Tread Fitness Issue 01

Basic Fitness For Beginners
Tips for starting out
Getting started is always the hardest part.
If you’ve been physically inactive for a while,
it’s hard to begin an exercise routine. The gym
can be an intimidating place if you don’t know
your way around. Where do you start if you
haven’t done a crunch or walked more than the
distance from your car to your desk at work?
Your main goal is to create an exercise
program as simple for you as possible. This
helps keep you motivated and able to keep
up. The versatility of the program means that
beginners can start off slow and work their
way up, or you could start off with something
very straight forward and work your way up to
harder levels as your fitness increases.
If you don’t have any past experience with
fitness, having a professional, or someone who
knows what they’re doing help you. It’s better
to suck up a little pride than injure yourself,
which will only make it more difficult to reach
your goals.
A few factors to consider:
Program Flexibility - A major feature of
your program should be that flexibility is built
into it. Workout programs typically either have
one set of workouts or very few, often very
specific workouts. As a beginner, this could be
incredibly boring and frustrating. It’s okay to
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