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I don't think I like the idea of running in place except for brief warmup. Why would you do it unless you absolutely have to (say in a prison cell). You're not getting a quality work out, and you have to alter your gait to avoid moving forward. The body is evolved/designed (however you want to look at it) to run forward, not to run in place.
I don't think I like the idea of running in place except for brief warmup. Why would you do it unless you absolutely have to (say in a prison cell). You're not getting a quality work out, and you have to alter your gait to avoid moving forward. The body is evolved/designed (however you want to look at it) to run forward, not to run in place.
I'm not so sure about that. It's not so different from dancing. And people dance naturally, some dance maybe even more than running.
Because you are raising your heart beat and burning more calories. Getting in better shape overall.
I believe running 30 minutes provides better benefits than walking 60, which might because of the analysis I mentioned earlier.
Does running in place really raise your heart rate? I've always treated it as active rest to recover (lower heart rate). I suppose it depends on how in shape you are, but it doesn't seem much more intense than walking. You could do lunge jumps which are way more intense and offer some range of motion benefit, high knees, or butt kicks. High knees are kind of hard on your joints though. I don't think you'd want to do them for 30-60 minutes.
I think as someone alluded to - the belt can take some of the work for you -- if you take a lofty relaxing steps you can keep up with the belt - this may be happening subconsciously. I've heard it mentioned that to better mimic outdoor running you have to run with at least a 1-2 degree incline.
Does running in place really raise your heart rate? I've always treated it as active rest to recover (lower heart rate). I suppose it depends on how in shape you are, but it doesn't seem much more intense than walking. You could do lunge jumps which are way more intense and offer some range of motion benefit, high knees, or butt kicks. High knees are kind of hard on your joints though. I don't think you'd want to do them for 30-60 minutes.
Not nearly as much for me as running outdoors. I can run in place for thirty minutes and it only goes to about 150. If I run for 2 or 3 minutes *outdoors* it gets up around 200 beats per minute.
When you run on a treadmill you weigh less, sometimes up to ten pounds.
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