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Treadmill Hill Workout

By Christine Luff, About.com

Updated April 14, 2009

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If you're bored running on the treadmill and want to improve your strength and speed, you can try using the incline feature on your treadmill and doing some hill workouts. Running hills on the treadmill is safer than running hills outdoors, because it decreases the impact on your knees and hips.
Hill Workout
Interval How to Run
Warm up Slowly jog for 5 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 4% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 5% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 6% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 7% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 6% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 5% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Hill Interval 2 minutes steady pace at 4% incline
Rest Interval Recover (easy pace) for 2 minutes.
Cool down Slowly jog for 5 minutes.
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