{"id":193,"date":"2010-11-10T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2010-11-11T03:44:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T03:44:06","slug":"hitting-the-treadmill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Hitting the Treadmill"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided today that I needed to start<\/strong> running<\/strong> again. YUCK! \u00a0Since I’ve been concentrating on the Cookies<\/strong> and Cupcakes<\/strong> but not the Cardio<\/strong>, I find myself carrying a few too many pounds. \u00a0My\u00a0too-tight pants<\/strong> don’t lie…neither does the jiggle, jiggle when my stomach hangs over the waistband!!! \u00a0Am I grossing you out yet?<\/p>\n

“Don’t you teach spinning?”<\/strong> you ask? \u00a0Well, yes, but as you might have discovered yourself, your body becomes accustomed to doing a regular activity. \u00a0I may spin 3-4 times a week<\/strong>, which sounds like a lot, but my body is used to that exercise, so it pretty much just goes through the motions. \u00a0It gets bored! \u00a0Of course you can start to push yourself even further and harder….and that is the change that you need to make if you have reached this plateau. \u00a0Try something new…try your same activity at a new pace, with new resistance. \u00a0I decided that for me to kick my body back into muscle building, fat losing mode<\/strong>, I would start running<\/strong> again.<\/p>\n

I packed my gym stuff this morning (so I wouldn’t have a reason to come home and find the couch) and headed to the gym after school today. \u00a0 Here is how I started:<\/p>\n

Treadmill<\/span><\/strong> (speed changes\/intervals…incline is flat)<\/span><\/p>\n

0-4 mins walking from 3.0-4.0 (speed)<\/p>\n

5 min – Running at 5.0<\/p>\n

6 min – 5.3<\/p>\n

7 min – 5.6<\/p>\n

8 min – 6.0<\/p>\n

9 min – Walking 4.0<\/p>\n

10 min – Running 5.0<\/p>\n

Etc.<\/p>\n

Repeat this cycle 3 more times…your last walk should start at minute 25.<\/p>\n

It, sadly, was difficult for me. \u00a0I used to do these sets between 6.5-8.0…..and I am determined<\/strong> to get there again. \u00a0If nothing else, I have to do it so I have something to blog about. \u00a0 It hurts in the moment, but boy does it feel good when it’s over.<\/p>\n

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