Thursday, June 2, 2011

kick butt treadmill hillclimb

10 minute warm-up - set the incline for 1%, start the speed at 3.0 (easy peesy), increase speed by .1 every minute until you reach a speed of 4.0

o.k. here you go! Maintain a speed of 4.0 until cooldown
2 minutes incline 5%
1 minute 1%
2 minutes 6%
1 minute 2%
2 minutes 7%
1 minute 3%
2 minutes 8%
1 minute 4%
2 minutes 9%
1 minute 5%
2 minutes 10%
1 minute 5%
2 minutes 11%
1 minute 5%
2 minutes 12%
1 minute 1%
(Nice job! That was a 24 minute hill climb)

10 minute cooldown (same as warm-up but work your way backwards)

44 minute workout

* training to hike Rainier this summer? Do this a couple times with a weighted backpack! Fun!

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