What's Your Workout Today OHers? - Wednesday!

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No-Nonsense Workout

Chest and Shoulders - Done @ 7:00am - 252 Calories

5 flights of stairs, probably get at least another 5 in today

Orange Theory - @ 7:00pm - Shooting for 650 Calories

3.2 Miles on the treadmill, 5K coming up Saturday.

Outstanding! What is your goal for the 5k?

I'm only allowed 45 minutes of exercise per my doctor so will do 25 minutes on the treadmill at 4.3 mph speed and 3 to 5 percent incline and a 20 minute strength training video too. I am walking 3 miles Saturday in the Walk Against Diabetes. I can't run as I habe knee replacements but love my walkS!

Sounds like a pretty good workout. Have you considered doing intervals when you walk. Basically maintain the same speed but do like a 15% incline for 30 - 60 seconds followed by  5 to 8% for like 3 mins then down to 1 for a min, then repeat that. What happens when you do intervals like that is your heart rate jumps all over the place and it revs up your metabolism. If you wear a heart rate monitor you will see that you actually burn more calories even though some of the time you are going lower than you normally do. I do a 20 min interval run a couple times a week. I burn more calories in 20mins than I do 45 mins of straight jogging.

I do intervals of between 3 to 5 percent inclines. My treadmill is set up and changes automatically.