Even though we’re lucky enough to escape the snow during winter, we still enjoy getting on the treadmills and trainers once in awhile.  Here’s a couple of our favourite workouts that make time FLY!

Treadmill Workout: 55-60 minutes, but very easy to add or decrease the time.  We always set the treadmill at at least 1% incline.
–9 x 5 minutes, increasing the speed by 0.5 MPH every 5 minutes. This ends up being a total increase of 4 MPH over 45 minutes. Start slow! For Trevor it looks like:
5 min @ 7.5MPH
5 min @ 8.0MPH
5 min @ 8.5MPH
5 min @ 9.0MPH
5 min @ 9.5MPH
5 min @ 10.0MPH
5 min @ 10.5MPH
5 min @ 11.0MPH
5 min @ 11.5MPH

Some days the last 5 minutes is extremely hard, so we’ll drop the incline to 0 for the last interval.  Or, every minute, increase the speed by 0.1 instead of a full 0.5 for the entire interval.

After the last interval, go straight into:
10 x 1 min at slow pace and 0% incline (Trevor at 8.0 MPH), increasing gradient by 1% every minute. The last 3 minutes of this end up being uncomfortable: Example: 8.0MPH at 9% for last minute.
Cool down as desired.

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