Speed vs incline

yk said:

Newbie question.
I am trying to follow a treadmill training program that suggests to run at
7.5m/h at 0% incline.
However, the minimum incline of my treadmill is 1.5%.
Is there any rule of thumb I can use to substitute speed with incline ?

http://www.hillrunner.com/training/tmillchart.php

but keep in mind that many tm may not be accurately calibrated for
either slope or speed. Usually somewhere around 1.5% slope is considered
the incline needed to require the equivalent energy as running flat
outside, which is probably why your tm is set that way. (I only use a tm
in circuits, and I use the simple-minded approach of twiddling knobs to
get the effort level I want - and whether I want more emphasis on leg
speed or strength.)

Dot

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Thanks! This is exactly what I wanted to know.

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yk said:

Newbie question.
I am trying to follow a treadmill training program that suggests to run

at

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Quoted message said:

7.5m/h at 0% incline.
However, the minimum incline of my treadmill is 1.5%.
Is there any rule of thumb I can use to substitute speed with incline ?

http://www.hillrunner.com/training/tmillchart.php

but keep in mind that many tm may not be accurately calibrated for
either slope or speed. Usually somewhere around 1.5% slope is considered
the incline needed to require the equivalent energy as running flat
outside, which is probably why your tm is set that way. (I only use a tm
in circuits, and I use the simple-minded approach of twiddling knobs to
get the effort level I want - and whether I want more emphasis on leg
speed or strength.)

Dot

--
"A winner is just a loser who tried one more time." -Captain George M.
Moore, Jr., United States Air Force (retired),
http://www.avdlm.com/press.php?page=stories&storyid=1