Treadmill run/walk in 20 Mins

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Registered: 04-19-2004
Treadmill run/walk in 20 Mins
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Sun, 11-06-2005 - 4:07pm

I cut this out of this month's Fitness magazine, I'm taping it to my treadmill to do every morning. Follow the instructions and MPH/Incline rate for each "minute" setting.

First is minutes, followed by MPH and finally incline on machine. They tend to group together even if I try to put them in columns so I put backslashes to differentiate between the columns. Also check out tread20.com for other suggestions.

MINUTES// MPH// INCLINE
00:00-3:00// 3.0// 1
3:00-3:30// 3.5// 2
3:30-4:00// 3.5// 4
4:00-4:30// 3.5// 6
4:30-5:00// 3.5// 7
5:00-6:00// 5.0// 1
6:00-7:00// 4.0// 1
7:00-7:30// 4.5// 2
7:30-8:00// 4.5// 4
8:00-8:30// 4.5// 6
8:30-9:00// 4.5// 7
9:00-10:00// 3.5// 1
10:00-11:00// 6.0// 1
11:00-12:00// 3.5// 1
12:00-12:30// 5.0// 2
12:30-13:00// 5.0// 4
13:00-13:30// 5.0// 6
13:30-14:00// 5.0// 7
14:00-16:00// 3.5// 1
16:00-17:00// 6.0// 1
17:00-20:00// 3.0// 1

I'm starting tomorrow, I'll pop in and tell you how out of shape and out of breath I am after this particular jaunt.

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Registered: 09-15-2005
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 11:28am
Ah, yay. I'm not the only one in fear of falling off the back cuz I can't get it to slow down fast enough. lol.
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Registered: 04-19-2004
Tue, 11-08-2005 - 9:05pm
I didn't find it an issue because most often you are gradually going up 2 more inclines, the you only go from 7 incline to one twice I believe, and it's a pretty good transition.
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Registered: 08-16-2005
Fri, 02-02-2007 - 10:43am
This one took longer to find because it was deep in the archives because it was way back in 2005. YIKES!

Smile,

Deirdre

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Registered: 11-30-2006
Sat, 02-03-2007 - 9:14am

I have to say I'm very impressed with Fitness magazine for having workouts in like this one. I'm an avid Shape magazine reader, however, at my gym I've picked up a couple of Fitness magazines (we leave magazines there for people to look through) and I got quite a few workout plans out of them. I also got a weekly plan that seems quite reasonable to do. Shape magazine has plans as well, but I find you have to more of an intermediate to advance exerciser to even do the workout. I still like Shape but I have been looking at other magazines as well.

This workout looks great! I have been hooked on the ellipical trainer at the gym, and have been going nuts on it. I really works everything!!! I have a treadmill at home and I think I'll fit in the 20 minute butt blaster one you posted before. That's an area that needs work:)
Lori

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 02-03-2007 - 10:05am
Lori, good to hear from you, sounds like things are going well. Great job on the elliptical- keep it up!

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Registered: 08-16-2005
Sat, 02-03-2007 - 1:03pm

Thanks. I really love Fitness. It really isn't just for advanced fitness buffs it's for everyone and it's why I tend to like it better than shape or self magazine.

The two treadmill workouts are the ones I liked best. But the one i use most often is the "walking one" (rather than this running one because truth be known I cannot run quite yet I'm just not good at it) so the 4mph is really all I can do, but I'll tell ya the upping the incline up and down isn't that hard to coordinate as some might think and it really WORKS YOU OUT! I am sweating and it gives you a great workout.

Smile,

Deirdre

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