In my previous Friday posts I have discussed the benefits of spicing up workouts to avoid fitness plateaus by instituting interval training, as well as checking out new group exercise classes! While both of those suggestions are great to institute into fitness regimens, they are pretty standard. Today's suggestion, on the other hand, is far from normal. It may even have fellow gym goers doing a double take when watching the performance of these actions on the treadmill.
This new gym fad is known as reverse running. Men and women alike have started to switch up their treadmill trotting with this backwards act as it burns more calories and lessens the pounding on their knees! Reverse running is done by setting the treadmill to 2.5mph while the belt is stationary. Runners turn themselves away from the front of the machine, hold the handrails for balance and start their jog/run. Adding this type of a run to a fitness routine 3x / week for 15 to 45 minutes can help reduce body fat by roughly 2.5%!
With all of these benefits, who wouldn't want to be a little "backwards" at the gym?!
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