uphill Walking Tips for Overweight: Get Fit, Lose Weight
Whether uphill outside or on a treadmill incline, being overweight need not be an obstacle to getting fitter & leaner. You can speed your progress with a technique called high intensity interval training—or its derivative, [...]
Why Hiking Is So Hard Despite Using a Treadmill Incline
Find out what’s going on when after spending lots of time on a treadmill incline, you get pooped very quickly hiking up hills. […]
Should You Hold Onto a Treadmill at High Incline?
If you’re part of the hold-on-for-dear-life high treadmill incline camp, find out why you’re wasting your time, big-time. Holding on at a high incline is so very wrong, on so many levels, I don’t even [...]
Why You Haven’t Lost Weight Using a Treadmill Incline
Are you going batty wondering why you haven’t lost much weight after all those high incline sessions on the treadmill? There’s a definite reason why, despite walking endless miles on a high treadmill incline, you [...]
Does Walking Count As Cardio Exercise?
Walking can be blistering cardio exercise or it can be useless; it all depends on what you make of it. Just because we learn to walk at around the age of 11 months, give or [...]
How to Correctly Use a Treadmill Incline
Nearly every person who uses a treadmill incline does it wrong, preventing weight loss and creating a false sense of fitness achievement. An incline offers a poorly conditioned or obese person -- who cannot run [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
