Comments on: Tackling Treadmill Tedium http://www.shrinkgeek.com/2009/05/21/tackling-treadmill-tedium/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: User Queries: Movement penalties | ShrinkGeek http://www.shrinkgeek.com/2009/05/21/tackling-treadmill-tedium/comment-page-1/#comment-530 User Queries: Movement penalties | ShrinkGeek Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:01:53 +0000 http://www.shrinkgeek.com/?p=366#comment-530 [...] workouts [to do] while traveling. Something 30-60 minutes, but whole body, not just hopping on a treadmill or jogging around the hotel. And, obviously, [I might only have access to] zero [...] [...] workouts [to do] while traveling. Something 30-60 minutes, but whole body, not just hopping on a treadmill or jogging around the hotel. And, obviously, [I might only have access to] zero [...]

]]> By: Color-Coding | ShrinkGeek http://www.shrinkgeek.com/2009/05/21/tackling-treadmill-tedium/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Color-Coding | ShrinkGeek Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:14:39 +0000 http://www.shrinkgeek.com/?p=366#comment-161 [...] a particular workout routine that really resonates with us, or just puts us off. My antipathy for treadmills is no secret.  Mike, on the other hand, has no such misgivings. Fortunately, this means [...] [...] a particular workout routine that really resonates with us, or just puts us off. My antipathy for treadmills is no secret.  Mike, on the other hand, has no such misgivings. Fortunately, this means [...]

]]> By: Rafe http://www.shrinkgeek.com/2009/05/21/tackling-treadmill-tedium/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Rafe Tue, 26 May 2009 16:55:32 +0000 http://www.shrinkgeek.com/?p=366#comment-119 Interval stuff is good. The "Random Encounters" in addition to being conveniently named, are along this line -- basically, anything that has you pushing yourself hard, then recovering, and repeating the process can be considered an interval. Short and evil version is the Tabata - 20 seconds of max effort, 10 seconds of recovery, repeat four times. Do a couple of these and have a mop and bucket handy. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is similar, if somewhat less intense than Tabatas, but still definitely not the sort of thing you want to jump into your second week off the couch or anything. Interval stuff is good. The “Random Encounters” in addition to being conveniently named, are along this line — basically, anything that has you pushing yourself hard, then recovering, and repeating the process can be considered an interval.

Short and evil version is the Tabata – 20 seconds of max effort, 10 seconds of recovery, repeat four times. Do a couple of these and have a mop and bucket handy.

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is similar, if somewhat less intense than Tabatas, but still definitely not the sort of thing you want to jump into your second week off the couch or anything.

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