Treadmill Incline vs Hills

So for my Ragnar training I have a leg where I have to run over 4 miles at a roughly 15% incline. So I decided to test how realistic it was from running outside on a actual hill to on the Incline Trainer. I was really suprised how similar it felt, give you do have supports on the Incline Trainer to help you but I tried not to use those and it was really good practice for actually going up a hill. Verdict the X7i Incline Trainer will allow you to simulate almost any terrain you can find outside!

ACT Commercial Elliptical

If you have been looking at the ACT Commercial Elliptical at all hurry up because it is almost Sold Out. It is at a great sale price at $899, it is very compact and saves space at only 47 inches long. It also allows you to use iFit workout Cards. Dont Miss Out!!

Socks?

So I got some new shoes and with it I saw some new socks that said they had "dynamic support" and extra cushioning. The first time I put them on it was when I first wore my new shoes, also it was a jog outside, and my feet and legs were killing me!!! So I thought here we go these shoes were a bad choice and I am in for it. So I ran with my old shoes and the same thing happened, so with that I realized it was the socks. I never would have thought that socks could make that big of a difference but I am here to tell you it does. No matter if i was running outside or on a treadmill it hurt. So make sure you got the right equipment.

Ragnar

I was asked to run Ragnar for my work, to be honest I am not a runner, at most I get the fitness bug and start running and it only lasts a week. So I thought this would be a great opportunity to get me motivated and stay that way, because I cant just quit now with a race looming. To show people what our machines are capable of we are runnning the whole Ragnar Wasatch Back on our Nordictrack X7i Incline Trainer. I am excited because I really do enjoy running on treadmills and this is something I am counting on getting me going and I hope i can continue it even after the race.

Running Outside vs. Treadmill

My sister asked me to go run with her the other day, I am used to running on treadmills but we dont have a 2 person treadmill so we decided to go run outside. After about a mile my shins were killing me, so I just gutted it out and finished the run. This just made me apprciate how great my Nordictrack Reflex Deck is!!!! I can run for as long as I want and I have no issues with my shins or legs hurting.

Reflex Deck

Have been training for RAGNAR on my treadmill at home that has a reflex deck. I love it, thought it might be to springy for me but has a great feel and I swear I can run longer distances on that that just standard treadmills.