How do you enter interval training

TennVolsGal

I was wondering how you enter your exercise when you walk for a min then jog for a min....I want to get all the calories I can so how the heck to I enter that in?

Thanks!!

serena22289

Say you exercise for 30 minutes alternating between jogging and walking at 1 minute each like you said. If you divide that between the two it's 15 minutes and walking and 15 minutes of jogging, so that's how I would enter it into exercise.

NoAdditives

I wouldn't jog. Jogging is VERY hard on the joints in your legs and feet.

With interval training it's best to run for as long as you can (even if it's a minute or less) and then walk until you can breathe normally again, then run again. Your endurance will build up quickly.

If you're running on a treadmill it will calculate the amount of calories you burn, but if you aren't, then bring a stop watch so you can time how long you run total. Then subtract that from the total time you spent training. Then enter the running and walking separately.

vickiele1

Unfortunately many treadmills don't calculate your calories burned accurately - some don't allow you to enter you own gender, weight, or age.

So, when I have done intervals, I time my running time keeping track of how many intervals I do. So, if in a 45 minute run, I have ran 2 minutes and walked 5, I keep track of the runs. Then when I am finished I put the running time in as such and the walking time in would be the remainder. I have a co-worker at work who moonlights as a fitness trainer and she indicated that is what she does and recommends to her clients.

Vickie

kspeach

I created an exercise for me marked "C25K HRM" which is the couch to 5k, which is interval training for the first 7 weeks. I just go by my heart rate monitor (HRM).