treadmills - General running

Paul Martin 6

01/03/2004 at 21:43

I have a question. At work we have a teadmill but it only does about 4.5 mph tops. Yet if I crank the slope up I can get my heart rate up to what ever level I want. Which given the coice between that and not training i the better option so here is the question. How do you convert the slope and speed into an equivalent flat road speed?

cheers Billy workaholic nomates

Womble

01/03/2004 at 23:20

I believe that at 7% you double the workload. Don't know that doubles the speed but it means you work hard!

Numpty

02/03/2004 at 15:14

Try checking this out

http://www.tanser.org/treadmill.htm

Paul Martin 6

02/03/2004 at 22:24

I just wanted to say thanks. That web addressed answered my question perfectly.

Numpty

03/03/2004 at 11:54

No problem Paul. Happy to help.

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