Treadmill Workouts for Weightloss

Put simply, walking or running on a treadmill for around 20-30 minutes on at least three days a week is a great way to burn fat and increase the effectiveness of your weight loss program.

How come? Well consider this.

The average person burns around 100 calories a mile regardless of whether they walk or run, whether it's quickly or slowly.

However, you burn proportionately more fat when walking or running at a slower pace.

This is because fat requires oxygen to be metabolised. Exercising at lower intensities means that your body can take in and utilise more oxygen, therefore your body can burn more fat.

Up the intensity and your body switches to burning more carbs in its fuel mix.

However, the more aerobically fit you get, the better your body becomes at utilising body fat to fuel exercise at higher intensities.

The answer then if weight loss is your goal, is to start walking or running at a moderate pace. Then steadily increase your speed and the distance covered over a period of months.

By gradually overloading your body in this way, it will adapt to the greater strain and you can progress - training a little harder the next time.

In this way, you'll maximise your fat burning efforts during your treadmill workouts for weightloss and lose weight - fat - more efficiently.

Make sense? Here's an example.

So, if you're looking for treadmill workouts for weightloss, exercise at a moderate pace for at least 20-30 minutes, 3-5 times a week, gradually increase the speed and intensity of your workout week by week and you'll soon see the pounds drop off!

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