ok... thank you guys...
I find running at 5 - 5.2 just slightly easier (though a bit hard on my knees) than walking at a steep incline, that really gets me wheezing. I did what paydirt suggested, and found that 3.5 is the absolute utter top speed i can go on an incline without getting tunnel vision :/
yesterday i did 30 minutes of 3 speed at 12 incline, with brief periods of lower intensitiy cool offs. i found it a bit less intense than 3.5 of course, but at least I wasn't hanging on to the bars...
So yeah, i also see that the most common fact seems to be that while intensity needs to be hugh, I also need to keep mixing up my work out so that my
body gets a surprise each time.. so thats what i'll do.
Also : Has anyone tried the stepmill, also called, quite ominously, the gauntlet? it looks like an evil medieval torture machine, is about twice my height and there are two lurking in a dark corner at my
gym.. I worked up the nerve to get close to them yesterday, but i didnt even know how to get on to the thing - the lowest step was some 2 feet from the ground, and the thing seems to move as soon as you step on to it - I thought I'll run to you guys for advice before I take on that one...
So, Did anyone break anything on a stepmill yet?
