Better Treadmill Workout

It's winter in Seattle and for me that means working out inside. I am not afraid to say it, I am a sunny warm weather outside girl. So for me that means one, I'm some sort of traitor to the Seattle North Face and Gortex culture and two, the treadmill and I have gotten to know each other very well. So to keep things interesting I've come up with a few variations on indoor workouts and here is one of them.

All you need is an ipod (or Zune, I know you're out there) or any sort of music player and a treadmill.

1. Create a playlist with a large variety of songs. You can also just shuffle the songs for the duration or your workout.
2. After a warm up each time the song changes change your speed or incline to correspond with the song. Fast songs get sprints, slow songs get walking or jogging and mid tempo songs get hills.
3. Cool down with walking or jogging.

I promise this workout will fly by and the with the variety of speeds and inclines you will end up getting a better workout than if you just slogged away on the treadmill at one speed!