Treadmill Workout - Page 2

Cort · 23-Nov-04, 09:52 AM

Whether you can or can't talk, you probably shouldn't. Its less efficient than maintaining a steady breathing pattern, and only helps to fatigue you faster and throw you off.

sooner_ed · 23-Nov-04, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cort

Whether you can or can't talk, you probably shouldn't. Its less efficient than maintaining a steady breathing pattern, and only helps to fatigue you faster and throw you off.

I'm not saying talk while you run. Being able to talk is a way to measure if you are in an aerobic or anaerobic state while running. You want to maintain an aerobic state while running to maximize fat loss. I hope we don't get off again on being 100% efficient and optimizing. Whether people talk or not while they run is not going to be a detriment to running or the benefits it provides. Sometimes we need to lighten up on the intense training and just enjoy what we are doing and if that means running with a friend and talking while we run, so be it. It's not going to be the end of the world.

Cort · 23-Nov-04, 11:41 PM

Just a recommendation.

huffing and puffing and not having enough breath to even form words is no better. Controlled breathing and pace are two important keys to running period, its not really about being extremely intense or hardcore anything, its just something any runner should know.

sooner_ed · 24-Nov-04, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cort

huffing and puffing and not having enough breath to even form words is no better.

Apparently we're saying the same thing Cort. If you will notice my previous post, I said that huffing and puffing means you have gone anaerobic and you don't want to do that during a run.
As far as everything else you said, it depends on the type of running you're doing, recreational running or training. I have one recreational run each week where I run with a group of friends and we talk about anything and everything. And I promise you, talking during a run does not hinder my ability to run nor does it hinder the benefits. In fact, it keeps things fresh so I don't burn out. We can't have training runs every day. Working out, whether it's lifting or running, can get mighty lonely without some company to talk to every once in a while. That's the difference between training and recreational.

dreameR.78 · 24-Nov-04, 11:59 AM

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I have one recreational run each week where I run with a group of friends and we talk about anything and everything.

What sort of speed are we talking here (in miles per hour roughly)?

sooner_ed · 24-Nov-04, 02:51 PM

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What sort of speed are we talking here (in miles per hour roughly)?

Couldn't tell you without doing the math. We run about three to four miles in around 45 minutes. A very slow pace for me, but then again, it's recreational so that's no problem. So that's anywhere from around 11-14 minute miles. Because we run in a group, we keep it slow. I'm sure we all do our training runs alone so we can focus. However, we do have weekly training runs that are distance runs. We go out to the lake and run the trails, up to 18 miles. Even though that run is "together," we each go our own pace and distance on that one.

dreameR.78 · 30-Nov-04, 11:50 AM

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So that's anywhere from around 11-14 minute miles.

That's anything between 5-6 MPH which is quite reasonable. My limit is usually 7MPH on the treadmill but that's not because I can't do more, but I find it to be a comfortable pace to go at for a longer period of time. Sometimes I go on 8.2 MPH for 10 minutes or so but nothing more.

Beat · 21-Dec-06, 07:14 AM

Sorry to dig up an old thread,

when changing the speed every minute on the treadmill for HIIT, does anyone find it dangerous holding the speed down button while running at the higher speeds?

21-Dec-06, 10:02 AM

sooner_ed · 21-Dec-06, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Beat

Sorry to dig up an old thread,

when changing the speed every minute on the treadmill for HIIT, does anyone find it dangerous holding the speed down button while running at the higher speeds?

Brat, I've just started treadmill running and I hate holding down the speed button!! I have difficulty doing it when I get down to the 6:00 per mile pace and below.