For today’s noon workout I thought I would try an experiment, by setting the incline from the usual 10 (steep) to zero (very much not steep) and see what difference it made in terms of energy expended. After a minute of this I had burned a whopping four calories, so I was putting in a little over a third of the effort. I no longer had to hang on for dear life. I probably could have started dancing a jig. I set the incline to 10 and finished the workout as I normally would.
I made sure to add some extra zip to the closing stretch of the workout and was rewarded for my effort.
The stats show the difference, with everything improved over the last workout. Even the BPM was marginally better.
I am pleased.
Speed: 6.5 km/h Incline: 10 Pace: 9:30/km (9:44 km/h) Time: 30:04 (30:04) Distance: 3.16 km (3.08 km) Calories burned: 320 (311) BPM: 144 (145)