Exercise Machines
Great for Cardio, Great for the Heart!
You can't help but admire the inventors and innovators
of exercise machines. There are so many different types and styles
of machines to fit every personality type out there! Exercise equipment
and machinery has evolved into an industry with great sophistication,
which utilizes scientific research to maximize the benefits of exercising.
Exercise machnes and equipment deliver optimal benefits to users,
particularly to their cardiovascular system. Because aerobic activity
is obtained when using exercise machines, you burn fat, reduce calories,
take your heart rate to the low and high ranges, and rid yourself
of cellular toxins/waste through perspiration.
The Hidden Benefits of Exercise Machines
Exercise machines, for all their physical and tangible benefits,
also carry hidden benefits - the psychological ones. A good sweat
results in a "runner's high"; this is why people who have turned
into sophisticated fitness buffs will not favor one type of exercise
activity over another. Some people believe in doing just the cardiovascular
portion of a program, their principal goal being weight reduction.
Others would rather do resistance training exclusively, not too
keen on the huffing and puffing of humans working on exercise machines.
But if you want to achieve genuine progress in your fitness program,
combining aerobic activitywithweight training and stretching exercises
will deliver the goods. The latest assortment of exercise
machines will allow you to do so. Another benefit of the new innovations
is to use exercise machines for cross training.
The American Heart Association now recommends weight
lifting and resistance training for cardiac rehabilitation patients
too. They say that combining both types of exercises is known to
reduce the heart rate and blood pressure responses to manual labor,
thus decreasing the demand of the heart during regular daily activities.
These are Common Exercise Machines Found in Home Gyms
Stationary bikes are great for getting a good cardiovascular
work out. Riding a bicycle is easier on the feet then running
or jogging.
All health centers, gyms and cardiac rehabilitation centers
use stationary and upright bikes as a staple piece of equipment.
Having a stationary bike in your home is a great way to ensure
that you will keep up your exercise program even on days that
you cannot make it to the gym.
Popular in home gyms, the elliptical trainer offers the
benefits of a low impact aerobic workout that involves both
the legs and arms for more calorie burning capability and
requires less space than a treadmill.
The American Heart association recommends resistance training
as part of a overall exercise program.
Doing resistance exercises allows the heart to function with
ease during typical every day activities such as taking in
the groceries or taking out the garbage.
Universal Weight Machines are designed to satisfy overall
muscle building.
Universal weight machines offer a variety of weight training
exercises and resistance's in a compact unit.
Boxing Equipment Can
Provide a Good Cardiovascular Workout
Rowing Machines are similar to the stair climber, this piece
of fitness equipment offers a low impact aerobic workout,
while targeting muscle groups in the legs, arms, and back.
As part of home gyms, rowing machines require little operating
space
Stair Climbers also known as steppers are in the same family
as the elliptical trainer and treadmill, stair climbers or
tread climbers offer a low impact aerobic workout similar
to a treadmill, with the added benefit of strengthening the
legs and buttocks.
Stair climbers as part of a home gym are practical for someone
who want to target specific muscles while improving cardiovascular
conditioning.
In Dr. Dean Ornish's Book Reverse Heart Disease, he writes
that one of his patients reversed his coronary artery disease,
by using a the step climber 3 times a week, and he was able
to using the step climber to climb the equivalent of the steps
in the statue of liberty. WoW! Why don't you try that?
Walking on a Treadmill is great for heart health. All cardiac
rehabilitation programs and all exercise programs include
at least 20 minutes in the treadmill 3 times a week.
A Treadmill is perhaps the most popular piece of equipment
found in gyms, a treadmill is a great way to get a cardiovascular
work out from the privacy of your own home.
Advanced treadmills come with an incline feature and are
programmable, enabling the fitness equipment user to vary
the intensity of their workouts.
Exercise Machines- Home Gyms and Your
Heart
Home Gyms are is another one of these great exercise
machines that are a great way to improve your cardiovascular
health.
It doesn't matter if your
home fitness goals involve increasing muscle or losing weight,
when used right, the benefits to your heart can lead to a
happy and healthy lifestyle.
Pick and choose any of these exercise machines, use them dilligently
and you will know that you have done all you can to prevent and
control the leading risk factors for heart disease.
Disclaimer: The information
that I am writing on these pages are for educational purposes only,
and are intended to inspire us to learn more about heart disease.
By doing so we can learn how to eliminate the leading cause of death,
and create a better life for us and our children. I am only a heart
patient, in no way should what I am writing, replace any medical
advice given to you by your doctors.
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