Since becoming a part of Spring Valley Chiropractic in February, I have had the privilege of the AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill™ at my disposal. Between then and now I had been training for a half marathon that I completed in April. My time for the Big D Half Marathon was 2:42:08 averaging about 12:30/mile. Not bad for my first endurance event. Lately I have been doing my entire running on the AlterG playing around with factors such as body percentage, speed, and inline. Here are two examples of workouts that I have done:
- With no incline, 1 mile at 7.5 mph and 70% body weight, 1 mile at 8.0 mph and 70% body weight, and 1 mile at 8.5 mph and 75% body weight.
- With an incline level of 2, 3 miles at 7.5 mph and 90 % body weight
Workout 1 was what I call a negative split workout, where each mile is faster than the one that preceded it, with the last mile at the highest body weight percentage making it the most challenging.
Workout 2 was at a goal pace of 7.5 mph or an 8-minute mile and it was at 90% body weight.
With this in mind, I participated in a 5 mile race on Saturday, May 1st and my official time was 53:31 with a pace of 10:40/mile. Even though the mileage was significantly less, my pace was almost a full 2 minutes quicker, and I owe that increase in speed to the AlterG.
If you have any tips on how the AlterG has helped with your training, please feel free to post them below.
-Andrew Goodman, D.C.