| 1. Excessive caloric intake during workouts. Too | | | | onto the handlebars you are taking more body |
| many people overuse energy drinks, sports bars | | | | weight off your legs which will ultimately burn less |
| and protein shakes during workouts which often | | | | calories. Doing cardio without handlebar assistance |
| defeats the very purpose of working out by | | | | gives you a better core workout altogether. If |
| adding extra unnecessary calories.Instead, limit | | | | you must hold onto the handlebars somehow, |
| yourself to 250 calories for an average 30 minute | | | | simply put your fingers on very lightly for |
| workout. Any further caloric intake and your just | | | | "imagined" support while standing up straight and |
| adding weight gain instead of weight loss. | | | | not slouched. |
| 2. Not using the incline. When you set an incline on | | | | 5.Simple distractions. If your watching television or |
| the treadmill you are increasing the activity and | | | | reading a magazine during your workout, you are |
| development of the leg muscles including the | | | | simply not fully utilizing the calorie burning power |
| glutes and hamstrings making them stronger. This | | | | of the workout itself. Instead just put on the Ipod |
| will help you burn more calories even after your | | | | and jam out to your favorite tunes, go in "the |
| workout and is a much more effective calorie | | | | zone" as I like to call it and get pumped! |
| burning workout vs. the standard non-inclined | | | | 6. Not doing interval training. If your simply doing |
| treadmill. | | | | the same boring, static rhythm during your |
| 3. Not varying your workouts. One of the biggest | | | | treadmill or crosstrainer routine, your not getting |
| mistakes people make is simply doing the very | | | | the most calorie burning effects from your |
| same workout each and every time. After the | | | | workout. Instead, try interval training. For instance, |
| initial period when it starts to work, your body | | | | start with a 5 minute warmup then work as hard |
| gets used to that same routine and you burn | | | | as you can for about one minute or so, then |
| fewer calories. To overcome this static calorie | | | | reducing the intensity to two minutes. Alternate |
| burn, change one factor of your workout such as | | | | back and forth for as much rounds as you can |
| duration of time, type of machine used or | | | | and make sure you increase the number of |
| intensity of the workout itself.Just mix and match | | | | intervals on each workout. Interval training is a |
| the workout itself everyday so that way your | | | | proven method for burning more calories in a |
| body won't get used to the same routine. | | | | shorter time-frame. |
| 4. Using the handlebars for stability. By holding | | | | |