Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The sweat-your-nuts off treadmill workout

If I had a motto of late, it might look a little something like this:

Source

I spin, I run on the treadmill. I run, I spin. I spin, I run.

You get it.

I decided to change it up a bit last night, and did a short/fast/intense interval session on the treadmill.

1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
1 min - run at 6.0 mph
1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
2 min - run at 6.5 mph
1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
3 min - run at 6.5 mph
1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
4 mins - run at 6.5 mph
1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
5 min - run at 6.5 mph
1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
2 min - run at 7.0 mph
30 secs - run at 7.5
1 min - walk at 4.0 mph
2 min - run at 7.0 mph
30 secs - run at 7.5

1 min - run at 7.0 mph
30 secs - run at 7.5
1 min - run at 7.0 mph

30 secs - run at 7.5
1 min - run at 7.0 mph


5 min cool down at crawling pace. I was d-e-a-d.

This workout was amazing. Seriously. Particularly the last section in BOLD. Note, that my average "happy" pace on the treadmill is about 5.2 mph so this entire workout was WAAAY out of my comfort zone. I pushed myself hard.

Best part? It flew by because of the constantly changing pace. Loved it!

Ok, I didn't love it. I kind of hated it, but it hurt so good!

6 comments:

NoNo said...

Awesome job!

rusty61 said...

I can't even imagine how hard this was! You are fantastic!!!

Jayme said...

Internvals are one of the only ways I stay "engaged" in my treadmill workouts!

Awesome work!

vanyelmoon said...

Awesome job! I am horrible on the treadmill. My workouts usually are resistance/cardio circuits because I hate traditional cardio so much. You look great and the hard work is definately paying off. Good luck on your future journey!

Tammy

angrymillionaire said...

Great job! I hear the treadmill calling my name... I will have to respond tomorrow :-)

Martilyo!
angrymillionaire dot com

Felix Frank said...

Thanks for posting this routine. I will definitely be adding it to my collection of varying workouts.