awesome 20-minute treadmill workout

rthompson81

I live in Austin, Texas, and right now it is WAY too hot to run outside, so I've been running inside on my treadmill. Unfortunately though, running on a treadmill is super boring. So I did a little searching on the internet and found this great treadmill workout. I got it from www.fitnessmagazine.com.*

*A small disclaimer... it claims to burn 300 calories for the 20 minute workout. It doesn't. At least not for me (I am 5'4'' and 135 pounds). But I repeated it twice, and I burned 364 calories in 40 minutes, plus I NEVER got bored and it was a fun challenge.

Minutes MPH Incline
0:00-3:00 3.0 1
3:00-3:30 3.5 2
3:30-4:00 3.5 4
4:00-4:30 3.5 6
4:30-5:00 3.5 7
5:00-6:00 5.0 1
6:00-7:00 4.0 1
7:00-7:30 4.5 2
7:30-8:00 4.5 4
8:00-8:30 4.5 6
8:30-9:00 4.5 7
9:00-10:00 3.5 1
10:00-11:00 6.0 1
11:00-12:00 3.5 1
12:00-12:30 5.0 2
12:30-13:00 5.0 4
13:00-13:30 5.0 6
13:30-14:00 5.0 7
14:00-16:00 3.5 1
16:00-17:00 6.0 1
17:00-20:00 3.0 1

Originally published in Fitness magazine, December 2005.
(It's kind of hard to read the chart posted here. Try this link: http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/express/20-minute/treadmill-hill-workout-20-minutes/)

dlangenfeld

I'll have to try this...looks fun.

brocflores

Thanks for sharing I will need to try also! I live in San Marcos soo I'm ur neighbor and I know exactly what ur talking about when u say the heat here :0/ omg u can literally cook an egg outside!

sunfalcon

I just play Madden 2011 on my xbox 360 while walking 3.5mph on a 4 degree incline. Gives me a good workout after about 45 minutes which is one game.

VeggieMamaChristi

I dream of owning a treadmill at home! I currently use the one at the gym 3 days a week. Thank you for this workout. I have 2 I am switching between right now and love collecting more.

Stacera

I'm in Fort Worth and we're on out 38th day in a row of over 100 temps most of which have been 106-108 so, I know that heat beat down too!! I was in New Braunfels this past weekend roasting away as well.. .Thank you for posting this workout, it will definitely give me a little change up because I too am getting bored.