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I’ve always hated running on treadmills. From the moment I watched a gym buddy go flying off the back of one over 20 years ago (and seriously injure himself), I’ve done my absolute best to avoid them, preferring to run in the great outdoors instead, or use one of thebest rowing machinesorexercise bikesto get my cardio fix.
In fact, I’ve only been on a treadmill once in the last two decades - when I needed gait analysis to help me find my perfectrunning shoes- and my phobia is so strong that I’ve even turned down opportunities to review thebest folding treadmillsfor T3, even though I had been offered the opportunity many times.
That is until I went down a TikTok rabbit hole a few weeks ago and came across a treadmill workout that had me questioning everything I felt about treadmills. Incredibly, once I’d seen it, I was on a treadmill and enjoying the benefits of this amazing workout the very next day. So, how did it help me get over hatred of treadmills? Read on to find out.
Why are treadmill workouts so popular?
But why have treadmill workouts become so popular? Well, one of the obvious advantages of treadmill workouts is that you can walk or run indoors, be that at the gym or at home, so you never have to put up with soggy kit and trainers from running in the rain – and you’ll never need to think about the safety risks of running in the dark during the winter months.
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Then there’s the cardiovascular benefits themselves, which can help you to lose weight, improve your endurance, maintain bone density and muscle mass (running is a weight-bearing activity, don’t you know,) and boost heart health. Not to mention that running on a treadmill for 20-30 minutes a day can also offset the negative effects of sitting.
But one of the best things about treadmills, aside from all the pre-programmed workouts they have, is that you can play with a range of settings to adjust the incline and pace so you can tweak your speed and distance goals. And that’s where the new flurry of viral treadmill running workouts comes into play.
I tried a TikTok treadmill workout – here’s what happened
So, there I was, lying on my bed and mindlessly scrolling through my #ForYouPage on TikTok (feeling totally unmotivated to do anything physical), when I came across the below video of a walk-to-run treadmill workout set to a Beyonce playlist.
But more than that, I could just tell that the playlist would help to distract me from my fear of running on a treadmill and carry me along in the process. Without further ado, I headed to the creator’s Linktree in her bio, found the playlist (which you can play through Spotify), and went to the gym the very next day feeling excited to try the workout rather than nervous.
I felt totally motivated to run (no mean feat!), ran for longer than I usually tend to, and my fears of falling off the treadmill melted away pretty quickly. After stumbling upon the creator’s host of other treadmill running playlists, I also feel much more confident that I’ll keep up my running this winter, rather than confining it to the summer months as I usually do.
And if you’re not a Beyonce fan, or a pop music fan for that matter, fear not. Just search #treadmillworkout on TikTok and you’ll discover a variety of creators putting together other playlists that cover everything from soft rock and metal and everything in between. See you on the treadmill!
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