so tired of using my treadmill! new exercises

When did you started?, How many calories are you eating? Have you try getting a Nintedo Wii and Using Wii fit?

Have you tried treadmill pushes? It's still on the treadmill, but it will give you the cardio workout of your life in a fraction of the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kDCMPM_teQ

I would recommend you start out with shorter intervals, around 3-4 rounds to start. I also recommend you warm-up before you do any type of high-intensity interval workout. I usually walk at 3.5mph for 5 minutes before I start my first round.

Round 1:
- 30 seconds max speed/power
- 30 seconds rest

x 3-4 times

- follow up with 5-10 minutes of walking/cool-down

And if you like it, you can add more seconds to the max speed/power and reduce the rest seconds. What's truly messed up and glorious about this exercise though is that you are never really resting. Even when you're in your "rest period" you'll be working hard and expending mega calories. This workout is great too because it works out both your upper and lower body. My favorite treadmill workout of all time - I hate it and love it!

I totally get what you mean about being bored. Before my trainer, I would go to the gym and hang out on the treadmill or elliptical or whatever and spend hours and hours doing boring mindless cardio. I've learned since then that it's more about quality over quantity - you can burn the same amount of calories in 15 minute doing a more dynamic, interesting, higher-intensity workout than you can in an hour, if you work up to it. If working out is boring for you, then something's gotta change. My trainer used to tell me that if I'm bored, I'm not working out hard enough, and I have to agree! I was soooooo bored going to the gym and doing mindless cardio all the time. Now I change up my workouts, try out new things whenever I can, and am never bored and am always fully engaged both mentally and physically at the gym.

It sounds like you've plateaued too, if you're maintaining your calorie intake but not seeing results. What kind of results are you looking for? For example, if you're looking to tone your body and look more cut, doing low-intensity cardio over and over won't cut it. My best suggestion would be to try something new until you find something you dig: a new martial arts class, cardio kickboxing or zumba. It sounds like you like high-paced things with music. Or maybe try swimming, or join a boot camp class, or some bodybuilding. Or it can be as simple as getting a jumprope, or training to do unassisted pull-ups.

If you're not a gym junkie like me and like to work out at home, try looking up some tabata workouts on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy9WKyN1rig

There are many like these online and most of them don't require you to have any equipment.


Good luck!!! I hope you find something to reinvigorate you!

I agree with proudjmmom! Get outside! you can look at different things, you get fresh air and there are change in inclines everywhere

Get the book "Simple and Sinister" and buy a kettlebell 8 or 12 kilos to start.