If you're grabbing the handles...you're cheating

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Not one to be outdone, I'm going to attempt to do this today/ and or go harder. Thanks for the inspiration

Lmk how it goes

 

[Xerces]

Lmk how it goes

Only made it to 30 min. It wasn't due to fatigue, I get bored on treadmills, and my mind starts talking too much.

Ya'll have any tips to combat this? This is my biggest problem ... boredom

 

[Wildin]

Only made it to 30 min. It wasn't due to fatigue, I get bored on treadmills, and my mind starts talking too much.

Ya'll have any tips to combat this? This is my biggest problem ... boredom

Try to meditate. While working out.

I ride indoors for like 3-4 hours at a time.

I can usually watch Hulu or netflix for about an hour but I really cannot tolerate watching TV. So I space off, think about my goals, today's goal, tomorrow goal, don't overwhelm myself thinking about too many goals or too far in the future.

Then I drape the towel over my head and eyes and keep pumping, focus on my breathing and my form. Take deep, calm breaths, controlled breaths. I peek up from under my towel to make sure my heart rate is still up and see how many calories I've burned it's been 20 mins and I've burned 230 calories. Drink some water while still pedaling and put my head down and meditate again.

It helps that my heart rate monitor let's me know things like "burning fat" "improving fitness" so I'm alerted if my heart rate goes up or down.

Jumping rope is the same way, other than jumping differently (shuffling, alternating feet, double foot, single foot, high knees, butt kicks) I just focus on taking deep calm and controlled breaths.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Only made it to 30 min. It wasn't due to fatigue, I get bored on treadmills, and my mind starts talking too much.

Ya'll have any tips to combat this? This is my biggest problem ... boredom

I be listening to the classics and be zoned out. Before you know it you're at the 50 minute mark. Sometimes I up the time to an hour but the minimum is 50 mins and 5 minutes for the cool down.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Y'all nikkas have enough time in a day to be working out for like 4 hours?

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Y'all nikkas have enough time in a day to be working out for like 4 hours?

You make time for the things that you want to do. I have no kids so my leisure time is spent at the gym or resting. I don't go out for drinks and I don't smoke.

 

[Wildin]

Y'all nikkas have enough time in a day to be working out for like 4 hours?

You make time for the things that you want to do.

Pretty much this.

To me it's like recess. Work is cool and when it's done I want to play. When it's time to sleep or even at work I'm thinking about when I get to go play again.

Me and my girl go on bike rides together. Or I go alone or just workout at home.

It's just like any other hobby. You try to watch 1 or 2 episodes of a show, end up watching 2-3 hours. You read a few chapters of a book, all of a sudden it's 2-3 hours later. You go to grab a drink with friends or coworkers 2-3 hours.

Just like with anything else, if you're enjoying it, having fun sometimes you take a little extra time. I go hard, but I make sure I'm not fukking around. Since I workout at home, there's nobody to talk to, and I don't have the TV and shyt on, I just keep the heart rate monitor on, make sure I'm within my zone and keep going til the workout is done and when it's done if I'm done then I stop, if not I keep going.

 

[MustafaSTL]

Pretty much this.

To me it's like recess. Work is cool and when it's done I want to play. When it's time to sleep or even at work I'm thinking about when I get to go play again.

Me and my girl go on bike rides together. Or I go alone or just workout at home.

It's just like any other hobby. You try to watch 1 or 2 episodes of a show, end up watching 2-3 hours. You read a few chapters of a book, all of a sudden it's 2-3 hours later. You go to grab a drink with friends or coworkers 2-3 hours.

Just like with anything else, if you're enjoying it, having fun sometimes you take a little extra time. I go hard, but I make sure I'm not fukking around. Since I workout at home, there's nobody to talk to, and I don't have the TV and shyt on, I just keep the heart rate monitor on, make sure I'm within my zone and keep going til the workout is done and when it's done if I'm done then I stop, if not I keep going.

You make time for the things that you want to do. I have no kids so my leisure time is spent at the gym or resting. I don't go out for drinks and I don't smoke.

Yeah I have to squeeze time out of my day for an hour of working out a day. There’s literally no way to find four hours in a day for me.

 

[Rice'N Beckford]

Make the easiest part of fat burning harder brehs.


Shutup op

 

[WesCrook]

Try holding a 25 lb plate @ 4.0 mph @ 4.0 incline for 4 minutes. Comes out to 1/4 mile. Do 4 of these with a minute rest in-between each one

 

[Wildin]

Try holding a 25 lb plate @ 4.0 mph @ 4.0 incline for 4 minutes. Comes out to 1/4 mile. Do 4 of these with a minute rest in-between each one

What's the benefit in this?

For middle school football conditioning we'd pickup a 45lb plate and lunge from one sideline to the other. Drop it down, do a pushup then pick it back up and sprint back to the other side line. 6 times shyts brutal when we were 13/14.

25 is easier to manage, you should have some movement in your arms when you're running. I think moving the weight from side to side in sync with your legs while your running would be a good static hold, work your arms to your shoulders, engage the core...4 mins might be a long ass time to do that.

I can't see or aren't aware of any benefit from running and just holding the weight with your arms out like Frankenstein.

Short of the arm work couldn't someone just wear a 25lb weight best while running on the treadmill?

 

[itsyoung!!]

people holding on on the treadmill kills me, it's usually due to them picking too high a speed...slowing down and keeping proper form = better workout than trying to have 12% incline on 4.5MPH and leaning back grabbing the rails. the fugg

You'll burn more calories holding on at 12-15 incline at 4.5 speed for 30 minutes to a hour then you will doing almost anything else in life..

People hold on, because unlike moving at your own speed walking up a similar inclined hill you cant use your quads as much or at all due to the constant moving tread mill..

 

[itsyoung!!]

Do you have to grab the stair handles when walking up regular stairs?

Most stairs arent 200 flights of stairs or moving either... you sound stupid as shyt

 

[itsyoung!!]

nah, you don't. aint no handles when you walk/run up a steep hill. keep your arms pumping and lean forward some if you have to. #NoHandsGang

what in the hell are you talking about? Walking incline on a tread mill is one of the highest calorie burning exercises you can do in life.. especially at the gym is probably the best way to burn calories. The different exercise machines at the gym arent there for looks, they all serve different purposes.. You also cant compare it to walking up a hill because on a tread mill design you dont use your quads nearly as much

better do ya research, rather google or on ya own before you say shyt like that as statement

its not even close either its almost double the calorie burning than running at same speed on flat incline

one thing ive noticed about the gym subforum is people really just say whatever, no matter how wrong it may be

 

[WesCrook]

What's the benefit in this?

For middle school football conditioning we'd pickup a 45lb plate and lunge from one sideline to the other. Drop it down, do a pushup then pick it back up and sprint back to the other side line. 6 times shyts brutal when we were 13/14.

25 is easier to manage, you should have some movement in your arms when you're running. I think moving the weight from side to side in sync with your legs while your running would be a good static hold, work your arms to your shoulders, engage the core...4 mins might be a long ass time to do that.

I can't see or aren't aware of any benefit from running and just holding the weight with your arms out like Frankenstein.

Short of the arm work couldn't someone just wear a 25lb weight best while running on the treadmill?

It's an amazing intense instant fat burner.