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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…]

Tips to Help You Learn to Love (or at least not hate) Working Out

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We know not all people share the same enthusiasm as we do about fitness and exercise here at NordicTrackCoupons, some even being on the opposite end of that spectrum to go as far as actually hating and despising exercise.

Hate Exercise

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While exercising may not be something everyone looks forward, as we mentioned in yesterday’s post, it is certainly something that no one can afford to skip out on. So although we may not ever be able to convince you fitness can actually be fun, hopefully we can help you at least not dread the daily event.

LiveFitnessNow.com shares some tips to help you learn to love (or at least not hate) working out, you can check out the full article here. We thought we’d share a few of our favorites to help our readers jump on that fitness bandwagon! [Read more…]

Can You Afford Not To Exercise?!

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When it comes to working out, many people have an endless amount of excuses that stop them from exercising. One excuse that I hear all too often that exercising is just too expensive. “I want to become healthy and stay in shape but I just can’t afford it!”

I agree gym memberships and home gym equipment can be costly and certainly take a toll on one’s wallet, especially in this economy when we’re all a little pressed for cash as it is. Just take a look at this infographic for example: [Read more…]

Tips on How to Build Your Endurance

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As we talked about in a previous post, which you can find here, speed workouts are a crucial part to many runners training programs. Along with speed, many runners also want to increase their endurance as well.

Let’s first start off with what we mean exactly when we say endurance. According to ol’ reliable Wikipedia, which you can find more here, “Endurance (also called stamina, resilience, or durability) is the ability of an organism to exert itself and remain active for a long period of time, as well as its ability to resist, withstand, recover form, and have immunity to wounds or fatigue.”

Endurance

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According to this article from Active.com, when it comes to running there are two types of endurance you could be referring to. There are the runners who want to increase their endurance as in the ability to go farther, these are usually beginning runners. More experienced runners instead mean they are trying to improve their speed-endurance, the pace at which they can cover farther distances. [Read more…]

Is the Fat-Burning Zone a Myth?!

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We know many of you come to us to invest in exercise equipment to aid you in losing weight, and for many of you specifically losing fat. As stated in this article, cardio is a one of the best ways to get rid of that excess fat. With this being no surprise I’m sure you’ve been told that the way to do this is to workout in your “Fat-Burning Zone”, but there are rumors that this may be a myth. [Read more…]

3 Speed Training Workouts for the Treadmill

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We may be a little biased here at NordicTrackCoupons.com, but we believe treadmills to be one of the best training tools for runners. Running on a treadmill is not only a convenient tool for the winter and summer months when weather can play a big factor in ruining your outdoor runs, but a treadmill can also be a very valuable tool to runners for developing speed.

As stated in this article from LiveStrong.com, “On a treadmill you can dial in your speed, incline and interval length to run without interruptions or pacing concerns.” They also go on to say how your gait with be a little different a treadmill than on a road or track, so you will want to compensate and be aware of this. Use these tips in a previous post of ours here, to help you maintain your posture and stride on the treadmill. [Read more…]

How Important Is Your Fitness Music?!

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Are you the type of person who can jump on that treadmill and run for an hour with only your thoughts?! Hearing the banging of your feet against the treadmill and the motor rolling…well for most, this does not exactly make for a very peaceful run.

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So if you’re like most runners’ you are probably blaring your speakers or have headphones keeping you company. Yet besides drowning out the sound of your feet banging on the treadmill, how important is your workout music?! Apparently more important than some give their playlist credit for. [Read more…]