hardwood floors + incline treadmill walking workout

Oh happy Monday! I wanted to start out by thanking you all for your sweet words on my struggles with pregnancy weight gain. Every comment made me feel that much better.

A weekend of no work and major relaxation makes me feel better too. Our hardwood floors are installed! There are a couple touch up things to be done, but we’re taking a little break from working. It was an intense 6 days of work. Make sure to check out day one and day two before coming back to see the final product. Here are a few photos!

We have been loooooooving our new floors. It’s been a dream of our to have hardwood floors since we bought the house 3.5 years ago and we finally made it happen! Joe definitely moves around a lot slower, but I bet he’ll get used to it. If not, oh well, less chasing of the cat won’t be a bad thing! No more lugging the vacuum upstairs anymore too! A quick sweep and it’s all cleaned up.

Incline Treadmill Walking

I had planned to run this morning, but I’ve been deep into reading Nina Planck’s Real Food for mother and baby and changed my mind to include treadmill walking this morning so I could read. Last week I did some incline treadmill walking and loved it. Today I did again!

Incline treadmill walking is so much more of a workout to me than just walking. Powering up that include uses different muscles (a lot more calves and glutes) than just regular walking. Definitely something you should try if you never have before!

25 Minute Incline Walking Treadmill Workout

What I love most about this workout is that it’s constantly changing every few minutes. No getting bored here!

Warm up:
0-3 minutes (m) @ 3.5 speed (s) and 5%

Workout:
3-5m @ 3.6s and 6%
5-7m @ 3.7s and 7%
7-9m @ 3.7s and 8%
9-11m @ 3.7s and 9%
11-13m @ 3.7s and 10%
13-15m @ 3.7s and 11%
15-17m @ 3.7s and 12%
17-20m @ 3.7s and 13%

Cool down:
20-23m @ 3.5s and 5%
23-25m @ 3s and 0%

Notes

These speeds are what I used and found challenging. Increase or decrease as needed.

Are you a fan of incline treadmill walking?

Have a great one!

Heather

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