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  1. Original post
    Email address hidden
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    Please help me figure out which treadmill workout is better.

    My goal is weightloss and mostly cardio. I am guessing that if I
    accomplish cardio, I will accomplish weightloss, but not necessarily as
    much the other way around.

    6'0 190lbs. 35

    First,

    For about 40 minutes or 2.75 - 3.00 miles:

    ..6 walking 3.5 MPH @ 3.5 incline
    ..7 jogging 5 @ 3.5
    ..5 walking 3.5 @ 3.5
    ..7 jogging 5 @ 3.5

    = .25 and then I alternate until I get pretty close to the 2.75 or
    3.00. I may change the incline at the end a little to say 4 or 4.5 for
    about .25 and then about five minutes left I move the MPH back down and
    the incline down.

    Or, Second,

    ..25 walking 3.5 MPH @ 3.5 incline
    1.00 jogging 5 @ 3.5
    ..25 walking 3.5 @ 3.5
    1.25 jogging 5 @ 3.5

    and then meander back down the last .25 to 3.0 going slower and
    declining until, 3.00.

    I like the last one because I feel like I have accomplished something
    by running longer and not stopping, but I am thinking I might feel more
    tired (maybe) with the other workout and that might be better.
    Thank you for any comments.

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  2. Harold Buck
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Quoted message said:


    I like the last one because I feel like I have accomplished something
    by running longer and not stopping, but I am thinking I might feel more
    tired (maybe) with the other workout and that might be better.
    Thank you for any comments.

    Cary your workouts. Don't always do the same thing or you will plateau
    very quickly.

    --Harold Buck

    "I used to rock and roll all night,
    and party every day.
    Then it was every other day. . . ."
    -Homer J. Simpson

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  3. Harold Buck
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    In article
    <[email hidden]>,

    Harold Buck said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Quoted message said:


    I like the last one because I feel like I have accomplished something
    by running longer and not stopping, but I am thinking I might feel more
    tired (maybe) with the other workout and that might be better.
    Thank you for any comments.

    Cary your workouts. Don't always do the same thing or you will plateau
    very quickly.

    Um, that was supposed to be "Vary your workouts." Saw it just as I
    clicked "send."

    --Harold Buck

    "I used to rock and roll all night,
    and party every day.
    Then it was every other day. . . ."
    -Homer J. Simpson

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  4. Email address hidden
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    What do you mean I will "plateau?" Thanks. One thing I am afraid of
    is if one of them is not as good as the other and I decrease the
    benefit and lose something.

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  5. Harold Buck
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Quoted message said:

    What do you mean I will "plateau?" Thanks. One thing I am afraid of
    is if one of them is not as good as the other and I decrease the
    benefit and lose something.

    A "plateau" is when you improve to a certain point and stop getting
    better. A sure way to encounter a plateau is to do the same workout all
    the time. Your body adapts to doing that workout and then isn't
    challenged any longer, so it doesn't need to improve any more. Of
    course, continuing to do the workout will maintain the fitness you've
    gained, but most of us would like to keep improving fitness.

    The basic idea is to do a variety of workouts so your body has to keep
    adapting to keep up. Do longer, slow runs some days. Do shorter faster
    runs on others. Do some flat runs, some hills.

    I'm currently pushing "Daniels' Running Formula" as the best book I've
    seen on telling you what kind of workouts you should do and how fast you
    should do them. Just don't be put off when he talks about elite athletes
    doing 150-mile weeks. I don't do anywhere near that.

    Good luck.

    --Harold Buck

    "I used to rock and roll all night,
    and party every day.
    Then it was every other day. . . ."
    -Homer J. Simpson

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  6. FabulustRunner
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    Quoted message said:

    A "plateau" is when you improve to a certain point and stop getting
    better.

    I thought it was a flat mountaintop.

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  7. Donovan Rebbechi
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    Quoted message said:

    What do you mean I will "plateau?" Thanks. One thing I am afraid of
    is if one of them is not as good as the other and I decrease the
    benefit and lose something.

    Don't worry so much. You will make rapid progress at his stage, as long as you
    get off the couch and train consistently. I don't really agree with Harold's
    comment that doing the same workout all the time leads to a plateau, but it's
    a red herring anyway because you're a long way from the point of diminishing
    returns.

    The real reason to mix it up is because it makes workouts more interesting.
    Anything that involves some running and walking should do much the same thing.

    Cheers,
    --
    Donovan Rebbechi
    http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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  8. John B.
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    How could anyone know which of those formulas is "better"? If you
    really like to be so precise about it, then do one of them one day and
    the other another day. If you gradually increase your speed and
    distance, you'll get the results you want.

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  9. Sam
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    One can measure or estimate the energy expenditure of each exercise and
    determine which would be better at least in terms of weight loss.

    However, I think it is a bit silly.

    Do whichever one you are likely to do on a regular basis; vary it a bit
    every day if you want. Actually I recommend varying it more to avoid
    boredom than any other reason.

    "John B." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    How could anyone know which of those formulas is "better"? If you
    really like to be so precise about it, then do one of them one day and
    the other another day. If you gradually increase your speed and
    distance, you'll get the results you want.

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  10. Newsdude
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    John:

    They're right. Make sure you do a variety of things, not just one or two.
    The human body is very adaptable and, if you do the same thing every day,
    will quickly adapt to doing that one thing very well, decreasing its
    effectiveness and stopping your weight loss efforts dead in their tracks.
    This is a "plateau."

    Between January and August of 2003, I started on a pretty intense workout
    routine that allowed me to drop 90 pounds in 9 months. I started by
    walking on the treadmill and doing weight training at the local Y. I lost
    weight very quickly at first, but soon slowed. A trainer told me to try
    something different, so I began alternating treadmill days with
    elliptical days. the weight soon began falling fast again.

    Several weeks later, I plateaued again, so, since it was summer, I
    switched out the treadmill for long, challenging bike rides. I began to
    lose again. The next time I hit a plateau, I switched out the elliptical
    for running (I was finally down to a weight where running didn't kill my
    knees at that point). That finished my weight loss efforts off, dropping
    me well within my BMI range, where I remain more than a year later.

    I'm no expert, and there may be other biological reasons for this (after
    all, calorie burning is calorie burning and, with dieting, should lead to
    weight loss no matter what.). But, with consistency and variety, it
    worked for me.

    [email hidden] wrote in news:1103218887.811470.105380
    @c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

    Quoted message said:

    What do you mean I will "plateau?" Thanks. One thing I am afraid of
    is if one of them is not as good as the other and I decrease the
    benefit and lose something.

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  11. Email address hidden
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    Thanks a lot. That was very helpful. I will break it up. I just want
    to be healthy. I like being able to walk up stairs and not feel winded
    or run somewhere and not feel like I am going to pass out. Don't to
    lost that. Thanks again all.

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  12. Email address hidden
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    Thanks a lot. That was very helpful. I will break it up. I just want
    to be healthy. I like being able to walk up stairs and not feel winded
    or run somewhere and not feel like I am going to pass out. Don't to
    lost that. Thanks again all.

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