You crank up your portable stereo or turn on a television if you re lucky enough to be near one. Then you set the pace and time on your treadmill and try your best to zone out until your workout is over. The VersaClimber may be just a little better because it incorporates arm movement, but you probably attain the highest heart rate on the treadmill, she says. Change the pace. Do some fartlek training.
Fartlek is Swedish for speed play and is a very popular training tool among more serious runners.
Florence says even the recreational runner can do it. You continue to do this throughout the workout. Florence says this type of interval training can improve your running, giving you greater endurance and quickening your stride. Move to the groove. When you re listening to an upbeat song, pick up your pace and then slow it down when it s over.