Treadmill Interval Workout
Try a treadmill interval workout If your fitness routine is getting a little dull - interval training will shock your body to a new level of fitness, here's how...Interval training is a simple concept that's widely used by athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike. Put simply, it involves running at different speeds during the same workout, running on the flat, up and down hills... At its most basic, it's about mimicking more closely running outdoors - it's not often that a 30 minute run is completly flat and that you don't speed up and slow down at certain points, when running up and down hills for instance.
Interval training engages different physiological mechanisms in your body in the same workout - your aerobic and anaerobic metabolisms, for instance.It also improves your recovery rates, one of the true measures of physical fitness. Devising a treadmill interval workout is simple as you can vary the belt speed as well as the incline of the deck. Try interval training a couple of times a week in place of your regular workout and you'll soon see the benefits! Here are a couple of examples to get you started - you'll need a reasonable level of fitness to tackle them though as they're quite high intensity: Treadmill Interval Workout 1 - Flat Intervals Treadmill Interval Workout 2 - Hilly Intervals These two workouts provide a basic template for a treadmill interval workout so once you get the hang of it adapt them by adding a longer sprint, reducing the recovery phase, varying the incline of the deck...use your imagination! You might also try combining the two, using both incline and flat intervals in the same workout. If you're looking for a fresh challenge then try adding a treadmill interval workout to your fitness regime - it works!
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