Help! I hate the treadmill!

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  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Josalinn wrote: »
    erickirb wrote: »
    urloved33 wrote: »
    Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.

    This is wrong. Cardio does nothing for weight loss, it just allows you to eat more and lose the same as you could with diet alone.

    Strength training will help ensure that a larger % of your weight loss comes from fat, instead of fat and lean muscle.

    I disagree slightly, in that cardio improves your cardiovascular system, which helps to strengthen your heart, which is a little more than "just getting to eat more."

    I agree that lifting weights is great for losing weight and looking tone after all that fat melts away.

    OP if you really want to do cardio but hate the treadmill, and I agree with you on that, try biking or dancing.

    But when it comes to weight loss (not health) cardio only allows you to eat more to lose the same! No one says it should not be done or there are not benes
  • haysavam
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  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    tekkiechikk wrote: »
    Watching TV from the treadmill (or trying to read- how do people do that??) made me dread it. But watching music videos with steady beats to walk/jog to have made all the difference. I have several rotation sets that I've created so I don't get bored with them.

    If the treadmill is something you hate, however, find an alternative. YouTube alone has more workout videos than one could ever do in a lifetime, so you can find something that works for you.

    My steady favorites: Fitness Blender and Jessica SmithTV.

    Good luck!

    I walk and read on the treadmill.
    I hold the book in my hands to read it, I couldn't leave it on the console
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I hate the treadmill too and have NO sense of balance on one. I do however enjoy walking outside, especially on local trails.

    But you don't have to do cardio to lose weight.
  • jcook0716
    jcook0716 Posts: 65 Member
    I hate the treadmill and walking on a track (bad memories of being fat in high-school and not being able to run). So i walk around the neighborhood as fast as i can for 2-3 miles. At home if you can get a medicine ball or kettleball you can do lots of excercises at home. I worked with a personal trainer that had me do a few exercises that kicked my butt last night with nothing other than a 10lb medicine ball.
  • katsmo
    katsmo Posts: 219 Member
    Fitness Blender workouts on youtube are fun and free! I check out Leslie Sansone walking DVDs free from the library. You don't need any equipment for either of them. Good luck!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    sassyrufuscat wrote: »
    I need to lose 15 to 20 pounds but I hate the treadmill!! I do not have a gym membership and do all of my workouts at home. I love to do strength training workouts but have heard that this will not help me lose the weight. Does anyone have any other suggestions for cardio workouts that can be done at home? Or had any experience with strength training and how it affects weight loss?
    If you hate it, don't do it! Walking outside is always an options and doesn't cost anything.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    urloved33 wrote: »
    Cardio is the key to weight loss. How about a tv in front of the treatdmill. Jogging or powerwalking outside...how about that. Lifting does not induce weight loss.
    Actually calorie deficit is the key to weight loss. One could do all the cardio they want, but if they eat more than they burn, weight loss ain't happening. One can lose weight without cardio and one can lose weight just lifting weights with no cardio. Again as long as there is a calorie deficit, weight loss should happen.

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    urloved33 wrote: »
    Exercise to Burn CaloriesChristopher Wharton, PhD, a certified personal trainer and researcher with the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, put it simply: "The more time spent exercising and the more vigorous the exercise, the more calories will be burned."

    Indeed, obesity expert George Bray, MD, with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., believes that taking a brisk walk every day is probably the single most important piece of advice for anyone wanting to burn more calories.
    But if one eats more than they burn, weight loss won't happen. Say someone burned 1000 calories in one hour of cardio, but ate back 1100 of that burn on a consistent basis. It's not going to happen.

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  • Sassy_xo
    Sassy_xo Posts: 44
    Jumping rope or jumping jacks. Home workout videos of zumba or other aerobics. Dancing, chair step ups...anything that gets your heart pumping!
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