Did you know that men generally have a lower life span than females? Therefore, men must take sufficient care to stay fit and healthy and boost their life span.

An active and healthy lifestyle contributes to well-being and longevity. Chronic health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and cancers tend to occur in men who are overweight. Exercise is one of the practices that help men to fight obesity and stay active and fit enough to fight diseases that come with aging. Not just exercise, to an extent, also helps men to stay fit mentally and avoid conditions like depression and anxiety which further may lead to dementia, Alzheimer’s, and many other conditions that come up as we age.

The regular workload may not make it easy for every man to walk to the gym and exercise. But that is not sufficient an excuse to avoid the gym altogether. Many online stores sell fitness equipment for men, which they can happily install and use at home whenever their schedule permits. Below are some products that are good to be added to men’s cardiovascular fitness equipment and tools collection.

• Treadmill:

Working out on a treadmill is a good cardiovascular/ aerobic exercise. It helps to strengthen the heart muscles and reduces the chances of heart disease. It helps to reduce blood pressure and pumps blood efficiently to the heart.

You may utilize this exercise equipment to improve your cardiovascular health in other ways as well. It’s excellent for building up your muscles, particularly your thighs, calves, and glutes. You may always tailor your treadmill exercises to meet your objectives. For example, inclining the treadmill will further stretch the glutes and calf muscles. Your thighs, legs, and buttocks will gain and tone muscle mass as a result. While exercising, lumbar and abdominal muscles will also be used in addition to the legs, and the stomach gets toned too.

Regular usage of this fitness machine can benefit diabetics by increasing their insulin sensitivity and reducing their blood glucose levels.

An additional benefit of cardiovascular exercises is that they increase the flow of oxygen through the blood to the brain and promote mental health. It also improves sleep.

Running or jogging on a treadmill promotes weight loss and promotes rapid and efficient fat-burning. Nevertheless, it’s less taxing on your joints and knees than running outside. This is by far the most well-liked benefit of treadmill training. Additionally, these movements burn calories more quickly than other aerobic exercises. Simply run longer and faster on the machine to burn calories faster.

Beginners should not straightaway indulge in long duration on the treadmill. Plan how long you want to exercise and sweat on the treadmill. Walk, jog, and run for a few minutes and gradually increase your speed. Warming up and stretching can help you do better.

When you buy a treadmill, get one that shakes very less, even at high speed, and can be transported easily.

• Indoor cycle:

An indoor cycle is also good aerobic exercise equipment, and it provides almost all the benefits that a treadmill does. It is good for burning those extra calories that add to your weight.

Indoor bikes are of four main types:

• A roller: It has the bike standing on two parabolic cylinders that freely spin and gives the feeling of a natural ride.
• A static bike: It does not have large wheels that spin. It checks your power output, estimates your heart rate, pedal stroke, the number of calories you burn, and many more.
• A smart trainer: It allows you to pair it with your heart rate monitor. You take off your back wheel and hook the chain into these trainers, which have a cassette attached. The benefit of this is that when you want to ride your bike outside, you can just put your wheel back in without having to worry about damaging your rear tire.
• A turbo trainer: Turbo trainers function through a bike. The rear wheel of the bike rests against a cylinder, which spins as you begin to pedal and connects to the trainer using a skewer that passes through the rear axle of the bike at budget range.

Buy an indoor cycle that hardly requires any maintenance and gives a quiet ride.

• Rowing machine:

One of the most popular fitness machines is a rowing machine. A rowing machine can measure the energy produced during a workout in the unit ‘ergs,’ due to which is called an ergometer. It provides a full-body workout by involving all the muscles if the right rowing technique is employed. Osteoarthritis patients can benefit by working out on this machine due to the little impact workout it can provide. Whether you want to do intensity training or a HIIT workout, it is all possible through a rowing machine.

The rowing machine consists of a foot plate to place your feet, a handle similar to an oar, the rail on which the seat rolls back and forth, the damper or lever beside the fan cage to regulate the airflow, and the display monitor that shows the stroke rate, the workout duration, and the time taken for rowing 500 meters which is called as the split time.

You can exercise on the rowing machine by first being seated on it, pulling the legs back while slightly leaning the body with hands on the rowing handle, and finally, pulling the body, arm, and legs together. You may also opt to work out without using the rowing handle.

When purchasing a rowing machine, you can choose from any of the four varieties: hydraulic rowers, air rowers, water rowers, and magnetic rowing machines.

Check out the possibility of easy storage by folding it if your space is constrained. Also, the level of noise it makes does matter when you purchase it for home use.

If you have any health concerns, make sure to consult with your doctor before proceeding to invest your time and money in fitness equipment.