06-27-09, 11:47 AM | |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A helluva town
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For sure, two different days with identical starting protocols.
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06-27-09, 12:12 PM | |
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Well, don't I feel silly now... I checked my fitness log from last week. On one day I did a hill interval workout on the treadmill, 5-minute warm-up/cool-down at 3mph, walking intervals of 3mph @ 5% incline and 3.3mph at no incline. I walked 2.3 miles in 45 minutes and burned 361 calories (156 calories per mile)... and that was with the extra calorie-burning boost of the 5% incline. That was the only workout activity I did that day.
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06-28-09, 02:01 PM | |
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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i don't see this as silly at all - in fact when you compare the 3 "workouts" they're pretty much consistent, relatively speaking. it shows that treadmill is much more intense (which is not a lame statement at all) . however, i don't discount leslie by any means. i own lots of leslie's. in some cases, her workouts are more intense than some other cardio workouts that i've done.
with this information, you could still alter/choose workouts to fit your goals/needs. for example, after tracking many workouts HRM, i've noticed that there's some workouts that really get me into my fatburning zone earlier than my signature "25 minute mark", like kathy smith's interval workout and matrix walking workout. she uses lots of arm movements in the warm-up, and i used to take them for granted until i started looking at my HRM after the warm-up. so with a leslie, you could really amp-up the arms or exaggerate the legs. another experiment i've tried is outdoor walking w/ and w/out resistance bands, hand weights, etc. compared with treadmill, it's a slightly different workout because the treadmill makes sure you're at a consistent pace, but walking freestyle on the sidewalk makes you forced to follow strict form to stay in an intense level.
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06-28-09, 05:58 PM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kansas City
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I don't think the difference is treadmill vs. Leslie, the difference is intervals (on the treadmill) vs. steady-state (a beginner level Leslie without boosted walking).
It would be interesting to compare steady state treadmill vs. steady state Leslie, and intervals on the treadmill vs. intervals with Leslie. |
06-28-09, 10:40 PM | ||
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: PalmTreeVille
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i find that in my 2 experiments (outdoor steady state vs. treadmill steady state), the outdoor version had to do with stride length. i use more range of motion when outdoors, whereas w/motorized treadmill (limited stride), it had to do with pace. and the leslies i had used back then were the pre-walk slim ones (watp express 3 mile or 4 mile, w/out stretchie).
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