How To Use A Treadmill Correctly | GTN'S Guide For Beginners
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- Treadmills can seem a little bit daunting, especially if you go into a gym and they're all lined up in a row, and there's people pounding away on them. But don't worry, we're here to help and we're going to guide you through using a treadmill for the first time.
Before you get started, it's important to come prepared. So, make sure you bring some water 'cause it does get pretty hot, and if you want your phone or your headphones, there's a pocket on the treadmill to place them. Also, if you're running indoors, you're gonna naturally get hotter, so make sure you've got less layers on than you have if you're outside. And with that in mind, it's quite often a good idea to bring a towel just to mop up any extra sweat. A lot of treadmills will actually have their own headphone port so you can listen to the TVs or the music. Or otherwise, you can just use your own and then pop it down in front of you. All of this will help the time go that much quicker.
Before you start, you do actually need to know how to stop. This button here is vital if you've got an emergency or you suddenly want to get off, then if you hit this, the treadmill will slow down and then eventually stop. And another safety measure is this little clip here. You can just clip this onto your clothes if you're a little unsure of using a treadmill for the first time. And then when you're running, if you do go too far back or you fall off, it'll pull this button and that also will stop the treadmill.
Most treadmills actually have a heart rate capability. You can see this one here. So if I did have my Polar heart rate belt on when I'm running, I would see my heart rate on the screen, and if you don't have a heart rate belt you can use these little pieces here. They're not as accurate, and I wouldn't recommend using them whilst running, but if you're doing intervals, or you want to just step off, you can pop your hands on here and you get a rough idea of your heart rate.
Well, we're ready to get started. And every treadmill can be a little bit different, so just familiarise yourself, but pretty much all treadmills will have a quick start button. So I'm just gonna press that. It turned it on, and then to start moving, I need to increase the speed just a little bit. Nice and slow to start with so you've got a little bit of movement, and then you can add in the incline. Now, as a rule of thumb, it's good to have a 1% incline as that roughly replicates the same amount of effort as if you were running on the flat outdoors, 'cause obviously inside you don't have the wind resistance.
The next step is to increase your pace, and the best way to do this is gradually using your arrows on your treadmill, so just slowly start to move the numbers up. There is a bit of a lag, so don't get too carried away as you'll suddenly find yourself sprinting without realising. But when you're comfortable with that, move it up to a fast walk until eventually, eventually, you have to start into a jog.
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Indoor or outdoor running, which is your favourite? Let us know in the comments below 👇
It's called a dreadmill for a reason. Nothing beats the outdoors!
Outdoor, only indoor if I'm traveling and not comfortable with the area or it's too dark
Outdoor as much as possible. Indoor if pool swim and run brik session
Love running outdoors but treadmills are great for accurate paced drills. Like the turbo for the bike they are a time saver to get a hard session in a short time without having the pain of getting back home.
outdoor
You're the only one among all on TH-cam to give a brilliant tutorial 🎉
Good job
perfect timing with this video, H. I got my first ever treadmill delivered yesterday - 7th Dec. I didnt realise how heavy or large it was going to be until it had arrived. almost 3 times my body weight. it took me a good 2 hours to drag the main part of the machine upstairs and a total of around 90 mins unpacking and setting it up.
my dog seems to like it though. he stands on when it is still but as soon as it starts, he sits or lays down and slides off
Omg your dog is hilarious xD
Global XXX Network videos are always easy to understand and not too long. Keep up the good work!
Big fan of the treadmill for workouts where I need to hold pace! Great video! 👍
They're a great tool for this type of training!
Thank you. Just got gifted a treadmill. This vid was very useful for first time use.
I needed this this morning!!! LOL!!!
Glad to help!
Thank you so much.
Any chance of GTN recording a treadmill session like the lads do for GCN?
Thanks a lot
Great!
fancy pain cave you got there :D personally I prefer outdoors but seems indoors is a bit more efficient for speed work
Surface/speed/incline/environment is controlled. Great way to do a tempo workout.
Very helpful. A 10-min HIIT workout would be good.
Love the channel. I'd like to know if you guys have any 4 week programme to start triathlon using the treadmill or something like that. Thanks :)
Hi Juan, we don't have anything like this at the moment but is definitely something we could look in to!
I'd like to see a video on calibrating treadmills. Seems like each different one I use is a slightly different speed.
Thank u so much babe
What are your thoughts in the woodway curved manual treadmills? Good or bad for tri training?
Canada =treadmill
Get a garmin footpod!!! Yes, bin your polar 😁
Caption: Flying high on endorphins.
Not using a GTN bottle? WHAT IN TARNATION!
I don’t have a quick start botton
When jogging it does not show my heart rate. it say HR
HR Stands for heartrate
First thing you want to do is pickup a recip. saw and remove those side rails. Much more comfortable after that.
Turn it off , put your jacket back on . Go through door to the outside then Run 🏃♂️
It's not for everyone, but lots of people enjoy it and find using a treadmill a great training tool!
Definitely not anti treadmill. Just love running outdoors
You should try winter in the Netherlands :D
I don't mind the cold, but running in the rain isn't fun
I hate running on the dreadmill I can run much faster and for longer outside, anyone else the same?
Nick Owen I also have same issue. Can’t maintain same speed or duration on treadmill. I find it so boring maybe that’s why. Only thing that helps is having a window to look out of and highly motivating music but still it’s not outdoor running.
Don’t trust the speed & distance info on a treadmill. If these metrics are important to you, buy a footpod.
Hail, sleet, freezing rain, -20C to 40 C, 40mph winds, don't care what it is, I'll be outside
Hate seeing people walk on treadmills. Especially with a huge incline and holding on for dear life. I only use the treadmills for gym work warmup
Maybe you should mind your business