Here’s One of the Right Ways to Do a Treadmill Wor
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by admin
Treadmills can be very effective workout machines, but you have to know what you’re doing. To quickly get this out of the way, you have to promise never to do steady state cardio… unless you are training for a 10k race of something. But our goal here is to lose body fat and get in shape.
What you’re going to do is interval training. Interval training means you’re going to be running slowly… almost walking, and then you’ll speed up to a sprint or fast jog. This is very effective because it slows your heart rate and then spikes your heart rate. This confuses your body and forces it into different types of energy use.
When your just slowly jogging, your heart rate is slow and you are using oxygen for energy. But when you go fast, you use a different energy source that comes from your muscles. This helps to build your learn muscle mass which will burn your fat.
The great thing about interval training is is doesn’t have to last a long time. In fact, you can get a very great workout in just 20 minutes. Treadmill workouts come in other great methods, but make sure you try interval workouts today.