My gym has one of these. Very appropriately named. 20 minutes on it and I feel like I'm ready to die.
^ this if you can find one, as you get into the upper levels you are running- it's a brutal machine. I have a lot of hills to train on, but when the temp gets too cold, it's the stairs of death
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funny we've had this same machine for close to 20 years at our gym and hardly anyone ever uses it, normally have to wipe off a little dust before I get on
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You can also put blocks under the back of your treadmill so that 0% incline is actually downhill. I've been thinking about doing this since getting outside is almost impossible during the week.
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This is all really great advice! Thank you again.
I usually run the trails with hills for my long runs (~4 hours every 2 weeks right now). I should probably start adding some repeats into these workouts especially since I can get the downhill training in.
Unfortunately, I don't have stadium stairs or a stair stepper or a tall parking garage nearby. My building is tall (20 stories) but the stairs are so narrow I would be afraid of injuring myself on them.
I really like the idea of blocks to simulate the downhill running on the treadmill. I wonder what my building would think? Its sorta a communal treadmill. I have some short 4"x4"s so it will be easy to try. I'll probably need to bring a level too to determine the new "0%".
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I like the stairs of death. Good workout but makes me a bit dizzy after 30 minutes of it.
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I was forced indoors last week and wanted to get 8 miles or so in, so I went 20 minutes on the treadmill w/ hills, 20 minutes on the stairs, back to the treadmill for 20 and finished up w/ stairs for 20 minutes- it was nice breaking it up, but still a very challenging workout
I find an hour or more on either gets pretty old, fast
Has anyone compared their heart rate for running versus walking at the same speed on the same % incline?
No but I could. I usually record my HR in my log when I think about it or remember to wear my monitor.
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Don't you feel clumsy on the stairs of death? The run of the step is not like a normal stair tread...most steps have a rise of 8 to 8.25" and a run (the depth) is 8.25" to 9". The run on these are far too short--closer to 7".
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after about 45 minutes I feel even more clumsy
I do have to be half way careful not to be gawking around too much, a misstep could have a hurtful ending- as the speed goes up I find myself watching the stairs more
I definitely have to pay attention to what I'm doing when I'm on it. All concentration no looking at the scenery . I would much prefer to be able to run regular steps but these do the trick.
I put my TM on 9-10% incline last night for almost 2 hours at a 4.3mph pace and did 8 miles. It is really a burn that you don't typically get. It wasn't too bad other than the mental aspect.
8 miles at 9-10% would be really hard for me. I've been doing 1 mile at 8% at 4.8 alternating with 1 mile at 1% at 5.4 and I find that really difficult though I'm not all that sore afterward.
Yesterday after my swim workout, I hit the treadmill at the rec center. I wanted to see what my heart rate was for certain speeds at different inclines. I ended up setting it at a 24 % incline, at 3.5 miles per hour. I id that for 15 minutes, then I kicked it up to 30% incline. I had to back the speed down to about 2.5 to get into my comfort level. i'm trying to get comfortable with walking up a 24% incline, at 4.5 MPH, for 2 hours.
I'll keep trying this until the snow melts on my mountain.
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Yesterday after my swim workout, I hit the treadmill at the rec center. I wanted to see what my heart rate was for certain speeds at different inclines. I ended up setting it at a 24 % incline, at 3.5 miles per hour. I id that for 15 minutes, then I kicked it up to 30% incline. I had to back the speed down to about 2.5 to get into my comfort level. i'm trying to get comfortable with walking up a 24% incline, at 4.5 MPH, for 2 hours. I'll keep trying this until the snow melts on my mountain.
What treadmill goes to 30% incline?! Mine maxes at 10% and the most I've ever seen was 15% I think.