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Interval Training With Your Treadmill

Yes, we’re talking about treadmills and walking again today. As boring as walking in place may seem to be when you are looking at your fitness options, the treadmill is only as boring as you make it. It’s my opinion that the treadmill offers you a wealth of options, you just have to take advantage of them.

So let’s talk about interval training on your treadmill today. Interval training is becoming a real hot trend in modern fitness because it increases the number of calories you burn and can actually substantially increase your fitness regimen overall.

This is how it works, you can do a series in 7-7-7s, in other words, an interval that changes every minute, increasing the pace for 7 minutes, then dropping back to your original pace and climbing again. For example:

  • Minute 1 – 2.5 speed
  • Minute 2 – 2.7 speed
  • Minute 3 – 2.9 speed
  • Minute 4 – 3.1 speed
  • Minute 5 – 3.3 speed
  • Minute 6 – 3.5 speed
  • Minute 7 – 3.7 speed
  • Minute 8 – Start again at Minute 1
  • Etc. Etc. Etc.

This type of constant speed changes provides you with a heart pounding challenge that doesn’t allow your body to get too comfortable at any one speed. By the time you finish with Minute 7, you are really ready for the slow down that you get by dropping back to 2.5. You do this routine through 3 sets and it’s a 21-minute workout that can burn well over 200 calories and will continue to burn an additional 100 to 150 calories over the rest of your day. Don’t forget that studies suggest if you exercise an hour after you eat, you may burn even more calories.

You can perform alternative forms of interval training by adjusting your time spent. For example, instead of shifting every minute, you might change your speed up every 2 or 3 minutes. You may also walk at a 2.7 pace for 5 minutes, jump to a 3.5 for 1 minute, then return to 2.7 for another 5 minutes. Ideally, the more you vary your walking pace, the more you excite your muscles and burn excess calories because they don’t get into a rhythm.

Changing up your routine can also produce a better fitness result and more interest in your treadmill workout. Are you interested in some interval training on your treadmill today?

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.