Treadmill Advantages
Run For Your Life: The Health Benefits Of Treadmills
Improve your heart’s health? Lose a few pounds? Or
simply become more active? If that is your goal, then maybe it’s time
for you to do some exercise. But where do you start? No matter how good
our intentions are, we really can’t force ourselves to commute three or
four times a week to the gym. What with our hectic lifestyles, increased
work loads, and various other commitments, we simply don’t have such
luxury as time. As a result, our exercise routines suffer, which, of
course, points only to one thing – our health.
Americans for all these reasons, young and old alike are trying
to search for solutions to their exercise dilemma. The Americans are
looking specifically for one that will fit into their demanding
schedules as well as that will present them with a quality workout. The
answer is, of course, the ever present treadmill.
Scientific Facts:
Experts agree that physical activity need not be strenuous in order to be
beneficial. In fact, only moderate amounts of daily physical activity
are recommended for people of all ages. Too much can lead to injuries,
menstrual abnormalities, and bone weakening.
Among American youths aged 12-21 years, almost half admit to not being vigorously
active on a regular basis
14 % of young people report that they engage in no recent physical activity
This inactivity trend is more common among females (14%) than among males (7%). Among black
females, 21% are inactive, while white females only comprise 12%.
As age or grade in school increases, participation in all types of physical
activity declines strikingly
Of all high school students, only 19% are physically active for 20 minutes or more, five days a week, in physical education class
Between 1991 and 1995, daily enrollment in physical education classes dropped form 42 percent to 25 percent
Well designed school-based interventions directed at increasing physical
activity in physical education classes have been shown to be effective
Social support from family and friends has been consistently and positively
related to regular physical activity