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Calories Burned on Treadmill With Incline

How Many Extra Calories Incline Really Burns

January 27, 2012

Pumping up the incline on the treadmill not only tones your tush and legs, increases your endurance, and can help you improve your speed, it also burns crazy calories — significantly more than with no incline. Need a little more proof? Check out the chart below for some inspiring numbers.

*All calculations are based on a 130-pound woman.

Pace (minutes per mile)	Calories burned in 30 min at 0% incline	Calories burned in 30 min at 5% incline	Calories burned in 30 min at 10% incline	Calories burned in 30 min at 15% incline
7	391	526	615	708
8	338	464	550	630
9	300	420	482	558
10	270	363	420	482
11	243	326	392	432
12	216	296	362	394

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6 Comments

elysemckenna 1 year 12 weeks

I usually always run on an incline on my treadmill. It's different for all people. If you have trouble running on incline, at the same speed you regularly run without an incline, than lower your speed. Simple. Do what works for you. Running on incline, would be similar to running up a mountain. (which my husband and I do a lot & is extremely healthy for you). If you were told not to run on an incline, you shouldn't. This is an article off of Livestrong.com that will teach you how to calculate treadmill incline as a percentage: www.livestrong.com/article/37738-calculate-treadmill-incline/

carmenxox 1 year 14 weeks

I'd like to meet this person who can run a 7 min mile for 30 mins straight on a 15% incline... yeah okay there.

Asche 1 year 15 weeks

@et moi Not sure either. If I set my treadmill to level 5, I'm actually running at a 10%+ incline.

et moi 1 year 15 weeks

I love to run at a slight incline on the treadmill. But I'm confused: how does 5% translate to a treadmill? What number would that be?

TiVo 1 year 16 weeks

Thanks for this! I had been wondering what the burn difference actually was. Gotta love high-intensity hill training! :)

Mariposafit 1 year 16 weeks

On incline really burns: mind if I ask whom wrote that article? Running on incline is absolutely no good for your knees. Fast walk is ok. I teared a ligament and i was warned NOT to run on incline but I didnt listen. Took me months of recovery and i was lucky i didnt go under the knife. I cant agree on this article. Thats my 2 cents. Hope it helps.

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