What stats are good when using a treadmill?

Asked by johnny0313x (1855

) August 19th, 2009

I know this varies a lot but I have been using the treadmill at the gym lately and I kind of understand what all the numbers are but I am sure I could use some more knowledge. I usually put it on manual and set the incline and speed then time for 10 minutes after it goes into cool down for like 3 minutes and then I do another 10–15 minutes at a faster speed and higher incline. My heart rate is usually around 140 at the highest speed/incline that I have been doing and usually it says calories: 130 by the end. I weigh 130 and im 23 years old – just looking for some tips or if I am doing anything wrong. I’m not a fitness guru so if you reply try not to get to fancy lol.

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If you’re going to do an aerobic workout get yourself a decent heart rate monitor and then start to figure out what your anaerobic threshold is and then what your target heart rate should be given your workout goals.

There’s plenty of information out there on the web for the various heartrate calculations but in my opinion getting a good monitor is a good start… a lot of times many of the treadmill machines will allow you to input your target heartrate and then will vary speeds and inclines automatically to keep you properly challenged.

Hope that helps..

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If you are trying to get your target heart rate the formula is as follows.

220 minus your age times 80%. So if you are 23 then your target heart rate would be 157.6. We will call that 158. If you can keep your heart rate at about 158 give or take a few for 30 minutes, you are doing great. Try to work up to that amount.

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