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Burn more calories on a treadmill

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 16:58:33 +0000

First of all, you need to incline your treadmill, that way you’ll burn more calories ands ultimately lose more weight. Also all you really need is three stages;warm up, steady pace and cool down.

Your warm ups should last 3 minutes, your steady pace should last you 22 minutes at about 4.5 and an incline of about 4.5; your cool down should last 5 minutes. Try that for a week and then every week go up on your incline and speed .

Another workout to try is; Start with a 10 min warm up to interval training and up hill walking/jogging. Do not hold onto the treadmill when you run, your arms will get a better workout than your legs. Then increase the incline to about 3-5 % grade (Uphill).Run hard uphill for 3 minutes then slow the pace for 1 minute 30 seconds (90sec).

Repeat this process for 3-miles the first week, then add 2 more miles for a total of 5-miles. The following week increase the percentage (% )of incline a little more. This will make the run even more challenging for you.

You can also increase the time you run hard (and the recovery as well) by 1-2 minutes. That’s a good workout, but if you’re trying to lose fat with the treadmill, add an extra 5 or 10 minutes for max results. Maybe 5 minutes of walking, or split it up between a jog and a walk. One thing you might want to try as well, if the run for 3 on 5 kills you, consider adding a minute or two to walk in-between the jog and run. That might help you build up your stamina so you’re not so winded.

Also, if you really want a workout, consider kicking up the incline to 1.0. It doesn’t sound like much, but it makes a big difference. A treadmill is at a natural decline, so putting it at 1 or even .5 will make a difference. If you want to save your knees, you might want to do the bike 2 days a week as well.

Best treadmill workouts to lose weight fast

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:08:21 +0000

If you want to lose fat then you should focus on jogging and running and not walking because walking doesn’t burn as many calories as jogging and/ or running. So, you would like to do all 3 in one workout? First stretch before anything then, walk on the treadmill at a rate of 3.0 for 10 minutes. Then, bump it up to a pace where you can jog for 15 minutes, maybe 5.0. Next, walk again to relax at a rate where you feel comfortable for 5 minutes. Finally, bump the speed up to a rate you can run for 10 minutes. Lastly, walk for 5 minutes and that’s a day workout. Repeat next day if you can. Total workout time; 45 minutes. If you can’t do 45 minutes then reduce the time and figure out a rate where you can do these things comfortably.

Maybe you treadmill doesn’t have an incline function. Doing intervals really helps to burn fat because it forces your heart rate to constantly change. When you run at the same pace all the time, your body acclimates to it. However, if you switch it up, then your body has to constantly work hard. Try this program from a personal trainer.

Warm up at a decent pace (around 3.8-4): 3 min (3:00)

Run (as fast as you can, almost a sprint, probably 6.5): 1 min (4:00)

Fast walk (around 4-4.5) 1 min ( 5:00)

Run: 2 minutes (7:00)

Walk: 1 minute (8:00)

Run: 3 minutes (11:00)

Walk: 2 minutes (13:00)

Run: 4 minutes (17:00)

Walk: 3 minutes (20:00)

Run: 5 minutes (25:00)

Walk: 4 minutes (29:00)

Run: 6 minutes (35:00)

Walk: 3 minute (38:00)

Cool down (around 3) for 2 minutes (40:00).

You can make the workout longer or shorter (40 – 60 minutes is a good amount of time); but just make sure you always are running a minute more than you are walking. You’ll be sweating a lot! You can also do intervals by running 5 min, walking 1 minute or whatever ratio works for you.