How to Start a Treadmill Workout for Weight Loss

A treadmill is a "no excuse" piece of exercise equipment. You can use it when it is raining, when it is 30 below outside or in middle of the night in your bunny pajamas. Working out on a treadmill is a great cardio exercise and can help you lose weight.

The steps below will take you through a 30-minute interval hill climbing workout. You will get the best workout - and calorie burn - by alternating the workout and rest intervals and changing the speed and incline.

A 150-pound person could burn up to 340 calories with this intense 30-minute treadmill workout.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Treadmill
• Loose clothing
• A good pair of walking shoes
• Bottled water

1. WARM UP: (3.0 mph), 0% incline, 5 minutes

2. WORKOUT INTERVAL: (3.5 mph), 4% incline, 2 minutes

3. REST INTERVAL: (3.5 mph), 0% incline, 2 minutes

4. WORKOUT INTERVAL: (3.8 mph), 6% incline, 2 minutes

5. REST INTERVAL: (3.5 mph), 0% incline, 2 minutes

6. WORKOUT INTERVAL: (4.0 mph), 8% incline, 1 minute

7. REST INTERVAL: (3.5 mph), 0% incline, 1 minute

8. WORKOUT INTERVAL: (3.8 mph), 6% incline, 2 minutes

9. REST INTERVAL: (3.5 mph), 0% incline, 2 minutes

10. WORKOUT INTERVAL: (3.5 mph), 4% incline, 2 minutes

11. REST INTERVAL: (3.0 mph), 0% incline, 2 minutes

12. WORKOUT INTERVAL: (3.0 mph), 4% incline, 2 minutes

13. COOL DOWN: (3.0 mph), 0% incline, 5 minutes

Tips & Warnings

• Try to work out at least four days a week. Once your body gets used to this routine, try a different workout. Do not let your body get used to any one exercise routine to keep the calorie burn up.
• Remember to drink plenty of water while you workout.
• Your can burn the same about of calories walking on an incline on your treadmill as running on a flat surface.
• No one climbs Mt. Everest without first building up his or her endurance. Same goes this treadmill workout. If you have not been working out, go slow. Reduce your speed, incline and time. Work up to this thirty-minute treadmill exercise.

Resources

• How to Choose the Best Calorie Burning Exercises