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The God Delusion:
I am not a fan of running, I set the treadmill at an inclination of 15 ( the highest) and speed of 7.1, is that enough to get in shape and burn calories? Or Do I also have to lift weights? Does anyone have any advice for me?

Caffiene:
Anything you do will burn calories... the question is how many you want to burn. How many you want to burn will depend on your size and your diet, and how fast you burn them will depend on your heart-rate.

Lifting weights generally will build muscle, but will only burn a minimal amount of calories compared to cardio exercise.

So the answer is: It depends. Where are you starting from, and what do you want to achieve?

Belgarath:
It also depends a great deal on how many calories you are eating each day.

Cognoscento:

--- Quote from: The God Delusion on Apr 20, 2012, 06:31:32 AM ---I am not a fan of running, I set the treadmill at an inclination of 15 ( the highest) and speed of 7.1, is that enough to get in shape and burn calories? Or Do I also have to lift weights? Does anyone have any advice for me?

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15% grade and 7.1mph?  How long can you maintain that? That's pretty tough. 
I went from sedintary and fat - to lean and super fit by attacking on three fronts:

1. Reduced calories consumed. For me, the magic number was 1500 - with continual adjustments as my weight loss progressed.
2. Weight training 3x/week. Building lean mass will make you burn more calories when you work out. Heck, you'll burn more calories even when you sleep.
3. Cardio at 60-80% max HR for 40-60min 4 or 5x/week. 

Speaking of the dreadmill, here is one of my go-to workouts. It's great for increasing your speed and developing "fast legs".

Do 30 second sprints every 5 minutes.  So set the treadmill to your "cruising" speed (for me that's 8mph) - then every 5 minutes I punch it to 13mph and hang on for dear life for 30 seconds before coming back down to cruising speed.  It makes the time go by much faster because everything is broken down to 5 min blocks.  After an hour of this, I'm pretty pooped.

Karyn:
If you're going to be stuck on a treadmill, I suggest death metal.  It's about the only thing that gets me through.

For a long time, I didn't really like the elliptical.  My gym has these really nice ones that allow you to adjust your stride and I've taken to using them the most.  I find them mildly less boring and it's a lot easier to vary my workout.  Plus they have tv screens.  Death metal + Angel = I'm probably going to make it 30 minutes without using up all my willpower for the day.

I think I'd fly off the treadmill at 13mph.  My stubby little legs just can't pump that fast.

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