It's well assumed that everyone in this forum runs regularly and do this partly or entirerly to increase fitness. My questino is how many people use cardio equipment (treadmills, cross trainers, rowers, bikes etc) to increase their cardiovascular fitness with aim to improve performance when outside? If so what kind of ratio do you have between running and cardio training in the gym?
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mmmm..... I intend to use the cardio equipment in the gym again as part of build up to Mara (did some last year but not as I planned as mileage was soo low sometimes I spent the time running instead) but I haven't been very good lately. I did do maybe 30 minutes on X Trainer on my easy days and plan to potentially add that to days where I may want to run too but not too long stomping.
I like the idea of using cardio equipment rather than trying to add too many miles as I know I don't have the consistent base training and strength in my legs yet to support increasing the mileage too much - and it helps get round my laziness sometimes as i can trick myself into the gym just across the road
The ratio of running to cardio / cross training - I'm not sure..... I do plan to do at least 30 min (maybe increase to 45) swim, one pilates (about 45 min) and 30 (increasing to 1hr) X Trainer a week around mileage from 25 to 45 leading up to marathon.
I rarely use the treadmill - haven't run more than a mile on one since starting last years marathon training but I intend to use them on holidays in Feb to keep up some sort of running going while I'm gone. This I think will be a major head game more than anything as never run on dreadmill more than 4 miles and only did that maybe twice!
mmm.... not sure that helps but made me have a wee think and reminder - so thank you
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Have to add after the rest week thread - my On Call weeks often have much more cardio in gym as I am able to get home to laptop in a few minutes or home and drive to work in 15 if needbe.
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Cardio Equipment
Posted - 08 Jan 2009 : 5:49:18 PM
