Treadmill Workouts for Busy People

Treadmill workouts under 30 minutes for when you want a quick but effective workout. 

The Up Hill Battle - for the days when you want a good up hill workout. This one is from Sarah Canney's blog. 

• 10 minute warm up
• 4 minutes at 5% incline
• 2 minutes at 10% incline
• 2 minutes at 12% incline
• 2 minutes at 15% incline
• 10 minute cool down at 0% incline

For the clock watchers 

• Start at a comfortable pace and incline.
• Put on a song or tv show
• When the song is over or a commercial comes on the tv, check the distance. 
• Up the pace and incline and try to beat the distance. 

Easy day 20 minutes 

• 5 Minutes at 5.0 speed
• 5 Minutes at 6.0 speed 
• 5 Minutes at 7.0 speed
• 5 Minutes at 5.0 speed

For Incline and Speed - From asweatlife.com, this workout alternates increasing incline and speed.

• 1 Minute at 1% incline
• 1 Minute increase speed to 2%
• Repeat first two until you get to 6% incline
• Work your way back down to 0% 
• Finish with one minute sprint at 7% incline.