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    Default Favorite treadmill workout

    Just wanted to share one of the treadmill routines I love, which is supposed to simulate trail running.. found it out of a magazine a few years ago and it really kicks my ass. I burn around 450 calories each time. Feel free to use it and share your own!



    MINUTES-SPEED-INCLINE%
    0-1.......... 3.7....... 1
    1-2.......... 4.0....... 2
    2-4.......... 4.0....... 3
    4-6.......... 5.3 .......0
    6-8...........5.5....... 2
    8-10......... 5.7....... 3
    10-12........ 5.9....... 4
    12-14........ 6.0....... 0
    14-16........ 5.9........3
    16-18........ 5.8....... 4
    18-20........ 5.7....... 5
    20-22........ 5.6....... 6
    22-24........ 5.5....... 7
    24-26........ 5.9....... 2
    26-28........ 5.8....... 4
    28-30........ 5.7....... 6
    30-32........ 5.6....... 8
    32-34........ 5.9....... 2
    34-36........ 5.8....... 4
    36-38........ 5.7....... 6
    38-40........ 5.6....... 8
    40-42........ 5.9....... 2
    42-44........ 6.2....... 0
    44-45........ 3.0....... 0


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    Default Re: Favorite treadmill workout

    Man..I would be pressing my buttons the whole time..that could get annoying. Whatever works for you...how do you pull that off? I guess if I finally figured out how to set my own routine into my treadmill (I have the option...just never tried it) it would work. Thanks for sharing

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    Default Re: Favorite treadmill workout

    I like this. I read about something similar in a Self magazine a few years back and it's supposed to work good.
    I'm gonna try it out tomorrow.

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    Default Re: Favorite treadmill workout

    ^it's really hard at first (well for me at least, probably cause I having quit smoking yet).. good luck


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    Default Re: Favorite treadmill workout

    Mine is pretty simple: 25 minutes running at 5.5-5.6 (trying to get back up to my old speed of 6.5!) is usually 2.3 miles. Then I walk on a incline of 10-12 until I hit the 3-mile mark. Makes my ass look much better

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    Default Re: Favorite treadmill workout

    When I used to run on the treadmill I'd turn on the radio and speed walk for a song then run full speed for a song.

    Sometimes if a really long ass song when I was running, instead of speed walking at the next song I'd walk at just a normal walking speed till I caught my breath and then put it up to speed walking again. You don't want to tire yourself out prematurely.

    I didn't really worry about incline unless the speed walking wasn't doing anything for me, but I'd put it down to run.

    For me it kept things simple and interesting. Focusing on the song being over to stop even when the runnings killing me makes it easier to have a goal and keep it. Focusing on how hard it is to keep running is way harder than focusing on the longest song in the world to get over.

    I walked during the commercials as extra recoup time, mainly because it's too boring for me to run to that and I wasn't in awesome shape.

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