Going the Distance: Treadmill Interval Training

What type of treadmill cardio program do you use on a daily or weekly basis? Most people just have the notion that the only way to burn fat is to run at a steady pace for 30 minutes or more. Not true one bit.

Now I’m not saying that steady running for more than twenty minutes won’t burn fat, but once your body uses all your stored fat as energy the body turns to muscle for energy. That is a huge no no.

So I am sure you are wondering what you could do to avoid that. Intervals.

Studies have shown that the best way to lose that unwanted fat is to increase your heart rate and then lower it and back up again, etc. etc. The way intervals work is you want a good sprinting pace for a period of time then a steady walk for another time period, and back to another high intensity pace. Now depending on your personal running and walking speeds will vary but here is the program:

Warm-up
5 min. walk

Workout
Increase to a steady jog for a minute then walk 2 minutes. Next either up the mph or incline for a minute, then return to a steady walk for 2 minutes. Repeat this step for 20 to 45 minutes.

Try this program to burn that fat without comprimsing muscle loss!