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Dr. Das posted this thread last week ‘Your local gym, usually seen as a Mecca of health and wellness, might just be a ticking time bomb of personal injury! If you’re not careful, one small missed step on a treadmill can land you in the emergency room. Great gymnasium common sense tips from Tara Zimliki, founder of Tara ‘s Bootcamp and Ace certified. You have to be a recognised qualified fitness professional in the UK to join, I know, as I joined Fitness Professionals and Idea in 1990.
Dangerous Distractions at the Gym.
Reading and watching television
If you are reading and watching sky television use the commercial breaks to pump up the revs re spinning and interval training. Falling off treadmills and cardio ellyptical trainers can happen if you lose concentration.
Cell Phones
Texting or calling someone in the middle of a cardio workout is dangerous. Wait until you have finished and have a break.
Headphones and MP3 Players
Getting the wires caught up in the equipment dangerous so tuck them into your sweat tops or arm pouch pockets.
Having highlighted these safety measures, here are my Tips from a total fitness angle…
Carolyn’s Tips
Check with your General Practitioner first, if you have any underlying chronic health problems, before you embark on a fitness regime…>
Then go and enjoy the experience:
1. Go swimming three to four times a week, if you can swim that is??
2. If you are unable to swim take lessons!!
3. If you have a phobia of water get professional hypnotherapy help!
4. If you really hate water (some do) try cycling along coastal pathways taking in fresh “clean air” away from polluted roads and motorways. Cycling along sea coastal routes the best with good sensible clothing and saftey advice.
5.Try Yoga and Tai Chi as another alternative. It’s excellent for elongating tense muscles and building harmony into your day.
6. There you go ….. you don’t even have to enter a gymnasium, unless you live so far from rivers, cycle tracks or the sea. You can still Power it with sensible footwear, clothing, drink still water and get good safety advice.
