Difference between treadmill and roadwork?

Running outside is much better than running on a treadmill for any type of training.

 

well i dont know why anyone would say its better outside cuz it really isnt. when your outside you have to worry about the weather, obstructions in the street, traffic, ice and wind really sucks, while on a treadmill you dont have to worry about any of these things. not to mention on a treadmill you can make sure your going a certain speed throughout your whole workout and outside its a lot harder to tell, and on treadmills theres a timer also and how far youve ran. the only advantage i could think of being outside is the fresh air and if you live in the mountains like me that can really help your lungs but if you live in a busy city you obviously wont get the same effect. oh and treadmills usually have an incline you can set and outside you have to find an area with hills to do the same thing.

 

Treadmill is more convenient, roadwork is harder. There's less resistance on the treadmill, it does some of the work for you. Plus, roadwork gives you wind resistance, changing conditions.

Treadmill for boxercise, roadwork for fighters

 

A fellow Montanan! :happy

I agree with you on the treadmill. I push myself a lot harder on one than I do outside. Of course, I choose to run outside when I can but that's not always an option.

 

Depends, but usually 2-3 miles at a fast pace. If I'm outside I usually go around 3 or more. After almost all of my workouts I get on and run a mile as fast as I can whether or not I've already ran that day.

 

Sounds damn good to me.
I run slow though, so I'm sure there will be plenty of idiots here telling you how much you suck.

I just try to run a bit faster (10+ seconds) every week or two. But 14 mins for two miles is good.

 

:yep i know what you mean, but around this time of year its pretty rough.

 

yeah that sounds great, at that pace your running over 8 miles an hour and if you can do that for longer then 10 minutes id say your in pretty good shape.:thumbsup

 

Just because the treadmill is more convenient doesn't mean it's better than jogging/sprinting outside. The points you made are all little things, complaining about weather and obstructions etc - wear warmer clothes and find another route. Also, your point about constant speed doesn't really mean much, is a boxing match at a constant pace? No. And the thing about a timer as well - it's known as a watch :good

 

It's kind of hard to push yourself to run hard in a foot of snow and ice. Sometimes a treadmill is better.