How to Get Fit With a Reebok Slide

Lateral training on the Reebok Slide was copied from the speed skaters that speed around the ice rinks competing in the Olympics. Their incredible strength and endurance inspired the Reebok Slide. Many people get bored at running, biking and running on a treadmill so adding a strenuous slide workout is a refreshing break. The Reebok Slide is a perfect piece of equipment to shake up your workout routine. Slides can be purchase for about $200 to $400. The slide is an easy-glide polyethylene surface that promotes a smooth glide for a repetitive lateral motion workout.

Instructions

How to Get Fit With a Reebok Slide

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Purchase a Reebok Slide from a sports store or by logging on to the world wide web. Many deals can be found on line.

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Find a place in your home where you can unroll your slide. You will need about eight to ten feet of space to unroll the slide. The slides are only 22" wide.

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Place the black booties that come with the slide on over your sneakers. These will help you slide back and forth on the slide.

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Carefully place both feet on the end of the slide and bend slightly at the knees and waist. Make sure your knees are in line with your feet. If your knees go past your feet, you can risk knee or back injury. Push off against the end platform and start with a slow slide back and forth.

How To Start Your First Workout With The Reebok Slide

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Start your first workout with just familiarizing yourself with the lateral sliding movement. Take ten minutes of adjusting your body to get acquainted with the slide.

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Slide for the first week for ten minutes a day. This may sound like a small amount of time, but you will be using muscles you haven't used in your lifetime! Take your heart rate during your workout. To take your heart rate, place your index and middle fingers under your ear and slip your fingers down to your jaw. Press lightly to feel your pulse. Start your count on zero with the first beat and count for 10 seconds. Take this number and multiply by six. Check your pulse frequently during your workout to make sure your hitting your target heart rate.

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Expect to be very sore for three to four days in your inner and outer thighs. With consistent training, this soreness will diminish.

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Purchase a Reebok Slide workout video to increase the challenge. This guided tour will give you expert instructions on using your Reebok Slide.

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Begin with interval training once you have mastered the slide. Add spurts of slide sprints to your workout to increase your heart rate. Every other minute, sprint on your slide for thirty seconds to increase your heart rate.