TREADMILL

Hi

Is it true that walking on the treadmill  for 30 mins is like doing an hour if its on an incline?

Thanks

No.

 Depends on what you are trying to accompli**** isn't the same, but it doesn't mean it isn't as worthwhile.  

Sometimes a harder workout for 30 minutes is a lot better than a 1 hour easy workout.  Depending on the incline and speed, it is possible to burn more calories in a 1/2 hour than and hour of slow walking, but its hard to imagine one could handle the incline/speed needed t do that if you struggle at with a flat walking pace on the treadmill.  If you are taking yourself to aerobic or anaerobic levels with the steep inclines, maybe via intervals, it can be a different workout.  

Thanks for your reply. I normally walk for 30 mins at a low incline and a low speed of about 2.8, I really prefer walking outdoors more when the weather permits this as I live in Cleveland. I also try to do pilates once or twice a week, I bought the reformer machine and love it. Are you a trainer?

 no, not a trainer, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn a few times :)

There are lots of folks on this board that have a lot of experience and can share a wealth of info based on their training regimens.  Most of us have goals we're training for, which means each of our workouts have a purpose as well.  

Hence, you have to ask yourself, what am I training for?  Then you can craft the workout regimen that makes the most impact.  

My only training (and goal) is to stay fit and healthy and on track every day.

Thanks again for your reply.

 "Effective" aerobic conditioning depends on your heart rate or watt output relative to the type of exercising that you are doing. There are different HR levels that you want to exercise at, to do "different" things to your aerobic system. WHEW. Any time you fight gravity going up it is harder (higher HR) relative to the same speed going down or on the flat. So for each workout that you want to do there is a reason to do it at a certain HR. Example: TO, lose weight  OR  condition your aerobic system  OR make your heart "larger" or stroke volume bigger, you employ 3 different HR workouts. I guess that is a long winded way of saying not quite. If your treadmill has on of those heart rate things built in, play around with it at different inclines and speeds and see what happens.

 If you want to try to fit in a more effective workout in a shorter amount of time look at doing H.I.I.T (high intensity interval training).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_training

Thanks for sharing this with me. I have tried jogging for  a minute then walking, but I like this method, I'm not much of a jogger at all, in fact I hate it, but I may just try this method anyway. Is this what you do, and what else, if anything do you do for working out? I have been excersising 5-7  days a week since my surgery 5 years ago, be it walking, yoga and pilates.  Do I like excersising? not too much but I know it has to be done and is part of my journey and recovery and to stay on track. Mind u having said that, I am enjoying what I do right now.

Thanks again and take care

 I use this method especially when I'm feeling like my workouts are getting too easy.  This was something a personal trainer I had a few months ago introduced me to.  I do this on an elliptical or an indoor bike though.. you can really do this with anything though.  The other thing I'll do is 10 minutes of cardio and then do 10 minutes of weight training and so on.  So could do something like this:

10 minutes warm up on the treadmill
5 minutes of HIIT on the treadmill
2-3 sets of 2 or 3 weight training exercises
5 minutes of HIIT on the treadmill
2-3 sets of 2 or 3 weight training exercises
etc...

You probably will have to work up to doing that much HIIT... and you can repeat those as many times as you're able.  Or you could put 10 minutes of a moderate walk/jog in there instead of the HIIT.

Hope this helps :)  It definitely helps me switch things up and not get bored so easy.  I've got a spinervals DVD I just got in the mail that uses this same idea with combining strength training and cardio in intervals.