Week Seven: Hill training!!!
Do at least one 4-5 mile walk or hike. Keep doing your cardio and/or strength training 4-5 days a week. By now you should be exercising with relative ease. (if it’s easy then you aren’t working hard enough…so if your old routine is pretty easy, then up the intensity!)
Your challenge for this week is to incorporate some hill training! During your walk, hike or during one of your cardio workouts, exercise on a steep incline. Find a hill and try to run or at least walk quickly up the hill. (the kiddie walk behind Burton Elementary is a great place to do this). Catch your breath as you walk back down. Do this at least 3 times in a row, and more if you are feeling up to it! (if you are on a treadmill…my first question is “what are you doing inside when it’s beautiful out!?!?!?) Now if you insist on sticking with the treadmill, then incline the belt. If the belt doesn’t incline, then I guess you’ll just have to get outside.
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