Treadmill CLIMB Workout for Warming Up or Cardio

Hi friends! I have a super fun treadmill workout to share with you today.

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We enjoyed lots of food, friends, and honestly, lots of relaxing, which was A-OK with me. I’ve been feeling a little tired lately, and it was nice to stay in the majority of the weekend, as well as getting some fresh air.

Anyway, on to the workout! A couple months ago, I was absolutely LOVING running. Lifting is always my primary method of training, because a) I always have fun with it, b) it makes me feel bad ass, and c) it truly changes our shape and body composition.

But I was supplementing with running – 30 minutes twice a week, and sometimes a longer, slower run on the weekend. For me — that’s a lot of running.

See, I never run for any sort of physical reasons. I run because it translates in increasing my cardiovascular capacity in other sports, and because it feels good. But then a couple weeks ago, it just stopped being fun. Sooo…I stopped running.

And it’s fine. I’m in the camp that we should somewhat enjoy both the way we eat and the way we train.

If you absolutely hate running, there’s NO need to do it. If you enjoy it, then let’s program it in!

Same goes for eating. If you feel miserable prepping all of your food on Sunday for the week ahead, there’s got to be another way. But, if being prepared for the week ahead brings you joy, keep at it.

Instead of running, I’ve been walking, while keeping my four lifting workouts per week (one of them is typically more metabolic,) and volleyball.

Most of my walks take place outside or on the trails, but when I’m on the treadmill, I like to make things interesting.

This is one of the treadmill workouts I’ve been using as a warm up for my lifts. Now, as a warm up, I just do it one time through. But as its own workout, cycle through the sequence 2-4 times.

At first, I just made the graphic above, but I realized this was pretty vague in description. So, I went ahead and filmed a quick video (the entire video is <3 minutes) for you as well. You can view it below:

Make sure to modify to your personal comfort level, and check with your doctor before trying it.

Let me know if you try it out! XO