Anyone up for a challenge???

[The Shadow]

I have really noticed the lack of motivation in my gym and its the FREAKING new year.

WTF?!?!?


I see these folks on the treadmill at 3 mph and zero to a 5 degree incline - walking for a LONG LONG TIME.

Who gives a frick if you walked 3 miles??



Here's the challenge:


You guys know about how far you walk/jog on the treadmill.

You guys also know how many cals that burns.

NEXT WORKOUT:


Cut the distance in 1/2.


YES....



Cut it in 1/2.



The challenge is to see how many cals you can burn before you reach that distance.

Make sense??

I hit over 550 in ONE MILE by getting off my ass - ramping the treadmill to 25 degrees and reallyhitting it as hard as I could for one mile.


Do it and you will be pleasantly suprised at how much you can get done in half the time(distance wise).


I want folks to post up actual before and after numbers.


I am betting that you guys can get 75% as many cals burned in half the distance.



HIIT folks - this doesnt apply to you....just the steady state marathoners.

 

[the-short-one]

i figured you weren't including me.


hey. I have a question regarding the "calories burned" indicator on the machines. How accurate are they, really? I've been on only 1 that asks me my age - all of them ask me my weight. What they don't take into account in muscle mass, and I'm assuming the amount of muscle mass you have influences how many calories you burn during exercise, right?

 

[Ulter]

Just a word to the wise. This is a classic way to develop Achilles tendonitis. You might want to do this slowly over a few weeks. 1/3 of all runners develop Achilles tendonitis at some point and attacking an incline you’re not used to is the best way to incur this injury.

 

[the-short-one]

Just a word to the wise. This is a classic way to develop Achilles tendonitis. You might want to do this slowly over a few weeks. 1/3 of all runners develop Achilles tendonitis at some point and attacking an incline you’re not used to is the best way to incur this injury.

I have this problem - achilles tendonitis. I have to wrap both my ankles and my calves when I run or do any pounding movement. (jumping rope, for example)

 

[Daisy_Girl]

I have a question regarding the "calories burned" indicator on the machines. How accurate are they, really? I've been on only 1 that asks me my age - all of them ask me my weight. What they don't take into account in muscle mass, and I'm assuming the amount of muscle mass you have influences how many calories you burn during exercise, right?

Asking the weight is better than not. If it does not ask the weight, usually is is assuming a 150lb male (I think, I read that somewhere......).

Obviously, the amount of muscle GREATLY impacts the calories burned - at work and at rest. If I weigh 130lbs and 25% BF and you weigh 130lbs and 12% BF - our metabolisms are VERY different. Therefore - our calories burned will be different. REGARDLESS of what the machine says.

Take the calories burned with a grain of salt. I use the calories burned as ONE of the datapoints to help me judge the difficulty of my cardio workout. Not as a number alone - like "wow, I burned 500 calories, I can go eat that bag of cookies" or "wow, I ate a cupcake, now I have to go burn 300 calories on the treadmill". That kind of thinking is a disaster.

 

[Sassy69]

LOL another challenge w/ putting the angle up is holding on to the bars so you don't fall off. I typically set the angle at 2.5 when I run / jog and will go up to 12+ for walking.

 

[The Shadow]

increasing the speed of the walking and bumping the incline from zero to 3-5% incline is no more dangerous than walking a very very slight hill....and less actual wear and tear as most treads have a flex platform these days.

but yes..running at 8mph/25 degress should be worked into......and NO HOLDING THE FRAMEWORK SASSY


LOL



here is always the elliptical............

 

[Sassy69]

increasing the speed of the walking and bumping the incline from zero to 3-5% incline is no more dangerous than walking a very very slight hill....and less actual wear and tear as most treads have a flex platform these days.

but yes..running at 8mph/25 degress should be worked into......and NO HOLDING THE FRAMEWORK SASSY


LOL



here is always the elliptical............

lol --- no I mastered that lat year w/ all the fucking cardio I did for contest prep....

 

[The Shadow]

LOL


btw - bodyfat %age will NOT matter when it comes to buring cals via being in motion

 

[T-Cake]

increasing the speed of the walking and bumping the incline from zero to 3-5% incline is no more dangerous than walking a very very slight hill....and less actual wear and tear as most treads have a flex platform these days.

but yes..running at 8mph/25 degress should be worked into......and NO HOLDING THE FRAMEWORK SASSY


LOL



here is always the elliptical............

*shudders* I hate the elliptical --

I did that workout -- 1/2 the time, go faster, increase the resistance to ridiculous numbers like 18, 19 -- last year. I'd been using that machine forEVER for an hour a day.

It was okay the first day... the second day I did that workout I blew out my knees.

I ended up walking outside for an hour until July instead because I couldn't do anything else.

Sorry, I can't say the elliptical is better for this either! I thought my legs were really strong and THEY were... but the tendons in my knees weren't and that's what blew them. I'm just happy to be ABLE to run now -- I tried walking on a super-incline the other day at the gym for 15 minutes and my knees were "talkin'" to me the rest of the day. Just can't say I think it's worth it to jump in to it.

Though I'm with you on the 3 mph people Just doesn't make sense to me.

MY challenge at the gym lately is the compliment anyone I see 1) who has a great muscle definition and is workin' at it (e.g. "Hey, your quads are AWESOME! You must work hard!) and 2) who is working really hard at cardio and you know they're a newbie.

I did that 4 times in the last 2 weeks... and then karma came back around and someone complimented ME a few days ago. That's an easier challenge and I think we should aim to keep those newbies around. 3 mph could turn to 4...

Sorry for jackin' your thread.