21/03/2013
Treadmill As Exercise Equipment
"It's a very small current. But they don't seem to like it," Steven Britton, Ph.D., a professor of physiology at the Medical College of Ohio, tells me. After a session, he says, he rewards each rat with a Cheerio. "In Norway," he mentions, "they give them a little piece of chocolate."
Men who exercised for 30 minutes on a treadmill boosted their levels of phenylacetic acid—a natural antidepressant—by 77 percent. Perfect for gloomy winter days.
Running for an hour or more per week reduces your chance of coronary heart disease by 42 percent, according to Harvard researchers.
Running on a treadmill instead of on roads reduces your chances of a stress fracture by at least 48 percent, a study showed.
