Exercise Equipment Guide: Treadmills, Weights, and Home Gyms

What happens when your treadmill stops suddenly, and how can you troubleshoot common home gym equipment? Selecting the best mini-trampolines, resistance bands, and cross trainers can significantly improve your at-home fitness results and safety.

Zumba vs. Treadmill

Zumba vs. Treadmill

Zumba classes and treadmill workouts are as similar as apples and oranges. Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

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Young female running on treadmill in health club

A Treadmill Vs. an Elliptical for the Gluteus Muscles

Both treadmills and ellipticals are pieces of exercise equipment, providing cardiovascular activity that effectively tones lower-body muscles. Because treadmills offer running or walking opportunities, gluteus muscles are necessary to continuously propel the body forward, especially when the treadmill is at an incline.

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How Many Revolutions Equal a Mile on a Nordic Track Elliptical?

Elliptical machines, also called cross-trainer exercise machines, are cardio machines designed to provide an aerobic workout with little to no impact. The movement required to operate the machine is a cross between walking and running, without the joint stress that running imparts.

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