The Bowflex Treadclimber Experience
If you’ve ever done any exercise, you know the importance of taking to properly warm up your muscles. Warm muscles are more flexible and resistant to injury. It’s also no secret that as we grow older, our bodies become less resilient and more prone to problems with muscles, ligaments, and joints. So as we age and continue to exercise, the importance of the pre-workout warm up and the type of exercise we perform becomes even more and more essential.
Anyone who has done any jogging or running knows it’s one of the most effective methods to get an aerobic workout. Likewise, joggers and runners know how hard such a repetitive and pounding exercise can be on the joints and muscles.
Quality standard treadmills are manufactured with a ‘floating’ deck whose sole purpose is to minimize impact. Some also have the limited capability to raise, to simulating running uphill, to increase the demands of the exercise. Well there’s an alternative exercise devide that’s been around for years that does everything a treadmill does, only better. I’m talking about the Bowflex Treadclimber, a high-end exercise machine with separate treadmills that move up and down, both minimizing impact while at the same time maximizing the training affect. It’s like a treadmill, stair stepper and elliptical machine all in one.
The Tread climber has two belts, one for each foot. You can adjust the speed to easily increase your heart rate to the desired range, improving circulation and boosting the metabolic activity of your body. The results are numerous health benefits, from weight loss to lower blood pressure, to greater endurance.
If you never have, you owe it to yourself to give the Treadclimber a shot. After a mere five minutes of walking, you’ll feel your body warming up, and without the jarring effect of running on a hard surface. The individual treadmill platforms move up and down; one foot pushing one side of the platform down while raising the other and vise versa, similar to that of conventional stair stepping machines, but with the rotating tread of a treadmill and the smooth motion of an elliptical. You can change the intensity of the exercise by adjusting the speed, selecting whatever best works for you.
Anyone who’s used a tread climber will attest to its versatility. Because of the smoothness of the movement and its lower impact, it’s good for the ankles, knees and ligaments like running on a solid surface can be. The risk of getting injured is greatly reduced while the beneficial effects of exercise are not.
If you’re in the market for a cardio exercise machine and are looking to get the best platform out there, you shoudn’t overlook the all-in-one treadmill/stair stepper/elliptical – the Bowflex Tread Climber. Whether you go for the entry-level Bowflex TC1000 model, or the top-of-the-line Bowflex TC5000, you’re going to be very pleased with the results.