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Author: GymmyMac
Date: 12-04-03 21:51
Did u ever notice that running outdoors seems alot harder than running on a treadmill and have also noticed your puffed earlier or cant go as far? well its simple reallly...a treadmill does half the running for you...if anyone can tell me a few reasons why a treadmill is easier than outside running, ill give them a gold star ;) ...think of this as a lil pop quizz
~Short, sharp and intense = results~
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Author: Lady
Date: 12-04-03 23:40
Well, for one, when you're outside, you're sucking in tons of ice cold air which for those of us with asthma know , It really "sucks"! no pun intended LOL
And like you mentioned, the treadmill does half the work for you. On a treadmill, you're using the treadmills momentum and outside, you have to use your own momentum!
Lady
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Author: Marie Clair
Date: 12-05-03 03:42
on a tread mill you don'y have to run in the rain
plus when out side you actually have to concentrate on what you are doing. I get bored very quickly In the gym on a tread mill i can watch large tv screens and this takes my mind of what my legs are doing hence i can run twice as far.
sad i know
MC 134/125/115
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Author: Melody
Date: 12-05-03 05:30
I've heard it explained (probably by you gym) that when you are running outside you are physically pulling yourself (or pushing, cant remember) forward. On a treadmill, the belt is moving, and all you have to do is maintain your speed. You are not pushing off from the ground, just moving above it.
did i win???
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Author: SassyGirl
Date: 12-05-03 05:32
i don't run but i do notice that walking on a treadmill is alot harder than outside for me. my conclusion to that is because you don't speed up and slow down on a treadmill like you do outside. very interesting that walking has the opposite effect of running. so i'm not sure what the answer is! lol
Smiles, Renee :)
"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
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Author: Otta-no-better
Date: 12-05-03 05:47
My treadmill is a very old manual one. I can't run on it. Mind I don't run very far outside either.
I think the treadmills all weather capabilities probably make it more practial for folks. It's probably safer too, injury-wise and in some neighbourhoods, just plain safer. The little gadget that keeps statistics for you is motivating too.
Susan lost 40 lbs in 17 months
At goal, under 124 lbs since Sept. 10/04
Eat your protein, muscle is key
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Author: Gary
Date: 12-05-03 07:08
I don't run on the treadmill, but rather do a brisk walk of about 4 mph, and it is a lot easier to use the treadmill inside then when the outside is deep with snow :-)
Gary 360/175/175
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Author: GymmyMac
Date: 12-07-03 02:56
hehe..yall are right that was easy peasy lemon squeezy...the belt moves for you, so you dont have to push off with your feet, rather just flow with it...and u dont have to deal with outside elements...and it is better to use one if u dont have asthma too i suppose, i didnt think of that one...i used to have an old treadmill where u couldnt run on it it was that stiff...walking was like walking through snow (although i have never walked through snow, but i can imagine a resemblence) so i dont know how some of you do it on those treadmills..i hated em...used to hurt my back and legs straining to go forward with momentum on my rickety old thing.
~Short, sharp and intense = results~
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Author: Gary
Date: 12-07-03 05:37
On the plus side about snow, in the past I used to view having to shovel snow after a storm as as a tough chore, but now I simply view it as a practical form of exercise that accomplishes a task at the same time of burning up a lot of calories and building muscle !
We just had 2 big snow storms in a row one day after the other, the first one I spent about an hour shoveling snow off the sidewalk, the next day after the second storm (this snow was wetter and heavier) I had to reshovel the sidewalk and shovel out a few vehicles we had parked on the street that was blocked in from snowplows pushing up the snow by the sides of the cars, all that took about 2 1/2 hours, but since I viewed it as exercise and not just a chore, it did not seem like a chore, but I felt energized afterwards and came inside and got on the treadmill, so I burned a lot of calories and accomplished something that needed done at the same time !
Gary 360/175/175
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