Trekking

Have you ever heard of a trekking class?  Well, a couple weeks ago my trainer Brandee introduced our bootcamp class to trekking... what a workout!  I found a definition on one site that said trekking is to treadmills what spinning is to stationary bikes.  I think that's a perfect description!  It's a combination of jogs, walks, runs, sprints, and climbs, all on the treadmill.

Brandee was out of town this weekend, so our little class of 4 decided to meet this morning and do our own trekking class.  I tried to find a good trekking workout on line because I couldn't remember exactly what Brandee had us do, but I couldn't really find one.  Anyway, I just made something up and called the workout for us and it turned out okay.  We wanted to remember what we did so we could do it again someday.  I thought I'd post it here for safe keeping, and also in case anyone else was looking for a trekking workout:

Warm up
Walk at a 3.0-3.5 (5 min)

Cycle 1 - Jog Uphill
4.0 speed at 2 incline (45 sec)
4.5 speed at 4 incline (45 sec)
5.0 speed at 6 incline (1 min)
5.0 speed at 8 incline (1 min)
5.0 speed at 10 incline (30 sec)
5.0 speed at 12 incline (30 sec)
5.0 speed at 15 incline (30 sec)
5.0 speed at 8 incline (30 sec)
3.5 speed at 0 incline (30 sec)
2.5-3.0 speed at 0 incline (1.5 min)

Cycle 2 - Run
5.0 speed at 1 incline (1 min)
6.0 speed at 1 incline (1 min)
7.0 speed at 1 incline (1 min)
8.0 speed at 1 incline (1 min)
9.0 speed at 1 incline (30 sec)
10.0 speed at 1 incline (30 sec)
2.5-3.0 speed at 0 incline (2.5 min)

Cycle 3 - Uphill Walk with Running Finish
4.0 speed at 0 incline (30 sec)
4.0 speed at 3 incline (45 sec)
4.0 speed at 6 incline (45 sec)
4.0 speed at 8 incline (45 sec)
4.0 speed at 10 incline (45 sec)
4.0 speed at 12 incline (30 sec)
4.0 speed at 15 incline (30 sec)
4.0 speed at 13 incline (30 sec)
4.0 speed at 11 incline (30 sec)
4.0 speed at 9 incline (45 sec)
5.0 speed at 7 incline (45 sec)
6.0 speed at 6 incline (45 sec)
7.0 speed at 5 incline (45 sec)
2.5-3.0 speed at 0 incline (2 min)

Cycle 4 - Sprints
Alternating 30 second sprints, 30 seconds straddling the treadmill
7.0 speed at 0 incline
7.0 speed at 0 incline
7.5 speed at 0 incline
7.5 speed at 0 incline
8.0 speed at 0 incline
8.0 speed at 1 incline
8.5 speed at 1 incline
8.5 speed at 1.5 incline
9.0 speed at 1.5 incline
9.0 speed at 2.0 incline
9.5 speed at 2.0 incline
9.5 speed at 2.5 incline
10.0 speed at 2.5 incline
10.0 speed at 5 incline

Cool Down
3.0 speed at 0 incline (5 min)