Outside running or treadmill

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  • OnTheGround
    OnTheGround Posts: 78
    I doubt you'll see a significant difference in one or the other. I think the best one is the one you enjoy the most and will STICK WITH! I tend to get lazy with my running in the winter because I HATE running in the dark and cold, so I'm a treadmill girl in winter, but stick with outside running the rest of the year because I just like it more!
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    According to my orthopedic surgeon, running outside will give you more of a workout because the ground isn't even, isn't flat, isn't consistent like a treadmill is. For the same reasons, treadmills are easier on your body because they absorb the shock of running on the base. I am sure there's a difference in the calorie burn between them but I don't know that it is significant enough to say one is better than the other. Do whichever makes you happy and your body can tolerate (for me, I can only do the treadmill. my spine and knees don't like running outside)
  • Seabee74
    Seabee74 Posts: 314
    Someone told me to put my treadmill outside and run on it huh ? ! ?
  • damcoole
    damcoole Posts: 12
    It's all preference. I prefer treadmill most of the time. I mounted a TV in front of mine, put something like YouTube or Netflix on, and just do an hour or so. Time flies for me. Every once in awhile, I'll do outside... but I really prefer treadmill.
  • Teenie71
    Teenie71 Posts: 52
    outside all the way for me. In fact I have never run on a treadmill in my life and prob never will :smile:
  • fleetzz
    fleetzz Posts: 962 Member
    Do what you like--if you don't like it you will be more likely to quit.

    My knees like trail running better than road/sidewalk running, and they like road running better than treadmill running.

    The most important thing is to find something that you enjoy.
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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  • Morgaath
    Morgaath Posts: 679 Member
    Spent the winter on treadmills, and it helped me start getting an idea of "This pace is 6.6mph....and this is 7.5mph".
    Warmer weather, and now I am running outdoors. I run the same 1 mile circuit, but switch which way I run each mile as one way is steep slope up, long slope down, and the other is long slope up, steep down. Currently about a 15 second difference in time depending on which way I go as the steep up becomes a 4mph crawl.

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