Why you need a home Gym

How do you keep your fitness goals on track? Maybe, you're busy juggling work, life at home, plus a lot more — so where do you find the time to get to the gym? For many, it's not so easy to regularly carve out the time.

Meanwhile, news feeds constantly remind us how super-important it is to exercise and move, so you feel good, lose weight, or keep the weight off, and keep your heart healthy – new findings suggest even a little running can extend your life expectancy and prevent cancer. ¹ See the summary of recent studies that explain in more detail below.

The easiest way to crush your wellness and fitness goals is to create an at-home Gym – it can cost less than you might think.

ELIMINATE GYM ANXIETY

An at-home treadmill will eliminate reported issues that can create gym anxiety and acts as a deterrent that tends to keep people from regularly working out. Before COVID-19, topping our list from reader input, and in no particular order, were concerns such as:

• Feeling judged at the gym

• ​Traffic, parking, and waits for equipment

• Germy environment threat to personal health

• Having to buy the 'right' workout clothes

• Time pressures from life, kids, family, and work demands

With heightened periods of Covid-19 or Flu Season, the home Gym can feel safer. Getting an connected-fitness treadmill at home can be a more effective way to stay on track toward achieving your fitness goals and allows you to consistently work out more often at any time on your schedule.

WHY iFIT ENABLED TREADMILLS

iFit enhances a NordicTrack or Proform Treadmill along with your workout experience with streamed trainer-led destination runs, walks, and hikes or a studio workout streamed directly to your treadmill’s touchscreen. Here is a quick overview of iFit and the benefits it brings to you home gym.

First, you will not become bored. There is a massive selection of workouts, with over 18,000 iFit studio and destination sessions filmed at locations across all seven continents. All workout sessions are trainer-led by elite personal trainers or sports champions, including Olympic gold medalists who provide valuable guidance and tips on breathing, stride, and form. They gently encourage and motivate, pushing and challenging you to work harder than you otherwise might on your own through the use of iFit connected features like AutoAdjust and SmartAdjust.

A unique and interesting aspect of the iFit technology platform is it allows the trainer to dynamically sync and adjust your equipment's speed, incline, decline, and resistance as you train alongside them. This means you can now focus on your session without having to think about making any adjustments if you do not wish to.

iFit was the first and one of a few connected-fitness application to date able to provide this type of interactive functionality with exercise equipment — And based on user feedback with iFit-enabled treadmills, they overwhelmingly love it. Functionality aside, they enjoy the trainers, the workout variety, the quality production filming, the training content and design.

Treadmill iFit Workouts have been produced specially for just running, as well as specific sessions for hiking, walking, 5k runs plus, half marathons, and marathon options where you can run just a particular segment or the whole event. All workouts aim to adjust your treadmill to match the destination's terrain you are running, walking, or hiking on. There are also lots of off-the-treadmill cross-training sessions from yoga, strength training, boxing, to varying destination workouts — you will not be bored!

For most Nordictrack and Proform treadmills, the first month of an iFit subscription is included in the price – a $39 Value. Otherwise, you can add the monthly $39 cost of iFit membership which is about a dollar a day and includes up to 5 (five) user accounts. With its extensive choices of workouts, it’s a really good value. If you want to add other equipment later, you remain covered by the same membership without any increase in subscription cost.

If you decide to pay for iFit on an annual basis, the cost is $33/month saving $72 or 15%. If you apply for financing, iFit membership is included in your exercise equipment financing with the first month still included as free.

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BEST iFIT TREADMILLS

You can start simply by adding a treadmill, the most versatile and productive option for exercise equipment. Here are recommended treadmills to add to your home gym. Most fitness equipment companies have financing options to fit your budget. For example, Proform has a super awesome deal where you commit to 36 months of iFit (on-demand personal training) for $39/month and get a Proform Carbon T7 Treadmill for FREE. There are no fees and includes free delivery plus a good warranty of 10-Years on the Frame, 2-Years Parts, & 1-Year Labor.

This is an awesome incentive to take the plunge and bring your fitness workouts home. You will find it much easier to make the time to work out more often around your own schedule.  Learn More about the Proform treadmill with iFit. Follow this link to Learn more about why you need iFit with your Treadmill.

These Proform treadmills are folding treadmills, meaning the running deck easily folds up to save space and both have cooling fans you can adjust while exercising. The Proform Carbon T10 and T14 models incline to 12% — 2 more degrees over the Carbon T7 and have a slightly larger motor.

RUNNING CAN EXTEND YOUR LIFE

“a good option for people who say they are too busy to exercise is that any amount of running is better than none. Even a little running on a regular basis can help you live longer and reduce depression.

According to a very recent study first published Nov. 4 in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.¹ Lead researcher Zeljko Pediscic, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia said they analyzed 14 studies that included more than 232,000 people whose health was tracked for between 5.5 and 35 years. The data showed that any amount of running was associated with a 30% lower risk of death from heart disease, and a 23% lower risk of death from cancer. Even as little as 50 minutes of running once a week at a pace slower than 6 mph appeared to be preventative.

Exercise can also Protect from Depression study finds

Findings recently published by Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In a paper published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, reported that individuals who genetically were more likely to suffer from depression who did some type of exercise for least several hours each week were less likely to be diagnosed with a new episode of depression. In fact 35 minutes per day of physical activity was recommended.

“Our findings strongly suggest that, when it comes to depression, genes are not destiny and that being physically active has the potential to neutralize the added risk of future episodes in individuals who are genetically vulnerable,” said Karmel Choi of MGH and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the lead author of the study. “On average, about 35 additional minutes of physical activity each day may help people to reduce their risk and protect against future depression episodes.”

The study was supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health and National Human Genome Research Institute as well as the Demarest Lloyd Jr. Foundation.

Best Reasons to invest in a Treadmill

Best reason to get a treadmill is that it is an excellent aerobic ​workout that helps to improve fitness and can assist in your hitting and keeping weight goals. And as for those headlines that tell us some physical activity is really good for us — it is a lot more true than not.