One important reason why there are many people use a treadmill is that it can give a good alternative in battling the external elements when running and walking. A great treadmill will offer you various speeds and the inclines that will help to burn calories. You can read the following information about some tips to burn extra calories by using the treadmill.
Decide the target heart rate and control your hearth rate while you are doing exercise. It is quite easy to calculate. You can take your age that is from 220, and then multiply it with 0.6 and 0.9. Doing exercise and keeping the heart rate for that range.
Now you can start by warming up the level of treadmill for just five minutes by a slow pace walking. It will help you in warming up your muscles and also will prevent injuries.
And then increase the speed of your walking for around ten minutes before you will add an incline.
The next step you should increase an incline of your treadmill for 1 percent. Before start raising the incline, work up to maintain the same speed that you want on your level treadmill.
Continue by maintaining the upright position while you are on your treadmill. Even after you increase an incline of your treadmill keep your shoulders over the hips and also hips one your ankles. Alternate 5 minutes of the incline with 5 minutes without incline to get a superior work out.
For the next step you can cool down yourself for around 5 minutes before you end your exercise. Get the level of your treadmill back out then change the speed to the warm up speed. After you get cool down, now you can stretch your muscles. Stretching is quite important because it will help you to maintain the range of motion and also the integrity of your joints.