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[SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3]I will exercise more during retirement. My plan is to buy aused treadmill. The goal is to get more strength and lose weight. Whichtreadmill is better, than the others, and why? [/SIZE]
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the problem is left to your own devices most folks either do not do it enough eventually or they do a certain routine and never go beyond .
once you get used to doing whatever you do on the tread mill unless you go faster and harder then that you never progress .
things are not really cardio once they become normal things you do .
i run 4-1/2 miles now every other day on the tread . but every week i increase that as my heart rate comes down and gets used to it . i started running 1 minute and walking 2 minutes 2years and 3 months ago .
today it is non stop 4-1/2 miles at a full 2.3 miles per hour faster then i started at 2 years ago and alternating inclines through out .
my weight lifting has ceased getting me any bigger . for a decade now i just seem to maintain what i have but no matter what i do i can't get beyond . at this age a lot is measured not in gains but what you don't lose .
but even at this age cardio keeps on increasing your heart efficiency . weekly i see my heart rate come down at the end of the run and i have to run faster and further to get it back up to where it was next time . .
We get a lot more exercise now that we are retired. We have stairs, live on a mountain , take hikes, enjoy gardening and walking our dog. We did buy a stationary bike for use when it was too snowy and.cold. I think that for myself it is better to do activities for exercise, instead of exercise machines.
Back in '98 I had a doctor that was great and gave me a prescription that said go to them gym three times a week. When I asked what exactly I should do he told me that I was smart enough to figure it out, just go. I started three days a week, liked it enough to go almost every day, and eventually settled on an every other day schedule.
I agree with others that a gym or other exercise tends to be better, but if I were going to get a machine for home I would go with an elliptical over a treadmill. Unless you get a high dollar treadmill, you will probably pound your joints more than you expect because the platforms on the cheaper ones either don't flex at all or stay bottomed out while you are on it.
[SIZE=3][/SIZE][SIZE=3]I will exercise more during retirement. My plan is to buy aused treadmill. The goal is to get more strength and lose weight. Whichtreadmill is better, than the others, and why? [/SIZE]
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Hi Maple.
I don't use treadmills and so I can't give a personal opinion on which ones are better, but I'll post this Consumer Reports guide which also contains a 6 1/2 minute video which provides good information on which to base your decision.
One thing that isn't mentioned in the video is that while probably most treadmills are motorized and so you simply set the speed and then keep up the pace, there are also non-motorized treadmills in which you have to supply the power with your legs. So that is something you want to keep in mind in making your decision.
I've been walking almost daily for a year now and have lost 15 pounds. Didn't even change my eating habits. Well, I do eat less, but that has happened naturally, not because that was my goal.
I was in the military for over 20 years and nothing was better than going for a run (walk now), pushups and sit-ups, squats. Use your body as the machine, not a machine.
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