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Race-day Nutrition Tips for Runners

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Here at NordicTrackCoupons.com we know many of you visit our blog in hopes of getting fitness advice and tips to helping you reach your fitness goals. Whether your goal be to lose weight, build muscle, or simple to become healthier, along with exercise, diet is going to play a big role in helping your reach your fitness goals.

Fitness and Nutrition

As we told you in a previous post, eating 60-90 minutes before your workout is going to help fuel your body, giving you energy and making your workout more effective. You are going to want to follow this rule with any workout you do, whether that be cardio or strength training, yet what you eat may differ from workout to workout. [Read more…]

Is Distance Running Safe?!

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When it comes to cardio workouts, running is one of the most popular forms out there, in fact 36 million people run every year. For some running includes take a fast paced jog on the treadmill for 20-30 minutes, while others take running a bit farther than this– literally!

Boston Marathon RunnersDistance running is becoming increasingly more and more popular. In fact according to this article, “the Boston and New York City Marathons usually attract over 25,000 people to their races.” Yet is going the distance when it comes to running really safe? While we know running provides many health benefits, when is it too much to where you start to cause more harm than benefit to your muscles and joints?

Not only distance running, but running in general has been shown to cause many injuries per year. According to an article Common Running Injuries and How to Recover, the Treadmill Review Guru himself stated that of those 36 million runners a year “40-50% experience at least one injury.” Other than the many Treadmill Review Guru listed in their article, osteoarthritis is also a running linked injury. [Read more…]

3 Different Ways to Do HIIT Without Using Timed Intervals

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As much as we hate to sound like a broken record here, but we want to make sure our readers are getting the point and here us loud and clear when we say…CARDIO IS CRUCIAL to any fitness regimen, which you can read more about here if you still are unsure why!

Treadmill Sensei states in best in his article Importance of Cardio by saying “if you want to start extending your life by way of exercise, it is not going to be the muscle building that will help you, but rather the cardio exercise.”

Bored on the Treadmil

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Now as important as we know cardio is for our health, we also know hours spent grueling away on those treadmills or elliptical machines can be about as fun as a visit to the dentist office. This is where those glorious High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workouts come into play. [Read more…]

Committing to Fitness for Life

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We all know there is no single exercise plan that is going to work for everybody. Ask anyone who has tried the any one of the millions of “fitness fad” workouts out there; they don’t all share the same success rates. Everyone likes their different workouts, their different routines and have certain programs and plans that work for them.

Yet if you ask anyone who has succeeded when it comes to their fitness goals, they all have one key factor in common that led them to reach their success: consistency. No matter what type of exercises you are doing, the main thing that matters is that you are actually doing it, and committing yourself to your workouts.

Commit to be fit [Read more…]

Strengthen Your Core Muscles and Get Flat Abs with These Cardio Exercise Machines

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We all want those flat six pack abs, yet who wants or even has time and energy to do endless amounts of crunches day after day to get those results?! Why not get in a core strengthening workout while working out on your favorite cardio machine?! Double Whammy!

Flat Abs with Cardio

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While any cardio exercise machine that burns calories is going to help you to lose weight and fat blocking your abs from showing; yet if you learn to use these machines in the right way you can strengthen your core muscles even more and get you those flat abs results even faster!

Now whether your exercise equipment machine of choice is the stationary bike, the treadmill or the elliptical trainer; they all have certain moves to help you strengthen your core. Below are a few tips to help you achieve those flat six pack abs: [Read more…]

Benefits of the Stationary Bike for Your Cardio Workout

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You may get tired of hearing this from us, but we want to make sure all of our readers understand the importance of cardio and that it is crucial to any type of fitness regimen, no matter what your goal may be. Cardio workouts include any workout that gets your heart rate pumped, this can be any treadmill, elliptical or exercise bike workout.

Man Riding Stationary Bike

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Now we do talk often about our love of elliptical trainers and treadmills, while I know we don’t talk too much about exercise bikes, but this is not because we are not big fans. We apologize for our lack of including exercise bikes, also called stationary bikes, in our posts because they should not be ignored; and in fact stationary bikes do in-deed provide you with an excellent cardio benefits.

Unfortunately stationary bikes often get a bad rap due to the fact they are not providing as much movement as elliptical trainers and treadmills offer. While it is true you do not move your whole body as much on a stationary bike and you may burn more calories per hour when using an elliptical or treadmill, stationary bikes can still provide a very beneficial cardio workout.

FitSugar.com shares their Pros and Cons of the Stationary Bike, which you can read more about here. We’d thought we would share a few of our favorite pros from their list and a few of our own to show you just what we mean when we say stationary bikes provide a great cardio workout: [Read more…]

Perfecting Your Runner’s Lingo

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I think it comes to no surprise to say we are big fans of treadmill running here, and we know that is why many of you come to us. Not only to purchase your NordicTrack treadmills at a great price, but to get tips and advice for your treadmill running!

When I came across this article on Greatist.com titled The Ultimate Guide to Running Lingo, I realized while we were familiar with many of these sayings, many of our readers may be new to the running scene and not aware of their meanings.

Click here to check out the Greatist article and get the full list of all the running terms one could think of, while we thought we’d share some of the basics and most important running lingo to familiarize yourself with. Blogger IRunIEat.com in her post Your Guide to the Runner’s Lingo shared some of her more intimidating running terms she experienced not knowing when first becoming a runner that we will also share below: [Read more…]

How To Run: Do’s and Don’ts [Video]

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In yesterday’s post we discussed ways to help prevent cardio workout injuries, which you can read more about here. One sure fire way to prevent running injuries is to perfect your running form.

If your stride and foot placement when running is off it can cause unnecessary pressure on your joints, leading to injuries. So it’s important to learn how to run properly to help prevent these injuries

Below we have a video of Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, giving what he believes are the five key elements to good running form.  Here is the layout of his thoughts and five key elements: [Read more…]

How to Prevent Cardio Workout Injuries

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We’ve discussed before the importance of making sure to always get in your fair share of weekly cardio workouts for optimal results, no matter your fitness goal; which you can read more about why it’s so important in our previous post here.

Cardio Workout Injuries

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Yet there are many things that can get in the way of a good cardio workout such as lack of motivation, lack of time, or coming down with sickness. Getting an injury while working out can also prevent you from getting in future workout sessions and having to take a break from your cardio, which will only derail your fitness goals.

Now unfortunately not all workout injuries are preventable, few are just bad luck of the draw, yet there are others that you can surely prevent. The more injuries we are able to prevent and avoid the closer and faster we can get to reaching our fitness goals.

So here at NordicTrackCoupons.com we want to help our readers avoid any obstacle that may get in their way of reaching their goals, especially when it comes to helping prevent any cardio workout injuries. We found a few tips from FitSugar.com, you can find the full article here, to help you prevent workout injuries and help you achieve your results faster: [Read more…]

4-Exercise Barbell Complex Workout

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We’ve told you before how important it is to fit cardio into your weekly fitness regimen, you can read more about that here if you need a refresher! Yet cardio does not have to be limited to your usually treadmill or elliptical workouts, although those have many benefits as well.

As we have mentioned before, it is important to switch up your routine, which you can read more about here, not only to prevent boredom but to make sure your body is not adapting to the same workout over and over.

So for those of you looking to mix it up a couple days of the week, complex workouts are going to be just the thing for you. Complex workouts can replace your traditional cardio workouts, and add a little strength training benefits as well. [Read more…]