The benefits of walking for weight loss cannot be overstated, but there are better ways to maximise calorie burn.
Incline treadmill workouts, which involve walking on a treadmill set at an upward angle, stimulate the experience of walking on a hill.
Social media is brimming with clips from fitness fanatics who have lost significant amounts of weight following the workout.
One slimmer recently claimed she lost 2st 7lb in the space of just four months after hiking the incline on her treadmill.
Walking is a low-impact workout
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“What people think I did to lose 35lb in just three months,” TikTok Maddy_Tsey told her followers as she ran on a treadmill.
Panning to a shot of her walking on an incline, she continued: “What I actually did; incline walk 11.5 speed 5.”
There are many different ways to go about incline walking, but a 12-3-30 formula has gained a lot of traction online.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, this requires that you:
- Raise your treadmill’s incline level to 12 per cent
- Dial up the pace to three miles per hour
- Walk for 30 minutes
Credit for the 12-3-30 program goes to Lauren Giraldo, a social media sensation with a sizeable band of followers, according to the health body.
Having first shared the workout on YouTube in 2019, it has exploded in popularity ever since, inspiring many fans to flaunt their results online.
Exercise physiologist Katie Lawton cautioned that the workout is definitely on the harder side.
She told Cleveland Clinic: “There’s a steep incline – and it’ll really feel like it’s over 30 minutes.”
She went on to advise: “Maybe start by walking at a flat incline for 30 minutes to see if that’s obtainable.
“Or put the incline at five per cent to see how you do. May slow down the pace or go for less time. See what your body can tolerate and build from there.”
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The Cleveland Clinic adds that given the treadmill incline level, the workout routine “will torch calories like a five-alarm fire.”
Regardless of your fitness level, walking on an incline is an easy way to further your results on the scale.
It’s important to combine the workout with other healthy lifestyle habits to notice a difference, however.
Taking it slow at the start is equally important to prevent unwanted injuries.
