It's always thrilling to find something new to do on the treadmill, and
FitSugar has this mountain climbing type workout which is a great way to work on your back side; butt, hams, thighs, calves.
I did the workout at the gym, and Oh-my-goodness! After modifying the workout some to meet my fitness level so I didn't faint, my legs and derriere most definitely felt the burn especially during the 10-15% incline phase. Most importantly, I enjoyed myself. Before doing this workout, I recommend stretching your calves and hams to help loosen them up.
This workout is most definitely worth trying, but throwing in my 2 cents, I would recommend its current form to someone who has at least an advanced beginner level of fitness. I tried to imagine my mom, as a beginner doing this workout, and there's no way she'd be able to do it. And I'm no beginner, but I could not keep pace at the 3.0-3.5 speed especially past the 10% incline. Between the 10% up and 10% down phase, I had the speed at 2.5. That sounds slow, but when you add in a very steep incline it becomes tough real fast.
I took the FitSugar version, and modified it some to make it beginner friendly. It's great motivation to have something to work up to. (pun intended) If you can do the FitSugar version, go girl! I'll be right behind yah.
00:00-05:00 Warm-Up Speed 2.0, Incline 0.5%
05:00-07:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 2%
07:00-09:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 4%
09:00-12:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 6%
12:00-15:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 8%
15:00-18:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 10%
18:00-21:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 12%
21:00-24:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 10%
24:00-27:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 8%
27:00-30:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 6%
30:00-32:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 4%
32:00-34:00 Speed 2.5-3.0, Incline 2%
34:00-40:00 Cool-Down Speed 2.0, Incline 0.5%
[via FitSugar]
