Cardio
Incline Walking
-30 minutes
-2.2mph @ 10 degree incline
Notes
Got a new heart rate monitor/fitness tracker - Garmin Fenix 3 HR. It rocks. My heart rate was barely breaking 115 during this "cardio" so its time to slowly increase speed and/or incline. I'm doing incline walking for a number of reasons: 1) low impact; 2) almost entirely fat-burning; 3) easy; 4) little impact on recovery; and 5) re-training my walking gait.
The last one - "walking gait" - is important for me. I've re-developed a very pronounced heel strike when walking around in dress shoes the past 3 years. In law school, I spent a lot of time and effort building up to full runs/jogs with minimalist shoes using a more natural "forefoot" strike. The incline treadmill helps a lot with this, because you naturally (or if you think about it) strike the tread with your forefoot, as opposed to your heel. If I had a readily accessible grass hill, I would prefer to train on that. In any event, the idea is to build up some calf/ankle stability through walking, and then transition into minimalist jogging.
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