Hey.

I thought giving inclined walking a try after I heard the hype about it and I am losing weight but it also could be just my change in foods since 2 months.

Either way, l have a feeling I ain’t making progress. I started off at 15% incline, 30 minutes and kept my heartrate between 130 to 135. That was only possible at speed 3.5.

So starting: 30 minutes, 15% incline 3,5 speed.

Now after 7 weeks I am walking 60 minutes but didn’t change the speed at all. The reason for not changing speed is that as soon as I increase from 3.5 to 3.7 (very slightly) my heartrate goes out of zone 2 into zone 3 (140-145).

Nothing seems to help this problem. 3.7 is basically my limit, no matter if I just start walking and slowly increase or didn’t do pre workout. It’s always 140 at that speed.

What can I do to progress instead of increasing time on the treadmil to 60 minutes? It’s so time consuming and I’d rather just walk faster but a shorter time than longer but slower. My heartrate is limiting my pace though.

Today I gave it a new try. Two days rest and I didn’t do my upper body workout just to check what happens. 15%, speed 3.5 -> after 5 minutes heartrate 128. After 10 minutes 135. After 15 minutes still 135 so I increase to 3.6. Now 139. Then to 3.7 and I am at 143.

I’m not even exhausted, I could do that easily one hour. But it’s so time consuming. I need more miles in shorter time at my 130 heartrate instead.