Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill

The Bowflex series 7 treadmill is the latest in a series of high quality reliable treadmills from the Bowflex line. The series 7 is far superior to all the other treadmills in the series and has been voted the top consumer fitness product by leading consumer fitness magazines.

It is essentially an intense cardio workout system which has a powerful 3.0 Horsepower motor with up to 15 different workouts. The workout programs include fat burn, cardio, jogging, up the hill jogging and more. It also has a good range of options such as Body Mass Index calculator, Hear rate monitor, calorie goal, and distance goal and strength/recovery test.

Convenience
The Bowflex series 7 treadmill can be easily folded and stored in a compact manner. This saves you space and makes it easy to store your treadmill for example when you are expecting guests and don’t have enough space. It also has a larger running belt area which allows you to be more comfortable while exercising.

Speed
The treadmill comes with a speed range of up to around 11miles per hour and has an incline grade of 12%. This allows you to tinker with your workout routine any way you want.

Motor
The motor on the Series 7 treadmill is upgraded above and beyond the Series 3 and 5 to a massive 3.0 horsepower which should improve speed and keep it reliable for years to come.

Features and Technical details

• Telemetric heart rate control
• Commercial style 2.5” rollers
• Strikezone deck suspension
• Quick speed and incline keys
• 20” x 60” running area
• Skylight backlit LCD computer display
• Two bottle and cup holders
• Fifteen workout programs: cardio, running, manual fat burn, , hill intervals, speed interval jogger, heart strength/recovery test, 5K run with 12 intervals, calorie goal, distance goal, fat burn heart rate calculation, cardio heart rate calculation, body mass index (BMI) test, two custom programs

Recommendation: It is much better than the series 3 and 5 from Bowflex. If you are looking for a solid and reliable treadmill the Series 7 Bowflex treadmill is the way to go!

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Run, Run, Runaway …

This is in one way a personal posting as well as a fitness related posting. I have been trying to lose weight and to live healthier overall. I am doing regular workouts 5-6 times a week and I am eating at least half-way healthy. Meaning, I do not necessarily lookout of what I am eating, but I manage to stay away from all Fast Food, candy, and most other really unhealthy things.

I have been working out and the majority of what I was doing was running. I just love to run. I turn on my iPod Shuffle and run for somewhere between 5 and 7 Miles at a time. Running helps me to completely turn out my surroundings and to get away from the stress of it all. Have you seen that baseball movie “For the Love of the Game” with Kevin Costner? He is a great pitcher and is able to blur our the busy stadium and the yelling of the fans and fully concentrate on throwing that ball. Running for me has a similar effect. When I start a run I still think about work and business and life and as I run along it all slowly fades away. Even the music fades away to a certain degree, but is still there.

So, I run along and it is just an awesome process. When I reach my goal on the treadmill or slowly get back closer to my house I “return” from being mentally absent. My mind is clear and fresh and I am full of energy. Running is the only exercise where I experience this and so it has become an addiction to run. I feel down when I cannot run for more than one day in a row.

Keep on Running

Almost a year ago I started running and have been sticking to it ever since. I have worked out before that as well, but since April 2008 running has made the majority of my workouts.  I started as a treadmill runner, but due to a trip in December I was “forced” to run outside as there was no Gym available where I was. I bought some extra running pants and thermo-wear at that time and it turns out it was a great investment. I have become kind of addicted to running outside. So far I have been running outside in rain, snow, freezing temperatures, very breezy conditions, and of course sunshine. I know I was swearing and complaining more than once when rain hit or the wind took my breath away because it was blowing so hard into my face that breathing was almost impossible, but at the end of each run I felt glad that I did it. People look at you as if you were crazy being outside at certain weather conditions, but I don’t care. They do not what they are missing …

So, I am runner. How about you?

Yoga and Running

Running is one sport that is highly addictive. Running is also a sport that is extremely hard on your body. Not only will your feet take a beating during a run, but every last muscle and joint in your body will be impacted when you strike the ground.

Runners often have a long list of bodily injuries that are a direct result of their beloved sport. Back pain, knee pain, hamstring pain, sore feet – these (and more) are the most common complaints of runners. Yoga can help with all of these things, while also helping to balance your entire body.

Most people don’t tend to connect yoga and running – after all, they are (seemingly) completely different types of exercise. The truth of the matter is that yoga and running go perfectly well together. Those difficult yoga poses help to strengthen muscles, but they also provide a much more important function.

Yoga really strengthens the mind. Yoga helps to boost confidence. Yoga provides that extra bit of energy. Thus, the more you practice yoga…the better your runs will become. Not to mention the fact that your body will be able to endure longer runs thanks to muscle and mind-building yoga.

While yoga may not get rid of all those running pains in one shot, runners that participate in yoga regularly find that their long list of complaints has been greatly reduced. In fact, yoga is the perfect compliment for nearly any sport out there.

Thanks to its ability to balance, strengthen, and focus both the mind and body, no sport should be practiced without the compliment of yoga. If you are a runner, consider helping your body to deal with all that harsh impact – sign up for a yoga class and give your body a helping hand.