Hint #1

Add a little speed. By simply speeding up your walk, jog or run, you will increase the calories lost. You will also increase the healthy endorphins, and also increase your metabolism.

You will not need to go from a walk to a run to get this change to happen. You can simply speed up your movement a little bit.

Hint #2

Increase the incline of the treadmill about 2%. This 2% incline will help to increase the calories burned. It will also help your body feel like it is on a more natural walking pattern. You will also get more muscle workout for your legs, and lower back.

Hint #3

Use a couple lighter size weights to add a little resistance. You can put them on your ankles, and or on your wrists, or in your hands. Any additional weight will increase the effect of the walking, jogging or running. Making more for your body than if you were to simply walk, jog, or run.

Hint #4

Add some variation. Sure you may not be ready for a full jog or run as you are starting out your exercise plan. However, adding in a couple minutes of jogging with your thirty-minute walk can help you to get more out of your exercise time.

If you are used to doing thirty minutes of jogging, throw in a little walking, and some running in with the jogging. You will see that there is a positive effect by putting some variation in the program.

Hint #5

Remember to stretch out, warm up and cool down after your initial run, jog or walk. This also burns calories. Though it is at a lower amount. However, it is more important than you would think. This is because your body benefits from these physical movements. This is as important as the actual running, walking or jogging you would do.

Taking these hints into consideration while you are doing your thirty minute treadmill workout and you will find that there is an increased amount of calories burned, more of an effect on your health, and you will feel more like you did a thorough exercise session.

If you have any type of health issues, it is important to talk to your Doctor before making any changes in your current walking pattern. If you are planning a new program and have not yet used the treadmill, be sure to talk to your Doctor about starting an exercise program.

There are many good programs that come pre-programmed into the treadmills available. That will help with many of the hints explained above. In fact there are some that other than stretching and weights, you will be able to use, to get every other hint up here going. These hints will really be able to help you get the most out of your thirty-minute treadmill workout.