Hours Walking On Treadmill Vs. 20 Minutes On Stair Stepper?

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Permalink Reply by paul on February 25, 2008 at 8:43am

Maybe start on the stair stepper to get going and then walk the rest of your time.

I would want to do something that gets me to break a sweat just to make sure the lungs and body know there is activity going on.

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Permalink Reply by paul on February 25, 2008 at 8:48am

I also get caught up in the television treadmill stair stepper zone.

I've been trying to add weight lifting to my weekly routine.

I heard it makes the cardio more effective.

warm-up, cardio, weights, streatching

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Permalink Reply by Willie on March 2, 2008 at 9:09am

Ah yes, streatching. My wife keeps telling me I need to streatch more.

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Permalink Reply by paul on April 10, 2008 at 5:19pm

she has a good point and it really does the body good. If I don't streatch after working out, my legs get stiff later in the night making it hard to fall asleep. So I have to get up and do some streatching anyway so might as well do it at the gym.

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Permalink Reply by lea on February 3, 2009 at 10:48am

I'm a big believer in working up a sweat and getting my heart rate going. Walking on a treadmill doesn't do this for me no matter how long I am on it.

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Permalink Reply by paul on June 14, 2008 at 6:39pm

For the past month, I've been in the treadmill television zone while avoiding the stair stepper. I don't have cable television at home so the treadmill allows me to watch television longer while exercising.

I'm making a personal announcement right here that I intend to spend more time on the stair stepper again.

It was an unintentional experiment, but I don't feel as in shape after spending about a month on just the treadmill. Even though I spent far longer on the treadmill compared to the stair stepper.

Also, two or three hours walking on the treadmill watching television reduces the amount of time I spend weightlifting, streatching, playing basketball, etc...

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Permalink Reply by lea on March 30, 2009 at 10:34am

Maximize your "exercise" portion of your workout by doing things that really get your heart rate going (stair stepper) and then if you just want to spend more time watching tv, go for a long walk on the treadmill as a cool down.

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Permalink Reply by paul on May 7, 2009 at 9:39am

I went to a "lower your cholesterol" class through my health clinic and they said that you don't have to do excessively vigorous exercise to see results, but you do need to get your heart going and work up a little sweat which probably means that just going for a long walk won't be enough. It is good and a healthy thing to do, but if you are trying to lose weight, you probably need to increase the activity level from just walking on a treadmill.

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