fitness people

just bought a treadmill to lose a few pounds

now its got some heart rate monitor thing on? so after ive been running a mile its at 175 i feel like im going to die so should i slow the machine down abit?!?!

also am i better off doing a slower speed and try for more distance or am i better trying to run quicker getting more knacker ed but not running as far?

what distance/time should i be aiming to run per day to start off with ?!!?

run at a decent pace for as long as u can, too fast will just kill you, too slow is just silly.
try running a mile and time yourselfff
also stick at a slight gradient and have a bash!
thats what i did for RAF training anyway xx

Should gradually build up your time.
And you should start slow, like a fast walk, and then start jogging at a good pace which doesn't tire you out, then hit it up a notch so your basically sprinting to get it all out of you, then slow it back down again.

What I did at the gym anyway

depends how fat you are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhwBjJOsGvA

i feel sick now...

save money instead of pounds, sell your treadmill and get a membership at the gym, instructors will give you all the help you need there anyways.

see video above

i wouldnt even get her on a treadmill yet lol

1mile and ur dead u must be unfit

treadmill are awful

HIIT ftw for shedding weight, google it and get running

"HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is cardio performed at such an intense level that your body will spend the rest of the day expending energy to recover from the ass-kicking you gave it. This is commonly referred to as EPOC (excess post-exercise oxygen consumption) and it means that you consume a great deal more oxygen recovering from the exercise bout than you would have if you'd just done a steady-state workout.

This means that you will be burning up to nine times more fat while sitting on the couch later that night than you would have if you'd spent an hour on the treadmill at a moderate pace."

says it all

http://uk.askmen.com/sports/bodybuilding_100/135_fitness_tip.html

slow down if u want to lose weight, im no expert but 175 is ment to be too high for weight loss its more cardio

your maximum heart rate will be around 220 - your age

so.. im 19, so my theorectical maximum heart rate is 201

To get the most from a cardiac workout you should be working at around 70% max, in your "aerobic zone"

how to work it out is..

Max heart rate - resting heart rate = ?
70% of ?
? + resting heart rate = optimal heart rate so..

200 - 60 = 140
70% of 140 = 98
98 + 60 =158

Give you something to work at

glhf

http://www.teenbodybuilding.com/mat4.htm

what i used, also do atleast 2 runs a day 1 in morning one at night eZ.

also running up hills is v.gooddddddd

2 runs a day! people do have lives you know! lol

4-5 times a week is more than suffice

if peoeple want to get fitter im sure they will put their life on hold
+ 2runs a day isnt that bad, i know people who run morning, dinner and night - and night being the dead night, say 12oclock...

i run 3 times aday :/ morning afternoon and night thurs-sunday lol

im 25 so what should mine be LOL

you need to run at a low intensity...

on the treadmill it should have an option of fat burning, you need to run at around 60% percent of your maximum heart rate (which has already been explained).

working at 60-70% means you are working aerobically (using oxygen) and supply's you already have (fat), if you run above 70% you will be working anaerobically which should only be used for short distances because you will build up lactate acid in your muscles due to reactions blah blah which hurts basically.

you don't really need to set a speed or distance because everyone is different. se the timer for about 30mins and run at a pace which keeps you in that 60-70% zone, when it starts getting to easy increase the distance and speed. if its too difficult lower it, safe.