Treadmill advise please

its_me_laura

Hi I have bought a home treadmill and I am very unfit and over weight which means I do get out of breath quickly and struggle I’ll be honest. Can anyone recommend how long I should go on for please ... thank you

Runaroundafieldx2

Download the couch 2 5k app and follow it

Duck_Puddle

When you say you struggle and get out of breath quickly, can you tell us what you’re doing and what kind of timeframe quickly is?

Are you starting to walk on the treadmill and getting winded after a couple of minutes?

Are you trying to run at 12 mph and can’t keep that up for long?

If the first, do what you can. If that’s 2 minutes, do 2 minutes. If you can do another 2 minutes after a bit of rest, do that. On days you feel stronger, add a little time. Eventually, over the period of weeks and months, you’ll find you can go longer every time.

If it’s the second, slow down (and follow something like c25k if you want to run).

TeaBea

its_me_laura wrote: »

Hi I have bought a home treadmill and I am very unfit and over weight which means I do get out of breath quickly and struggle I’ll be honest. Can anyone recommend how long I should go on for please ... thank you

A little bit more each day. Are you walking or running?

If you are running check out Couch to 5K. It's not that you have to follow that program, but you will see the progression. Running for a bit, then walking, then running some more.

Here's an easier version: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/fitness/in-depth/5k-run/art-20050962?reDate=05012019

firef1y72

If you're starting out right from the beginning the first thing to do is work up to being able to walk for 30min at a fairly brisk pace.
I could only just manage 5min at 2mph to start with, so I started there and added 1min every time I went to the gym until I could walk for 30min.
Then I downloaded the c25k app and instead of running in the run intervals I walked faster. And I kept repeating until I could walk for 30min at 4mph.
Then I started running in the run intervals, but very very slowly. The best advice I got was to slow down, then slow down some more. I was barely faster than when I walked but was running. Once you can run for 30min then you can start working on speed and increasing distance.

apullum

How much exercise were you doing before you bought the treadmill? Were you walking regularly, and if so, how far did you walk? Was that distance hard for you?

If you were doing little or no exercise before you bought the treadmill, then start with just walking slowly for a few minutes. When you feel tired, stop. You can gradually increase the distance you walk. Don't try to push yourself to do too much too soon. It takes time to build fitness.

If you want to run, you need to be able to walk comfortably first. Once you're comfortable with walking nonstop for about half an hour, and assuming there's no medical reason why you shouldn't run, you can start C25K.

Taz6o5

When you first start on the treadmill start with speed 1 for 30 min.
You may think 1 is to slow but I tell you you will be sweating .
Do it for a week .
Then the next week go to speed 2 and so on.

its_me_laura

Thank you very much for everyone’s reply’s. fab advise. Yes I get so out of breath quickly it’s awful and then I panic about it so it makes it worse lol I won’t even attempt to run just yet. So walking is what I’m aiming at. I think the advise to starting slow and working up weekly is fantastic I will do that and surely after a few weeks I’ll feel better and can keep moving up!! I went to Vegas last year and OMG the walking in that heat almost killed me so I’m going again in may and definitely don’t want to feel like that again so this year I am looking forward to be smaller and healthier and that Vegas strip will not kill me lol thanks everyone 🥳

CarolPre

I just restarted on the treadmill after gaining back all the weight I lost a few years ago. I started out at 7 minutes and increased it a little every few days.