Running on the treadmill has some obvious advantages over running outdoors, especially if the weather outside becomes bone chilling .
It’s no surprise that many people like running because of its calorie-burning effects . Running is by far the best form of cardiovascular fitness training to burn fat and calories because it is weight bearing and recruits a large amount of muscle . Besides, when was the last time you saw an overweight runner?
USE INTERVALS
Whether you are a hardcore runner is of no importance . You can still benefit tremendously from the treadmill workouts you’re soon about to discover. As you’ll see, these treadmill workouts are founded on interval training.
Interval training is a powerful method of maximizing your peak cardiovascular fitness and burning fat because it enables you to run at a higher intensity for a longer period of time since bouts of high intensity are interspersed with bouts of lower intensity. The great thing about interval running is that it boosts your metabolism thus helping you burn fat during the workout and several hours afterwards .
This post-exercise metabolism boost is known as EPOC or “excess post-exercise oxygen consumption” and can be responsible for several hundred calories exhausted while you are rest for up to several hours after your interval training workout.
What’s even cooler about intervals is that they allow you to spend less time exercising while providing more substantial fitness and fat burning improvements compared to long, boring cardio sessions. In just 15-20 minutes of interval training you can accomplish what most exercisers never come close to achieving in an hour of cardio !
So now that we’ve established the benefits of interval training, let’s have a look at some interval treadmill workouts that will save you time and give you huge fat burning and cardiovascular benefits! I can guarentee you’ll enjoy and find quite the challenge in these interval workouts compared to the traditional long, boring cardio workouts .
Each of these running workouts should begin with a light 5 minute warm-up (ie. jogging). Note as well that these interval training workouts are fairly challenging so give them a shot and see how you do.
Interval Workout #1
Work = 2 minutes @ 85%
Recovery = 1 minutes @ 65%
Repeat 4 times for a total of 12 minutes.
Interval Workout #2
Work = 1 minute @ 95%
Recovery = 1 minute @ 65%
Repeat 10 times for a total of 20 minutes
Interval Workout #3
Work = 30 seconds @ 100%
Recovery = 90 minute @ 65%
Repeat 10 times for a total of 20 minutes.
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