At what speed do you walk/run on the treadmill?

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  • Lyssa62
    Lyssa62 Posts: 930 Member
    am I the only one with a manual? I can only go about 2.5 mph and maybe 15 minutes..it's at a 5% incline all the time so no break for me. Really bugs me cuz I can walk outside including some hills at almost 4mph for 1 hour so this midwest winter is going to kill me when I can't get out and really walk. I wish I would have saved my money for a motorized one.
  • LifeChangingExp8512
    LifeChangingExp8512 Posts: 184
    I just started doing 2 min @ 4mph then 1 min @ 7mph for 30 minutes or so. Before this I found treadmill boring as f@ck. Now I really enjoy it.
  • dominique2118
    dominique2118 Posts: 18
    I started at a 4.0. Trying to build myself up. I can do 4.5 now, and sometimes a 5.0. It's good to read everyone's comments - the incline kills me. I rarely go over a 3. Sometimes if I get tired, a 1. I suck. But hey - running is running, and we're being active, right? It's also therapy for me :)
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    i do what ever the person next to me is doing, +1.
  • Jackieonappy
    Jackieonappy Posts: 92 Member
    Walk between 4.0 and 4.3 with 1.0 incline
    Run 4.3 to 5.5 with 1.0 incline...one day i'll speed it up without dying
  • Culley34
    Culley34 Posts: 224
    Warm up on 6.5. Run between 7.2-8.5, depending on length & intensity.
  • CouleeRunner
    CouleeRunner Posts: 256 Member
    I prefer outside running but when I have to use the treadmill I run at 6.5
  • Jes_ika
    Jes_ika Posts: 72 Member
    Speed of 3.5 and incline of 2 but I just got my treadmill I'm sure it will go up once I get more use to it.
  • lilmisfit
    lilmisfit Posts: 860 Member
    I walk (no running - bad knees) at 3.6-3.8mph. I like to kick the incline all the way to 15% for the first 15 minutes, but will admit that I have to hold on when I do that. When I knock it down to 8-10% I can walk at that speed without needing to hold on.
  • Mathguy1
    Mathguy1 Posts: 207 Member
    I walk at 4.7 mph. I run at 8.4 mph. I do a 1/4 mile walking, then 1/4 mile running, etc until 3 miles. Takes about 35 minutes.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    i do what ever the person next to me is doing, +1.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • witchy_wife
    witchy_wife Posts: 792 Member
    I'm fairly new to the treadmill so I go between walking at 3mph and jogging at 4mph with an incline of 2.

    I know its not the most exciting exercise in the world, but I have young kids so needed something I could use at home. I also exercise at 5am and it's pitch black out at that time so didn't feel safe jogging outside.
  • arcticfox04
    arcticfox04 Posts: 1,011 Member
    My favorite is 10.5 incline @ 3.5mph
  • quiksandy
    quiksandy Posts: 246 Member
    i do what ever the person next to me is doing, +1.

    I love this answer. I do the same thing, even if it means they'll have to take me out of there on a stretcher.
  • butterflyfairy2
    butterflyfairy2 Posts: 96 Member
    My treadmill only has 2 incline settings 10% and 20%. I can only do 10% at the moment and my speed ranges from 2.8 up to 4.5 if I want to jog for a minute or 2 (yes, literally 1-2 minutes lol. Im another one with asthma so I can't run for long). But I typically do anywhere from 2-4 miles on the treadmill everytime im on it.
    I love it because it has shock settings for walking, jogging and running so it's very easy on the knees.
    Im getting some nice muscles on my calves. :wink:
  • smilesalot1969
    smilesalot1969 Posts: 392
    i'm tall and have a long stride and naturally walk very fast so usually do speed 6.5 (yes walking) and random incline of up to 8 but starting learning to run at the moment although im not getting much faster than 7.6 just yet.
  • shutterbug21
    shutterbug21 Posts: 66 Member
    I walk at 3.5 and run at 5.5-6
  • 2S_1R
    2S_1R Posts: 171
    Walk: 3-4 incline going about 3.5

    Run: I do hills when i'm forced to run indoors just because it helps with the "perfect conditions", for instance when you run outside you won't be completely flat land. So anyway the incline goes anywhere from 1 to about 6-7 and I run at 5.5
  • 02tods
    02tods Posts: 126 Member
    What's a treadmill?

    It's your first line of defense in the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse

    Zombie-treadmil-defense1.jpg

    Love it! lol
  • Khymera
    Khymera Posts: 67
    I've only been working out for a month, so I'm doing 3 mph at 1%.

    My trainer's changing up my routine next week, so I may bump the incline up a little. No promises, lol.
  • kaylabrianna
    kaylabrianna Posts: 65
    Walking - 7.8
    Incline - 6
    Running - 10 on the incline.
  • CALABRESE3
    CALABRESE3 Posts: 86 Member



    i usually do 4-4.5 at incline 15. burn alot of cals without damaging my joints.


    same here!!!
  • tirtle
    tirtle Posts: 6
    http://www.fitsugar.com/Treadmill-Workout-Burns-Over-300-Calories-8071311

    The website " fit sugar" has good treadmill workouts and lotsa varieties to pick from, you just have to plug treadmill into the search and it'll show you lots!
  • tirtle
    tirtle Posts: 6
    http://www.fitsugar.com/cardio-workouts
  • newhabit
    newhabit Posts: 426 Member
    i don't care for the incline feature, so i do no incline and 4 when i'm walking. when i'm jogging i go from 5.5 to 6 usually. sometimes faster if i want to, but usually no faster than 7.
  • I_love_frogs
    I_love_frogs Posts: 340 Member
    i can't run due to my knees, but I can do inclines fine :)

    SO I do about 2.5-3.5 speed and 2.0-15 on incline when I use it. If I do a lower incline I go faster. On average I do about 45=60 mins per treadmill variable incline session.

    And yes I do hold onto the handle bars ...my balance is terrible and I have fallen before so I hold on when I do anything above 3 incline.
  • miadhail
    miadhail Posts: 383 Member
    I usually brisk walk 3.5mph - 4mph on an 11 incline for 20-60 minutes (20 if I am in the gym and gearing to try the other machines, 60 if that is the only workout i am doing for the day).
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    Usually walk at 7kph, jog/run at anything between 10-12.5kph depending on duration (comfortably at 10-11kph for about an hour) - can't be sure of the incline cause it doesn't actually show on the display but between 5-10%.
  • mineboy
    mineboy Posts: 2,478 Member
    i walk between 7-8 kph, think thats about (5 miles).
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    I got up to between 10 and 11km per hour, no idea what that is in mph, but I was going at that speed having only used the treadmill a few times and having not run since at school. Having said that, the most I could manage was about 20-30 minutes.

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