Monday, September 17, 2012

Treadmill workout using Incline

Since my treadmill has not been working at it's best, my workouts have slacked some.
My husband tinkered with it and we thought had it fixed but come to find out, not quite.
It seems to work fine at the slower speeds so today I just had to give it a try (since we are signed up for a 5K run next Saturday and I have to at least try to be "ready" for it.)
Knowing that as you increase incline on a treadmill that you actually change the equivalent pace for non treadmill running, I came up with a workout that seemed to not stress the treadmill out but work me out!

Minutes Incline Speed
0-5
0-2
7.0
5 to 6 12 4.0
6 to 7 11 4.3
7 to 8 10 4.5
8 to 9 9 4.8
9 to 10 8 5.0
10 to 11 7 5.3
11 to 12 6 5.5
12 to 13 5 5.8
13 to 14 4 6.0
14 to 15 3 6.3
15 to 16 2 6.5
16 to 17 1 6.8
17 to 18 2 6.5
18 to 19 3 6.3
19 to 20 4 6.0
20 to 21 5 5.8
21 to 22 6 5.5
22 to 23 7 5.3
23 to 24 8 5.0
 24 to 25 9 4.8
25 to 26 10 4.5
26 to 27 11 4.3
27 to 28 12 4.0
28 to 30
0-2
6.5

You can of course adjust the speed to fit where your typical pace would be. And if your treadmill only goes to incline 10 then your workout will just be 4 minutes shorter or you can add those 4 minutes in to the middle of your run at the 1 incline.
If you were unaware or would like to know more about treadmill pace equivalents click here.

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