Originally Posted by
Saab2000
I've started to get used to running on the hotel treadmills. I can't stand trainers and indoor riding (with the exception of spin classes and the associated scenery - and they're a good workout) but have kind of grown to thinking that the treadmill, with ESPN or something else going on the TV, is a pretty good workout. But when I go outside to run I feel I can't push myself hard enough and just trudge along.
I know the treadmill forces you to run harder with the speed setting and I try to add a bit of difficulty with the gradient, which I normally set at '1', whatever that means. The standard is '0'. I suppose it is degrees of incline. You can set an unnaturally high tempo on the treadmill.
I'm far from a natural runner but I'm trying to work up to some decent jogs indoors and maybe transitioning back to outdoor jogs when my fitness improves. I lost a lot of fitness with my hamstring tear last summer.
Anyway, do any of you exercise and fitness gurus have an opinion on indoor vs. outdoor training? Is the workout as good as long as the heart remains within a certain zone? Running on the treadmill feels very different from running outdoors. I suppose this is because you're not forced to really propel your body mass forward in the same way.
I'd love to hear some discussion on the merits or lack thereof of indoor training. Some of you are famous of having the mental fortitude for long indoor training sessions on trainers. ZNFDL, I'm talking to you!
Thoughts?
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