Tredmil workout?
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deepbluex posted 1 year ago.
The moving carpet helps carry your foot toward the back when your foot lands so you use less muscle to push off. Setting the incline at 1.0 helps make you use about the same amount of energy as running on flat ground
The treadmill is gentler on your knees than hard pavement which can allow you to run longer with less pain.
I find it gets boring so I try to run outdoors when I can.
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Ozzie0523 posted 1 year ago.
I like doing interval work on treadmills because I can easily and literally, dial my speed up to the correct level. But like deepbluex said, I set the interval to 1.0 or greater (or whatever scale is used on other treadmills) to simulate road conditions. Intervals + Hills = Awesome Workout (especially for time-crunched days). I've done a few 10+ milers on the treadmill and it was extremely boring...but it was the only way to fit in longer runs when the weather was -10 degrees in Madison!
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TriDemin posted 1 year ago.
I've heard the boring syndrome many times....and sometimes i agree...but most of the time i am ok if i'm with music...i guess its personal preference....
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VTIRON posted 1 year ago.
Funny how people will bundle up in the winter, freeze, run in the snow and wet, run in the dark and ask me,"how can you run three hours on a treadmill, are you brain dead?" After November you will only catch this boy out when it is relatively warm, dry and daylight until late March.
Living in the real NORTHeast, my wife and I have shortened winter's grip the last three years by doing a late-winter Ironman race (Arizon twice and New Zealand). I love my comp-u-trainer, I love my treadmill but the pool is not on the love list.
When you are on the treadmill you dictate the workout not mother-what's-her name.
Yesterday it rained. We did 40 hilly miles on the bike(comp-u-trainer) and a sweet little three mile recovery run on the treamill.
I feel great today, didn't get my shoes wet and expect to win/place in our age group olympic tri next weekend. I suppose that will be outside.
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UFTriGator posted 1 year ago.
Good luck next weekend. I hope this doesn't make you mad, but this is where I live:
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Not fast enough.
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wllmsylv posted 1 year ago.
I used to hate running outside. My problem was that I always felt like I was going slow so I would run faster and wear myself out prematurely. Then I would crash in the middle of a jog cause I wasn't pacing myself. I just got y Garmin 305 GPS and come to find out I was haulin a$$. So I slowed down and was able to maintain a reasonble pace for extended an period of time. I even got dumped on and I didn't mind. It beats the hell out of the gym. My problem with machine of anysort is that you have little stabalizer mussels that don't get worked and get weak. Then you have a harder when it come time for the real deal.
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TriDemin posted 52 weeks ago.
I might need to invest in that GPS thing you mentioned...I have the same problem of feeling like I am not going fast enough...I'll look into the garmin thing! Thanks
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Sloswimr posted 51 weeks ago.
I use the treadmill for track "speed" workouts. There isn't a high school track near by so its better than nothing.
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I am curious to know what everyone else thinks about treadmil running and how much of your run training revolves around the treadmil?
I personally love the treamil because it allows me to force myself to go a certain pace (or else I will fall off!). I don't keep pace very well and the treadmill help me do this. A lot of my training is on the treadmil. Is it not a good thing to workout on a treadmil rather than hit the pavement??
Open for discussion....[/FONT]